Sustainability at ROBUR

ROBUR shapes sustainability for the digital transformation and the ecological change of the industry.

As an internationally operating industrial service provider, ROBUR operates with its partner companies along a broad impact spectrum and under a wide variety of ecological, socio-economic, and political framework conditions. Throughout ROBUR, sustainability is the common core of shared corporate DNA.

In the past years, sustainability aspects have become even more important and have are an integral part of ROBUR’s corporate management and culture as well as our services. Managing partners, senior partners, partners and the ROBUR CSR team work hand in hand on the common goal of continuously developing ROBUR’s sustainability management. As an industrial service provider, we see ourselves as an enabler of sustainability and a designer of the politically agreed energy transition.

We want to contribute our share to the ecological change by:

shaping the ecologically oriented industrial transformation,
expansion and further development of digitization and industry 4.0,
increase in efficiency of industrial machines and plants,
lifetime optimization of industrial plants,
emission reduction in the industrial sector,
(further) development of resource saving production processes,
safe demolition of energy production facilities.

Materiality Analysis

The needs and requirements of our stakeholders are diverse and have a direct influence on our strategic orientation and thus also on ROBUR’s sustainability management. Our stakeholders’ expectations in this regard provide the necessary structures and priorities for our actions. A clear focus is therefore also important to us when it comes to sustainability. In a materiality analysis in the year 2020, we have identified the relevant sustainability aspects of the ROBUR stakeholders and evaluated them with regard to their impact on ROBUR’s business activities.

The results of our materiality analysis remain applicable without alterations, they contain aspects from and inside-out-perspective as well as from the outside-in-perspective and are as follows:

Continuous stakeholder engagement and the identification of sustainability criteria relevant to ROBUR will continue to be important to us in the future.
We therefore regularly review the results of our materiality analysis and update them as needed.

Sustainability Strategy

Based on the results of the stakeholder and materiality analysis the ROBUR sustainability strategy was developed and implemented in 2020. ROBUR has declared sustainability to be the central field of action for its own business activities and the further development of the company.

ROBUR continues to consider sustainability as a holistic process that must remain anchored at the highest management level regarding its prominent strategic importance. It is based on the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and the sustainability criteria of the German Sustainability Code (DNK).

The ROBUR senior management has set itself the task to actively shape the sustainability strategy and to advocate acceptance and implementation in partner companies, to inspire and support colleagues in this regard and consistently enforce the contents. Our sustainability strategy in the version dated April 2021 applies unchanged.

Periodic reviews take place in the course of the annual update of the ROBUR Sustainability Report.

Sustainability Focus Areas

Based on the results of the materiality analysis carried out in 2020 and our sustainability strategy, we have identified three focus areas for sustainability. They address the prioritized expectations of our stakeholders and are directly related to the SDGs that are relevant for us. The focus areas set the framework for our goals, measures, and activities in the context of sustainability along the three dimensions of environmental, social and governance.

Reduction of emissions and sensible use of resources.

Use of renewable energies,
Reduction of the ecological footprint,
Reduction of emissions,
Continuous energy savings,
Responsible water, wastewater, and waste management.

Ensuring of a safe and attractive work environment.

Compliance with and continuous development of occupational health and safety,
Ensuring the best possible working conditions for our colleagues,
Promoting education and training,
Active commitment against discrimination,
Active commitment for diversity, equal opportunities, and equality,
Compliance with the legal requirements of data protection and information security.

Responsible corporate governance and compliance with applicable laws.

Commitment against child and forced labor along the entire supply and value chain,
Observance of compliance regulations,
Compliance with the statutory minimum wage,
Consideration of sustainability criteria in the selection of suppliers, service providers and subcontractors as well as in the procurement of products and services.

Strategic Sustainability Goals

Ambitious goals are the basis and requirement for a sustainable development. They underline our own aspirations and the commitment of our efforts. And ROBUR is not only concerned with achieving short-term results. Our actions in the context of sustainability can only favor the desired results and effects in the long term – therefore, we consider long term and strategic sustainability goals to be urgently necessary in order to shape our commitment with the required and necessary persistence.

To define our strategic sustainability goals, we are guided by the SDGs relevant to us and our three identified focus areas.

Reduction of emissions and responsible use of resources

We aim to reduce the negative impact of our business activities on the environment. We attach great importance to the responsible use of resources and the reduction of our CO2 footprint. In the medium and long term, it remains our goal to reduce CO2 emissions along our entire value chain, to use renewable energies wherever possible, and to use compensation services responsibly to offset unavoidable emissions.

We have set ourselves the following strategic goals with regard to resource use:

Further increase in the share of renewable energies at ROBUR sites with the goal of 100% green electricity by 2028.

Continuous reduction of our mobility-related emissions with responsible use of compensation measures and reduction of overall emissions with the long-term goal of climate neutrality by 2040.

Complete conversion/modernization of the ROBUR vehicle fleet to alternative drive technologies by 2040.

Continuously increasing the use of public transport for our business trips and further promote alternative mobility options for colleagues.

Ensuring of a safe and attractive work environment

The well-being of our colleagues is both a management task and an obligation. In order to become even more attractive as an employer, we focus our attention on all shapeable physical and psychosocial aspects and thereby improve the framework conditions for our colleagues and ensure a further positive development of ROBUR.

Our goals in this context are:

Prevention of work-related injuries and occupational accidents with serious consequences.

Ensuring the annual training of our colleagues and providing the necessary resources for this.

Improvement of employer attractiveness and reduction of employee fluctuation.

Responsible corporate governance and compliance with applicable laws

Our corporate management aims at a long-term and stable development of ROBUR. This corresponds to our understanding of sustainability and is therefore anchored in ROBUR’s corporate DNA. Responsible management is reflected in consistent legal compliance, responsible risk management, fair competition and cooperation in the spirit of partnership.

Our goals in this regard:

Ensuring the prohibition of child and forced labor along our entire supply and value chain by 2028.

Active collaboration and promotion of initiatives to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).

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Water

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Sustainability at ROBUR

ROBUR shapes sustainability for the digital transformation and the ecological change of the industry.

Materiality Analysis

Sustainability Strategy

Sustainability Focus Areas

Reduction of emissions and sensible use of resources.

Ensuring of a safe and attractive work environment.

Responsible corporate governance and compliance with applicable laws.

Strategic Sustainability Goals

Reduction of emissions and responsible use of resources

Ensuring of a safe and attractive work environment

Responsible corporate governance and compliance with applicable laws

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