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Safeguarding livelihoods

Focus area on EnBW sustainability agenda
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EnBW product groups with sustainable procurement criteria by the end of 2022
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Water extracted since 2012
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Occupational accident rate since 2012
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For tomorrow’s people

Our business activities inevitably have an impact on our health and the environment – but how exactly is up to us. We continue to evolve in order to avoid environmental and social costs and, wherever possible, play an active part in preserving the livelihoods of present and future generations.

Human rights

We have a duty of care

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The Supply Chain Due Diligence Act has been in force since 2023. It obliges German companies to establish the core elements of corporate due diligence in their own value creation and towards suppliers. In accordance with the UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights, companies have a social responsibility to respect human rights along their supply chain.

The EnBW policy statement describes in detail how we implement the requirements of the German Supply Chain Due Diligence Act (LkSG). The document provides information on the human rights and environmental risks in our business area and our value chains. This statement also highlights preventive and remedial measures with which we further minimize the identified risks. The EnBW policy statement is updated on an ongoing basis.

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Measure 13 of the EnBW Sustainability Agenda
  • We are increasing our focus on sustainability criteria in the area of procurement.
What we still want to achieve

By the end of 2022, we want to take into account sustainable procurement citeria in at least

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product groups.

We are raising our standards

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The standards we require from our suppliers in relation to human rights are based on the UN Global Compact, the UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights and the ILO Core Conventions. On this basis, we have drawn up six principles that guide us when selecting our suppliers and carrying out our own work. In doing so, we have taken a first step on the way to creating a sustainable supply chain. We want to further raise our standards in the future in order to achieve this goal.

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Human rights in EnBW’s Supplier Code of Conduct

We make work safe.

We adhere to the standards for wages and working hours.

We prevent forced and child labor.

We respect the dignity of all employees.

We are committed to fairness and respect.

We provide room for openness.

Environmental protection

Reducing consumption – preventing damage

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Natural resources are consumed and pollutants are produced during the construction and operation of facilities such as power plants and grids – and this will remain the case in the future. This makes it all the more important to keep the extent to which this happens to a minimum.

To this end, we monitor our plants around the clock and continue to reduce the contamination rate and the amount of water used. Away from plant operations, we are also well on the way to further improving our protective measures. For instance, we want to replace materials that are harmful to the environment with low-emission and recyclable alternatives to the greatest possible extent and commit our suppliers even further to using resources in a similarly sparing manner.

Measure 14 of the EnBW Sustainability Agenda
  • We are stepping up the use of green materials, reducing harmful substances and efficiently using resources.
What we have achieved so far

Today, we extract

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less water than in 2012.

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Environmental protection with a strategy

Our environmental management goals are in line with the Paris Agreement as part of our corporate strategy. They include reducing our carbon footprint, using energy efficiently, controlling immissons, conserving biodiversity, protecting water and soil using resources responsible. To achieve these goals, we have adopted an ISO 14001-certified environmental management system and the environmental principles laid down in our Supplier Code of Conduct.

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Environmental protection in EnBW’s Supplier Code of Conduct

We observe environmental laws.

We handle hazardous substances carefully.

We reduce the use of resources.

We avoid emissions that are harmful to the climate.

Health
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Safety first

The health of the people in and around the company always takes precedence at EnBW. Accordingly, the protection of employees and residents must be guaranteed in all our activities.

We conduct regular checks to establish whether our systems pose health hazards in order to eliminate them if necessary. With our occupational health and safety management, certified in line with ISO 45001 at as many locations as possible, we ensure the safety of our employees in the workplace. In addition, we support them with our in-house consulting and vaccination services as part of our preventive health concept.

Measure 15 of the EnBW Sustainability Agenda
  • We protect our employees and neighbors.
What we have achieved so far

Since 2012, we have reduced the occupational accident rate per 1,000,000 working hours by

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to 4.1%.

Company healthcare management at EnBW

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Thanks to EnBW’s health management scheme, our approximately 25,000 employees can take advantage of a wide range of preventive health and treatment services. To do so, they visit our eight occupational health centers for around 26,500 preventive examinations, approximately 8,000 vaccinations, about 2,000 physiotherapy treatments and approximately 1,700 psychological treatments each year. In addition, they can take part in numerous events. These include nutritional counseling, muscle relaxation courses, Nordic walking, back, stress management and yoga classes and autogenic training.

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ESG performance indicators

As part of our sustainability reporting, we create transparency on all of EnBW’s performance indicators covering environmental, social and governance (ESG) criteria. They allow you to monitor and evaluate our progress for yourself.

All ESG performance indicators

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