GEA raises the bar in mechanical engineering industry: Net-zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2040

GEA's innovative technologies have long played a decisive role in reducing GHG emissions in the various end customer industries it serves, foremost food, beverage and pharma. With the ever-advancing resource efficiency of its production and process technology, GEA enables customers to reach their own sustainability goals. Nevertheless, in direct comparison to GEA's own GHG emissions, indirect emissions from suppliers and products sold - so-called Scope 3 - make up more than 95 percent of GEA's overall GHG emissions.

The company's climate strategy therefore focuses on identifying climate impact hotspots in GEA's product portfolio and further boosting the energy efficiency of GEA products. GEA's comprehensive portfolio - ranging from components and industrial machinery to complete processing lines and factories - will be thoroughly analyzed in the coming years. This level of transparency will enable the company to prioritize the climate roadmap and further develop sustainable customer solutions.

'Product innovation will be the key lever to reach our 18 percent reduction target for Scope 3 in 2030. It's an ambitious goal, but I'm convinced we'll achieve it; engineering excellence is GEA's core strength,' comments Klebert. 'For instance, we are already equipping customers such as smoothie-producer innocent with machinery that enables the carbon-free production of beverages. Going forward, we will employ such climate-smart solutions on an ever-increasing scale.' In addition to installing new technologies, GEA modernizes existing customer plants to reduce their climate impact as much as possible.