Corporate Social Responsibility

Responsibility for our environment is firmly rooted in our sense of values, as this paves the way for all of us to live together as a community and for a sustainable future. Compliance with legal regulations and regulatory orders for environmental protection and the reduction of energy consumption are a matter of course for us. Every year, an external auditor conducts the relevant audits based on ISO 14001 and 50001 certifications.

Environmental protection and corporate responsibility has the same significance as the quality of the products and the efficiency of our entrepreneurial actions. We are committed to continuous improvement of our environmental and energy management system: We design our products environmentally sound and recyclable. Our energy efficiency is optimized and is in a permanent improvement process on a long-term basis. At his/her place of work, every employee contributes to the implementation of our environmental and energy objectives. And last but not least, the management is also committed to sustainable corporate governance at the social level.

In 2020, our board of directors expanded its sustainability oversight role by naming our company’s first Corporate Social Responsibility Officer and we created a new Sustainability Leadership Board, responsible for sustainability control of the company. Climate‑related and other sustainability issues are typically considered by the Board at least annually through the strategic planning process. Our targets align with the Paris Convention most ambitious goal of limiting the temperature increase to 1.5 degrees celsius. In addition, LINDE + WIEMANN (hereafter called Linde + Wiemann) oversees and reports on matters relating to the company’s ethics, corporate citizenship, and sustainable development and stakeholder relationships.

This Sustainability Report aims to provide our customers, employees, suppliers and stakeholders with a better understanding of how we approach the creation of sustainable, long term values.

We are convinced that our efforts regarding sustainability will ultimately create long term benefits for our society, customers, shareholders, suppliers and last but not least employees. We still have a lot of work ahead of us. The next decade is crucial for the transition to a sustainable economy. With our team of approximately 2,400 employees, we aim to create a world that is safe, comfortable, and sustainable.

LINDE + WIEMANN Corporate Social Responsibility Officer & Board of Directors

At a Glance

8 Countries

19 Production Facilities

83 Years

LINDE + WIEMANN is a mid-cap automotive supplier in Germany’s region with the highest industrial density, that produces structural components for vehicle construction. These include rockers, A- and B-pillars as well as structural parts in the front-end, cockpit and chassis area and metal parts in the exhaust system area. LINDE + WIEMANN has a long tradition, operating in more than 19 plants and in more than 8 countries.

We are known for quality, famed for our unconventional thinking, appreciated for our values. LINDE + WIEMANN partners with OEMs in the international automobile industry. For over 83, years the company has supplied globally active car manufacturers and their suppliers with relevant structural components and assemblies.

LINDE + WIEMANN applies their know-how, gained through many years of experience, to design and form metal to find the right trendsetting solutions tailor-made to suit their customers’ requirements. LINDE + WIEMANN focusses on developing new products that contribute towards improving the safety of vehicles while reducing their weight at the same time.

Our Reporting Scope & Strategic Targets

People

Training and Education
Human Rights
Employee Representative Bodies
Diversity and Inclusion
Charity
Health and Safety

Value Chain

Environment
Energy
Emissions
Water

Supply Chain

Logistics
Materials
Suppliers
Working Conditions

Governance

Stakeholder
Governing Bodies
Ethics and Regulatory Compliance
Risk Management
Data and Information Security

In order to specify the defined fields of action in more detail and at the same time meet the heterogeneous requirements of its various customers, we orient ourselves in each case to the most demanding goal of the industry. Therefore, the predominant goal of our CSR strategy is to reduce greenhouse gas emissions to a minimum and achieve CO2-neutrality by 2039. This includes achieving self-generated emissions (Scope 1&2) by 2025 at the latest.

To achieve this target, the first step is to create the necessary foundations and generate the corresponding transparency about the status quo (esp. Scope 1, 2 & 3) as well as the required reduction targets in all dimensions. We will create this transparency together with our supply chain partners by the end of 2022. Connected to this is the development of a roadmap and the derivation of relevant initiatives to achieve the different targets. This will include along our fields of action:

Measurements to reduce CO2-Emissions in our production plants, in the logistics and by our suppliers

Measurements to increase health, safety, diversity and well-being for our people at LINDE + WIEMANN as a place of work

Measurements for the efficient and effective management of projects to improve sustainability: economical, ecological and social

Enabled by our Governance

“Our governance is aimed at fostering an effective set of practices and promoting a culture of responsibility and accountability.

Acting sustainably at LINDE + WIEMANN means taking on responsibility. We believe that taking on responsibility by acting in an ecologically and socially sustainable manner also leads to sustainable economic success.

In doing so, our governance takes care of maintaining the necessary degree of effectiveness, efficiency and quality. As requirements around sustainability rightfully become more stringent, we commit ourselves to constantly reviewing and improving our standards for the benefit of society.”

Mission and Vision

“Our mission is to lead the field as premier global partner for our customers for high quality crash-relevant body in white components. We use our decades of expertise in the metal design and forming of metal to find the right, forward-looking solutions tailored to customers’ needs. With our strategy, we bring more value to our customers in the future and do so sustainably and responsibly for both, the environment and people that represent LINDE + WIEMANN.”

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Mission and Vision

Global Presence

The sales markets for products of LINDE + WIEMANN encompass the four regions of Europe, North America, the Middle East and Africa as well as Asia, 19 production plants in total. With this structure, we have established ourselves as a recognized supplier to the international automotive industry.

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Customers

As an internationally acting automotive supplier, LINDE + WIEMANN can count the major car manufacturers among its customers. We support our customers’ mission by protecting the environment. Our costumers have very ambitious climate targets that also affect the cooperation with suppliers. We offer a range of innovative products to help our customers become more resource efficient, sustainable and more competitive. By focusing our business strategy on sustainability, are able to address the needs of our customers and further expand our competitive advantage.

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Customers

Innovative with Products and Technologies

“LINDE + WIEMANN is a long-standing developer and manufacturer of safety-relevant metal components and subsystems for the automotive industry. We are committed to achieve the highest standards of innovation, safety and quality. With our products, we are fundamentally independent of the powertrain and thus independent of drive technologies. As a strategic supplier we develop products and technologies in close cooperation with our customers.”

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Responsible for people

At LINDE + WIEMANN, we are keenly aware of our responsibility towards the people on whom our actions have an impact. These are not only our employees, but all the people we interact with in one way or another. We want to help all these people to live a just and dignified life. We are guided by the Declaration of Human Rights and the United Nations Global Compact and implement these rules in our company wide standard for human rights and labour, business ethics, environmental protection, and safety; we are guided in this by our intrinsic values; we aim to do our best to achieve our best. It is important to us to give something back and to make a difference not only locally but globally for all people who come into contact with LINDE + WIEMANN.

Responsible for people

As is 2021

%
Permanent Contracts

%
Female Employees

21,504 h
Total Number of trainings hours

490

Avg. LTIR

100

%
Mandatory Health and Safety Training

Apprentices

10.79 years
Average Period of employment

Targets 2023

5 % Decrease in Lost Time Injury Rate

Digitalisation of HR Administration Processes

Expansion of the educational opportunities for our employees

Empowering women in leadership positions and technical apprentices

Sustainable along the Value Chain

“We take a holistic view of sustainability. However, we know that we have to start with ourselves, so we look closely at all processes in our factories and continuously improve them in terms of efficiency and sustainability. This is where we have the greatest direct impact on the sustainability of our products and our company.”

As is 2021

16,446 t
CO2 Emissons

62,239 MWh
Energy Consumption Scope 2

t/mEUR
CO2 Intensity Scope 2

148

kWh/mEUR
Energy Intensity Scope 2

%
Renewable Energy

%
Recycled Material used

30,177 m3
Water used

2,676

t Waste
(hazardous, nonhazardous, paper)

Targets 2023

22 % HEV/BEV Vehicles in Fleet

Increase in Usage of Green Energy

10 % Decrease in Harzardous Waste

3 % Decrease in Energy Usage

25 % Reduction in Water Usage

5 % Reduction in CO2 Intensity Scope 2

Sustainable within the Supply Chain

“We know that the issue of social responsibility does not end at our factory gates. That is why we plan to further expand our close cooperation with our suppliers and invite them to work with us more closely. Especially in the area of raw material extraction it is of upmost importance to prevent and mitigate violations of human rights. We believe that it is key to know our value chain as well as possible in order to prevent any risk. Therefore, we will continue to scrutinize and optimize every step in our value chain with respect to sustainability and social responsibility.”