We are a globally operating company. We are committed to sustainable business success and bear great responsibility toward our customers, our employees, society, and the environment.
Our declared goal is to maintain a balance between product, people, and the planet.
To achieve this goal, we support social projects locally and worldwide at our sites, and we closely monitor our production processes and supply chains.
In this way, we remain true to our promise: “more than you expect.”
We are all facing immense challenges due to climate change, and it is long overdue to act sustainably.
In our actions, we therefore align ourselves with international guidelines such as the Paris Climate Agreement as well as the three-pillar model of sustainability.
This allows us to cover the three areas of sustainability: economic, environmental, and social.
To live up to the three-pillar model, we have developed our own sustainability strategy and defined relevant fields of action.
Sustainability is integrated as a key focus topic with an emphasis on holistic growth. We aim to further optimize our use of resources and expand our positive contribution to societal development.
As part of our strategy, we have selected three fields of action: climate, material cycles, and social standards.
Based on these fields of action, we define our milestones and track our achievements.
Creating Together
Sustainability is not just about tomorrow, but also about the day after tomorrow and future generations. That is why we approach this project as a team. We involve stakeholders in decisions and offer a transparent corporate strategy. Cohesion fosters community, continually motivates us and allows us to move faster toward a fully sustainable corporate strategy. Only together can we manage to build and maintain a sustainable future.
In the age of digitalization, electronics have a decisive influence on sustainability. Many promising products contain electronic and electromechanical components, printed circuit boards, intelligent power and control systems, services and solutions from Würth Elektronik. Specifically, we are looking at the ingredients of our products, adapting our manufacturing processes in line with the concept of sustainability, and optimizing the exchange of goods and commodities. Through innovations, quality, long-term availability and intensive customer support we develop sustainable, resource and energy saving solutions together with our customers.
The responsible use of resources has been a guiding principle at Würth Elektronik for more than 15 years and continuously leads to improvement measures via our environmental/energy team. These include, for example, saving packaging materials, recycling, green IT, converting our roof surfaces for photovoltaics, reducing pollutants and digitalization to increase energy efficiency. In our production processes, for example, we use heat recovery, free cooling and also the multiple use of water to achieve environmentally friendly results in terms of sustainable production. Environmental and climate protection are part of our corporate strategy, documented by management systems and certifications according to ISO 14001 and ISO 50001.
The Würth Group has left its mark on the region around its headquarters and beyond with its social and cultural commitment. Würth Elektronik is also committed to its social responsibility - worldwide. This side of sustainability is reflected in a corporate culture of education, promotion and diversity. Numerous initiatives on gender equality and equal opportunities are used within the company to solve social challenges. Fair dealings with one another focus on the well-being and advancement of our employees, in-line with the motto "it's about people". And not only that, in our dealings with customers and partners along the supply chain, we focus on fair business practices and long-term relationships.
Our Commitments
At Würth Elektronik Circuit Board Technology ecological sustainability has long been an integral part of many areas of the company and is actively practiced by our employees. Together, we are working to continually reduce environmental impact and resource consumption, and to support social projects around the world.
The Sustainability Status Report 2021 - 2023 provides a comprehensive overview of all company activities that drive sustainability in all areas of business activity - from production to customer and supplier relationships.
