ZEISS presents its first-ever Group-wide sustainability report
In terms of value added, the past fiscal year has seen 46% fewer CO2 emissions, around 8,400 patents worldwide and more than EUR 540,000 for approximately 120 funded projects – ZEISS can now present all these facts and figures in its first-ever Group-wide sustainability report.
With the report on fiscal year 2016/17, the world’s leader in the optics and optoelectronics industries documents how it defines responsible behaviour in a dynamic, ever-changing economic and societal environment and takes action with a view to lasting business success.
The report certified by the Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) illustrates the principles guiding the company’s operations, what objectives it has set itself and what measures it is taking in five fields of action (integrity and compliance; products and the value chain; the environment; employees; societal and social engagement). In the report, ZEISS acknowledges its commitment to the global Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) that were adopted by the United Nations in December 2015.
“ZEISS’s success is a result of sustainable, responsible action that is founded on our strategy, our brand and our values. Thus, responsibility toward society, individual customers, partners, employees and the environment is at the core of the corporate identity we live by,” says President and CEO Prof. Dr. Michael Kaschke. “We can proudly look back on 170 years of tradition characterized by ever more sustainable value added. Only by continuing to see ou...
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