Audited credibility
In its eighth voluntary sustainability report, KHS reveals the progress it has made in corporate governance, social responsibility and environmental protection. Based on the European Sustainability Reporting Standards (ESRS), the document was independently reviewed and granted limited audit assurance.
“In 2025, we reached further important milestones regarding our ambitious environmental targets,” says Kai Acker, CEO of KHS GmbH. “Here, we take our responsibility as a globally active company extremely seriously and believe in providing full transparency.” This is why the current sustainability report now includes a concise dashboard for the very first time. This reliably maps the progress the Dortmund specialists for filling and packaging systems have made in key areas such as climate protection, working conditions at its own facilities and throughout the value chain.
Clear alignment with
EU reporting standards
KHS has further developed its report in keeping with the requirements set out by the European Sustainability Reporting Standards (ESRS). “Our main aim is to create maximum transparency and enable our customers to directly compare our performance with that of others,” explains Nicole Pohl, senior ESG manager and human rights officer at KHS. “Although we’re not legally obliged to do so as a Group company, we consistently align our voluntary report with the standards and requirements specified by the European Union.”
“For us, this independent limited assurance review is an important step towards ensuring transparency.”
Senior ESG manager and human rights officer at KHS
KHS thus had a business audit performed for the first time in 2025 in order to obtain limited audit assurance. “For us, this independent limited assurance review is an important step towards ensuring transparency. It now officially confirms the customary high credibility of our sustainability data for our stakeholders,” Pohl continues.
Important milestones
in environmental protection
Last year, KHS considerably intensified its sustainability efforts towards better climate protection. One of the measures completed was to commission two large-scale photovoltaic systems at its sites in Bad Kreuznach and Worms during 2025, following on from the example previously set by the headquarters in Dortmund. Further solar power plants have supplied KHS’ international locations in Kunshan (China) and Ahmedabad (India) with green electricity since the end of last year and March 2026 respectively.
“In addition to protecting our climate, we also focus just as clearly on the needs of our employees and actively shoulder our holistic corporate responsibility in the context of ESG.”
CEO of KHS
In 2025, EcoVadis honored the company’s sustainability achievements by presenting it with its first platinum award. This places the Salzgitter subsidiary among the top 1% of the over 150,000 companies rated worldwide. The next step is to join the UN Global Compact and in doing so clearly position KHS as an endorser of the United Nations’ 2030 Agenda. “We want to stringently continue our drive for decarbonization and are aiming for net zero in scopes 1 and 2 by 2045. In addition to protecting our climate, we also focus just as clearly on the needs of our employees and actively shoulder our holistic corporate responsibility in the context of ESG,” claims Kai Acker.
You can find our current sustainability report here.
