The Hansgrohe Group receives German Sustainability Award 2024.
Hans Jurgen Kalmbach, chairman of Hansgrohe’s Executive Board accepting the award. Image credit: Hansgrohe
The Hansgrohe Group has received the German Sustainability Award for 2024 from the German Sustainability Award Foundation. They won the award in the “Energy, Water and Sanitary Technology” category.
The company manufactures and supplies products for bathrooms and kitchens. According to the jury that decided who won the award, “A large number of improvements are implemented systematically and with commitment. For example, the products save water without changing the showering experience. Saving water means protecting the climate. With products that are durable, repairable, recyclable and sustainably packaged, Hansgrohe is committed to transformation.”
The company has kept sustainability top of mind. The company has been committed to green transformation since 1987. Their focus has been to produce water- and energy-saving products that also help reduce CO2 emissions.
“The aim of our sustainability strategy is to conserve all those resources within our sphere of influence that are becoming increasingly scarce on earth or whose consumption is fuelling global warming,” explains CEO Hans Jurgen Klambach.
A team of sustainability experts from the company has defined ten initiatives with specific objectives and projects that contribute to the three areas of action mentioned. These include the initiatives green production, green packaging, green products and social commitment.
“The winners are pioneers of change. As good examples and role models, they show how ecological and social progress can be achieved more quickly,” says Stefan Schulze-Hausmann, Chairman of the Board of the German Sustainability Award Foundation e.V. “The award aims to encourage companies to act sustainably and help to better anchor the principles of sustainable development in public perception.”
Source: Hansgrohe
