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Actions taken in our locations around the globe

To achieve our environmental goals we implement measures to improve energy efficiency and increase the share of renewable energy sources at our locations. Apart from that, we are continuously minimizing the environmental impact of our facilities regarding water consumption and waste production.

To prevent accidents, we foster a pro-active safety culture. With offering equal opportunities, fair pay, exciting international career paths and further development options we want to show our added value as an employer. 

Compliance and ethics form the foundation of the way we do business. That's why we leave nothing to chance here. Our goal: No compliance misconducts. However, sustainability and compliance not only affect our own sites, but also our supply chain. Close cooperation with our suppliers is very important to us, which is why we attach great importance to our supplier onboarding.

To achieve our ESG goals, every initiative and project of our locations counts. That's why we want to highlight some of their efforts in the following and provide an overview of what happens at ANDRITZ throughout the year in relation to ESG.

In short: for us, sustainability is key to the collective future – and our environmental, social and governance program is just part of that tangible commitment. Because WE CARE.

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We focus on our own electricity production

Our locations are switching to solar energy for their electricity production and are installing large photovoltaic (PV) plants to produce their own green electricity. 20 locations already cover some of their electricity requirements with their own PV systems, and several more will follow in the coming months. The PV systems in operation at ANDRITZ sites in Austria, Brazil, China, Croatia, Germany, India, Italy, Mexico, Romania, Spain, and Switzerland have a total installed capacity of around 12 GW peak per year. This represents approximately 4% of the Group’s electricity needs.

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Peterborough cares

Our manufacturing location in Peterborough, Ontario, Canada started several projects to improve the environmental impact in the last years. In addition to installing a new wastewater filtration system a continued focus has been placed on further reducing waste with a special focus on hazardous waste. Starting from more than 9,000 kg of hazardous waste in 2019, the colleagues managed to continuously bring this amount down to a level of below 5,000 kg in 2023 (~45% reduction). Part of this reduction came from replacing, when possible, hazardous chemicals with environmentally safe products. Together with R&D, acetone was replaced with a biodegradable chemical.


Peterborough has also focused on reuse of packaging, including the reuse of winding crates on multi-unit projects. Crates from previous units are shipped back to the site for the packaging of the next unit, with only broken crates being replaced with new ones. They have also planned with the suppliers to return their packaging material to them for reuse.  For example, plastic copper spools and special spool skids are returned to the suppliers, avoiding almost 7,800 kg of waste in 2023 alone.


More projects are already planned to further improve the environmental impact.

Reuse instead of disposing

In an ongoing campaign, ANDRITZ AG has donated surplus but well-preserved office furniture to a school in Bosnia. This action is intended not only to improve the learning environment in schools, but also to contribute to sustainability. Instead of disposing of the office furniture, it is reused, conserving valuable resources. As part of this campaign, a truck with desks, office chairs, and whiteboards has already been delivered to the "OSNOVNA SKOLA PODGREDINA" elementary school in Stijena, Bosnia, near the Croatian border. The positive impact on the school is already visible, as the new furniture not only improves the school environment, but also creates a more pleasant learning environment for the pupils. 

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