Sustainability

ElringKlinger Group at a glance

Key HR indicators

	2022	2021	2020	2019	2018	2017	2016	2015	2014	2013
Absolute number of employees	9,540	9,466	9,724	10,393	10,429	9,611	8,591	7,912	7,255	6,716
Average number of employees	9,480	9,557	10,017	10,461	10,033	9,001	8,322	7,653	7,081	6,543
Breakdown by age group
less than 30 years old	15.2%	15.2%	18.3%	22.8%	25.4%	26.2%	25.6%	25.8%	25.3%	24.9%
30 to 50 years old	60.4%	60.9%	58.8%	55.2%	54.6%	53.4%	53.8%	54.1%	55.3%	56.0%
over 50 years old	24.4%	23.9%	22.9%	22.0%	20.0%	20.4%	20.6%	20.2%	19.4%	19.2%
Vocational training ratio¹	1.6%	1.9%	1.8%	2.0%	3.6%	4.1%	4.7%	4.0%	3.9%	3.9%
Employees covered by collective agreements	6,505	6,480	6,431	6,818	6,878	6,121	5,504	5,248	4,913	4,728
Number of qualification interviews conducted	5,550	5,566	7,145	7,543	7,303	6,647	6,002	5,388	5,648	5,379
Percentage of part-time employees	4.5%	4.8%	4.8%	4.9%	4.6%	4.0%	4.8%	4.7%	4.6%	4.7%
Number of employees with severe disabilities	256	186	233	202	212	188	173	200	192	189
Number of employees in management positions	1,033	1,002	989	963	828	734	641	611	565	525
Work-related accidents leading to more than 3 days off work	124	117	107	167	304	248	223	268	253	292
Absolute number of employees
in partial retirement¹	146	105	94	80	93	87	77	76	72	76
on maternity leave¹	10	13	13	18	15	8	8	10	6	8
on parental leave¹	79	84	79	70	65	63	52	40	32	24
Number of improvement suggestions submitted¹	313	167	213	366	244	466	270	330	364	289
Improvement suggestions successfully implemented¹	68	57	79	148	48	104	65	96	74	98
Improvement suggestions rejected¹	142	116	170	266	144	319	154	174	105	148

Key environmental indicators

	2022 market-based	2021 market-based	2020 market-based	2020 location-based	2019	2018
Total direct and indirect CO₂ emissions in metric tons	73,740	73,850	77,530	92,500	115,300	118,300
CO₂ emissions in metric tons per EUR 1 million in sales	41.0	45.5	52.4	62.5	66.8	69.7
CO₂ emissions offset in t⁴	16,000	22,000	0	0	0	0

Total direct CO₂ emissions in metric tons	22,070	23,120	20,870	20,870	25,500	23,300
of which direct CO₂ emissions from gas, oil, engine test stands, etc. in metric tons	21,200	22,300	19,900	19,900	24,300	22,200
of which CO₂ emissions for vehicle fleet in metric tons¹	870	820	970	970	1,200	1,100

Total indirect CO₂ emissions in metric tons	51,670	50,730	56,660	71,660	89,800	94,900
of which indirect CO₂ emissions from electricity in metric tons	50,400	50,300	55,900	70,900	84,800	87,500
of which indirect CO₂ emissions from flights in metric tons	1,270³	430³	760³	760³	5,000³	7,400²
Identification according to the GHG protocol
Scope-1-emissions	22,070	23,120	20,870	20,870	25,500	23,300
Scope-2-emissions	50,400	50,300	55,900	70,900	84,800	87,500
Scope-3-emissions	1,270³	430³	760³	760³	5,000³	7,400²

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ElringKlinger Group Key HR Indicators
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Strategy and Objectives

Sustainability has a long tradition at ElringKlinger. The foundation for this was laid by the company's founder Paul Lechler through his guiding principle.

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