Annual Report
2022 / 2023
2022 / 2023
Clear Commitment, Many Questions
What is my new laptop’s carbon footprint? Can I rely on the battery in my electric car? How much does the business I work for focus on sustainability? Is a given product or service climate-neutral? As we move toward a sustainable future, our society finds itself grappling with questions like these.
Consumers want to be secure in the knowledge that their actions do not have a negative impact on our climate, that they do not adversely affect other people’s lives, and that they can use new technologies with peace of mind. They want to be able to trust the companies that are engaged in this process of transformation. This requires a neutral third party that can ensure comparability, transparency, and reliable inspection processes while helping those involved to do the right thing.
DEKRA supports its customers on their path to becoming sustainable businesses. We offer more than 500 services spanning the key issues of the transition to clean energy, environmental, social, and governance (ESG), and building a circular economy. In doing so, we help organizations to focus, and deliver on the right priorities for themselves and their stakeholders, as well as to review and communicate what they have already achieved – in turn establishing trust.
DEKRA takes the public’s hopes for genuine sustainability seriously. Around a third of DEKRA’s services are geared toward the transition to clean energy, ESG goals, and building a circular economy. “Our contribution toward a speedy and safe transformation comes in the form of our broad portfolio of services. As a result, we are one of the top providers of ESG assurance services and have been listed in the renowned Verdantix ESG Assurance Services Buyer’s Guide,” says Sebastian Bartels, Senior Vice President and Head of the Sustainability Services Corporate Focus Area.
DEKRA helps its customers with their strategic decisions and offers highly practical assistance with the product creation process – for instance, with testing, analysis, verification, and developing expertise.
As an independent third party, the organization also verifies the carbon footprint of consumer goods. These include computers made by global brands such as Lenovo. We inspect and certify new product groups in the electric vehicles sector, such as batteries, charging infrastructure, and the EVs themselves, and we provide the same services for products that generate renewable energy, such as photovoltaic modules and wind turbines. DEKRA is also supporting the development of infrastructure for the hydrogen economy. Sebastian Bartels sums up the strengths DEKRA has to offer as follows: “Our customers value our local, technical, and cross-sector experience coupled with our global view of the broad landscape of different sustainability considerations – from energy technologies, efficient methods, and processes to product sustainability and organizational sustainability.”
In the quest for sustainable energy, renewable electricity generation and new technologies are playing a key role. DEKRA is helping to shape these developments.
Summary
From helping to establish a hydrogen economy and inspecting renewable energy facilities to certifying products intended for daily use, DEKRA brings its expert knowledge of safety and sustainability to many different areas. This makes it possible to align existing value chains with the decarbonized economy of the future.
