Klüber Lubrication awarded with gold medal for sustainability again in 2023
27.04.2023
Klüber Lubrication also awarded "Gold" for sustainability in 2023
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Klüber Lubrication was awarded the "gold medal" by EcoVadis, a leading company for sustainability ratings, for the second time after 2002. This makes the lubricant manufacturer one of the best 4 % of more than 100 000 companies rated worldwide. Especially in the focal categories "Environment" and "Workers' and Human Rights", the expert for specialty lubricants scored clearly above average. In "Ethical Purchasing" Klüber was also rated extremely well. In addition, the company Klüber attained the excellent rating of "Advanced" in the important category of Carbon Management Level.
"Compared with 2022, we got considerably better", is the happy verdict of Markus Hermann, Sustainability Manager at KLM. "Scoring 72 points, we are four points above last year's result. This is an important external recognition of our efforts. It also matters to our customers, who increasingly expect their suppliers to have such a rating." EcoVadis is an independent rating platform generating holistic evaluations related to corporate social responsibility (CSR). They include the categories mentioned above.
Klüber Lubrication is among the top 4 % of more than 100 000 rated companies worldwide
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Improvement over 2022
The award reflects the company's commitment to protecting the climate as well as its high standards regarding its own ecological footprint. Accordingly, Klüber succeeded in reducing its CO2eq emissions at its company sites worldwide by 76 percent between 2019 and 2022. This means the company attained the ambitious goal of reducing emissions under Scope 1 and 2 by 75 % by 2025 ahead of time. Moreover, the company's remaining emissions were rendered climate-neutral in terms of numbers by purchasing compensation certificates of projects funding wind power parks or the protection of the rain forest in the global south.
As a lubricant specialist, Klüber Lubrication helps its customers to better achieve their sustainability goals
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Besides the company's efforts regarding its own ecological footprint, much more sizeable contributions to climate protection can be attained through its handprint, i.e. by Klüber Lubrication supporting users to produce in a safer, more efficient and more sustainable way. "As a specialist for lubricants, we have always supported our customers in attaining their sustainability goals. Through KlüberEnergy projects and the optimisation of lubrication achieved with them, for example, approximately 438 GWh of power – corresponding to 67,000 tonnes of CO2 – were saved at customers. This is more than what Klüber as a company has consumed in a year", Markus Hermann points out.
An overview of sustainability at Klüber Lubrication is provided by the Sustainability Report, due to be published as of May 2023.
Klüber Lubrication has developed speciality lubricants for stationary process plants as well as for mobile equipment in opencast and underground mining. In order to be able to optimally supply both areas, the company offers the following two product ranges:
- The M-series: For mobile equipment, e.g. dump trucks, excavators, draglines.
- The P-series: For stationary process equipment, e.g. crushers, mills, roller presses
Klüber lubricants for mining industry
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Mining operations work around the clock. Accordingly, components such as the bearings, bolts, bushings, ropes and gears installed in mills, excavators or dump trucks are constantly exposed to friction and wear. The choice of the right lubricant is particularly important here. A wrong decision can mean the premature failure of a component and thus, in the worst case, the standstill of your production. High maintenance and downtime costs are the result.
