Clean and safe energy is at the top of our agenda. With the environmental measures of the EnBW Sustainability Agenda, we are driving forward the transformation of EnBW into a climate-neutral company and the protection of natural resources.
Environmental measures in the focus area Energy of Change
We are expanding renewable energies in line with our stakeholders’ interests.
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As part of the EnBW Sustainability Agenda measure “Renewable energies,” we are implementing a central ESG data platform that creates transparency about the sustainability requirements and indicators pertaining to our projects. This will provide project participants with the ideal basis for driving forward the expansion of renewable energies in line with our stakeholders’ interests.
We are ensuring the achievement of our science-based climate protection targets and the 2028 coal phase-out.
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To achieve these goals, we plan to
As part of the measure, we are implementing a platform for the central management of decarbonization processes – for example, the divestment of power plants, termination of coal procurement contracts, or reduction of natural gas sales. In addition, we are expanding our roadmap by integrating the upstream and downstream emissions (Scope 3) not previously included, with the aim of a 43-percent reduction by 2035 compared to the base year 2018.
We are making decarbonized gases fit for the future.
In the future, decarbonized gases and particularly green hydrogen are meant to replace fossil fuels where electricity from renewable energies cannot – for example, to store energy, fuel turbines, or power industrial high-temperature processes. At EnBW, we want to make our contribution to tapping the
With the EnBW Sustainability Agenda measure “Hydrogen and decarbonized gases,” we are laying the foundations for building a sustainable hydrogen value chain: We plan to record all emissions along possible supply routes, prepare our power plants for the switch to hydrogen, and work with our partners in politics and business to design the framework of the German and European hydrogen economy.
We are enabling our customers to take climate protection into their own hands.
From green power from sunlight, water, and wind to Germany’s best e-mobility offering: With the EnBW ecosystem, we are already bringing sustainable energy into the lives of millions today. And we are constantly developing our products and services to enable our customers to take climate protection into their own hands.
As part of the EnBW Sustainability Agenda measure “Customer solutions,” we are developing new offerings that reduce and visualize our customers’ carbon footprint – for example, climate-friendly hardware or individualized data analyses in our apps. This is how we make the energy and mobility transition a highly personal experience.
We are developing our grids with due regard to sustainability aspects.
The grid integration of renewable energies and e-mobility offerings is of central importance for the energy and mobility transition. In addition to connecting the steadily increasing number of power plants and charging points, our
The EnBW Sustainability Agenda measure “Grid expansion” forms the framework for joint sustainability initiatives with our grid companies – from innovation, climate and environmental protection projects to training offers to the sustainable
We are making the circular economy an integral part of our business model.
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With the EnBW Sustainability Agenda measure “Circular economy,” we are firmly establishing the principle of “Reduce, Reuse, Recycle” across all phases of our projects – from planning to development to implementation. For this purpose, we are implementing a database of all material flows, identifying recycling potentials, and developing a circular-economy checklist and policy for our employees.
We are developing a holistic, Group-wide concept to promote biodiversity.
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The concept will serve to identify risks and opportunities for biodiversity and adopt appropriate support and protection measures across the entire core business. In addition to direct interventions at the sites, this also includes indirect measures such as training courses. On top of that, we are setting out EnBW’s biodiversity principles in a policy and expanding our reporting on biodiversity matters.
We are reducing pollutants and water use at our power plants.
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As part of the EnBW Sustainability Agenda measure “Pollutants and water,” we are refining our existing targets for NOx, SO₂, and waste water reduction, and supplementing them with equally ambitious targets for water extraction from alternative sources, fresh water extraction, particulate matter and mercury emissions. Implementation of the necessary measures is ensured via a central management platform.