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About this report: Info on the GRI and SDGs

The ebm-papst Group’s first sustain­ability report covers the 2023/24 finan­cial year. The period taken into account runs from April 1, 2023, to March 31, 2024. Our reporting is based on the inter­na­tional stan­dards defined in the Global Reporting Initia­tive (GRI). In addi­tion, our sustain­ability activ­i­ties contribute to ten of the United Nations’ 17 Sustain­able Devel­op­ment Goals (SDGs).

July 2024

Global Reporting Initia­tive (GRI) 

Founded in 1997, the Global Reporting Initia­tive (GRI) is a nonprofit foun­da­tion based in Amsterdam since 2002. The GRI Stan­dards devel­oped by the company provide a glob­ally recog­nized guide for reporting on sustain­ability issues. The flex­ible, modular, and user-friendly system, which is subject to contin­uous vali­da­tion and updates, contains reporting prin­ci­ples, stan­dard disclo­sures, and an imple­men­ta­tion guide for preparing sustain­ability reports for all orga­ni­za­tions, regard­less of size, sector, or loca­tion.  

Divided into three cate­gories – Universal Stan­dards, Sector Stan­dards, and Topic Stan­dards – the GRI Stan­dards contain 33 indi­vidual modules with around 120 indi­ca­tors. These stan­dards provide users and stake­holders with a compre­hen­sive picture of an organization’s mate­rial topics, their impacts, and how they are managed. Like many other compa­nies, ebm-papst has based its sustain­ability reporting for the 2023/24 finan­cial year on the GRI Stan­dards, orga­nizing the avail­able infor­ma­tion and insights according to this system. 

Sustain­able Devel­op­ment Goals (SDGs) 

In September 2015, the UN reso­lu­tion “Trans­forming Our World: The 2030 Agenda for Sustain­able Devel­op­ment” was unan­i­mously adopted by the United Nations General Assembly. The issues covered in the “Agenda 2030”, a global plan to promote sustain­able peace and pros­perity and protect our planet, include the UN’s 17 Sustain­able Devel­op­ment Goals (SDGs). Since the Agenda was adopted, the coun­tries of the United Nations have been working to trans­late this shared vision into national devel­op­ment plans that will improve life for everyone around the world. Exam­ples of the Agenda’s aims include elim­i­nating poverty and social inequality, ensuring that everyone in the world can live in peace and health, and making sure that chil­dren and young people can go to school and learn without any restric­tions. 

Like other multi­na­tionals, ebm-papst is committed to the United Nations’ goals, and the company is currently focusing its sustain­able activ­i­ties on ten care­fully selected SDGs.

These global goals shape our economic, ecolog­ical, and social actions and are there­fore also included in our sustain­ability report: 

Glos­sary for the sustain­ability report

From axial fan to value chain. Read up on the terms used in the sustain­ability report in our glos­sary.

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  • SDG 3 Good health and well-being 
  • SDG 4 Quality educa­tion 
  • SDG 5 Gender equality 
  • SDG 6 Clean water and sani­ta­tion 
  • SDG 7 Afford­able and clean energy 
  • SDG 8 Decent work and economic growth 
  • SDG 9 Industry, inno­va­tion, and infra­struc­ture 
  • SDG 12 Respon­sible consump­tion and produc­tion 
  • SDG 13 Climate action  
  • SDG 17 Part­ner­ships for the goals