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Creating
Transparency
Group Sustainability Report
2013
BSH BOSCH UND SIEMENS HAUSGERÄTE GMBH
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About this report
Since 1992, BSH Bosch und Siemens Hausgeräte GmbH has been reporting
annually to its stakeholders on how it implements its sustainable corporate
strategy. This report covers all BSH sites around the world. It discusses
recent achievements and developments at the Group and presents
environmental and staff-related key performance indicators for financial
year 2013. The final deadline for contributions to this report was 30 April
2014. This report follows the Global Reporting Initiative guidelines (GRI G3).
It also serves as BSH’s progress report in relation to the UN Global Compact.
A clear summary of our progress in implementing the Global Compact
principles is available at:
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> www.bsh-group.com > What we stand for > Responsibility > Global Compact
Selected awards in 2013 and 2014
“Customer Service Star”,
Poland
“XV Premio Medio Ambiente
Aragón 2013” for environmental protection, Spain
“E.ON Energy Conservation
Prize”, Hungary
2014
For more information
about BSH and its
brands, see BSH’s 2013
Group Annual Report or
visit its website at:
www.bsh-group.com
American Chamber of
Commerce’s “Investor of the
Year”, Russia
“Deutscher Bildungspreis”
for education, Germany
Top Employers Institute’s
“Top Employer Europe”
BSH worldwide
•
• Helsinki
Oslo •
St. Petersburg
• Stockholm
• Moscow
• Ballerup
• Toronto
Irvine
•
LaFollette
New Bern
Casablanca •
Chuzhou
• Tel Aviv
• Dubai
• Jeddah
• Mumbai
Hong Kong •
• Seoul
Nanjing
Wuxi
• Taipei
•
• Amsterdam
Milton Keynes •
Nauen
• Berlin
• Kiev
Brussels •
Rogoznica
Bad Neustadt
• Prague
Luxembourg •
Bretten
• Michalovce
• Regensburg
Giengen
Paris •
Munich • Vienna
Lipsheim Dillingen
Traunreut
• Budapest
Geroldswil •
• Bangkok
• Kuala Lumpur
• Singapore
• Jakarta
Lima
Nazarje •
Milan •
• Johannesburg
Buenos Aires •
• Warsaw
Lód´z
Melbourne •
Auckland •
• Zagreb
• Bucharest
• Belgrade
Santander
Vitoria
• Huarte
Estella
Esquiroz
Zaragoza • La Cartuja
Montañana
• Sofia
Çerkezköy
• Istanbul
• Lisbon
•
Athens
 Group Headquarters • Subsidiaries/Sites
Factories:  Cooking  Refrigeration/Freezing  Dishwashing  Washing/Drying  Consumer Products  Motors/Pumps
Main brands
Special brands
Regional brands
Sites certified according to ISO 14001
China
Wuxi
Chuzhou
Nanjing
Germany
*
Bad Neustadt
Bretten*
Dillingen
Giengen
Nauen*
Traunreut *
France
Lipsheim
Spain
Esquiroz
Estella
La Cartuja
Montañana
Santander
Vitoria
Greece
Athens
Peru
Callao (Lima)
Poland
Lodz (2)
Russia
St. Petersburg
Slovakia
Michalovce
Turkey
Çerkezköy
Slovenia
Nazarje
USA
New Bern
LaFollette
As of May 2014
Sites whose energy management systems have been additionally certified to ISO 50001
Milestones 1967–2013
1967
BSH
founded
1991–1992
Corporate
Department
for Environmental Protection set up
(1991)
First Environmental Report
(1992)
1993
Use of CFCs
and HFCs discontinued in
Europe
1994
Implementation of a
binding environmental
policy
throughout
the Group
Take-back of
end-of-life
appliances
1995
First EMAS
validation
Environmental management handbook
1996
Product
Environment Analysis (PEA)
1997
Environmental controlling at
sites outside Europe
commenced
1998
PEA awarded
environmental
prize by Federation of German Industry
(BDI)
1999
China’s first CFC
and HFC-free
refrigerators
manufactured
Global occupational health and
safety guidelines
2000
Apprenticeships commenced in
Turkey
2002
Best Practice
presentation at UN
Summit in
Johannesburg
2003
BSH
named
“Best
Innovator”
2004
BSH wins Federation of German
Industry prize for
transfer of environmental protection
technology
BSH signs up to UN
Global Compact
Corporate Principles updated
2005
BSH signs the
Code of Conduct of the
European
Committee of
Domestic
Equipment
Manufacturers (CECED)
2006
International
B.A.U.M. special prize
awarded to Dr.
Kurt-Ludwig
Gutberlet
2008
BSH wins
German
Sustainability Award
2009
2010
BSH’s Nauen plant BSH wins Ger“Factory of the Year” man Innovation
Prize for Climate
Occupational
and Environment
health and safety
(IKU)
BSH intromanagement sysduces Com- tem according to
Materiality analBSH supports pliance
OHSAS 18001
ysis for sustainaEurope-wide
Managebility manageBSH
one
of
“Sustainable
ment
ment
Top
Employers
Energy Europe”
Institute’s
“Top
Utopia Award for
campaign
Employers
the Zeolite dishGermany”
washer
2011
Corporate
Responsibility department established
BSH named
“Climate
Protection
Company” in
Germany
2012
BSH recognised
as one of “Top
Employers
Europe” by Top
Employers Institute
2013
Climate reporting
standard drawn
up with WWF and
CDP
The Group’s Procurement GovernTraunreut receives ance programme
“Job-Erfolg 2012” for responsibility
prize for integrat- in the supply
ing persons with
chain
disabilities
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Content
Foreword
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The company
Benchmark in quality and responsibility
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Sustainable corporate governance
In 2013 we noticeably enhanced our governance to
bring about an even more strategic approach to future
sustainability challenges.
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High-quality household appliances and unconditional customer orientation are the hallmarks of BSH
Bosch und Siemens Hausgeräte GmbH. At the same
time, our own processes are geared to resource
excellence: decoupling BSH’s growth from resource
consumption. This begins with environmentally
friendly product development, which reduces the
use of critical materials while increasing the use of
recycled materials. To make sure we meet the varied
environmental and social requirements, we constantly engage in dialogue with customers, employees, business partners, politicians, research institutes and non-governmental organisations.
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Reliable sustainability management
Governance, risk and compliance as the basis
Responsible lobbying
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Key areas in 2013
In 2013 we focused on one Group-wide key project
for each area of activity in BSH’s sustainability strategy.
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Resource Excellence – decoupling growth from
resource consumption
Business Partners – sustainable value creation
Consumers and Products – convincing with quality
Human Resources Policy – opinions add value
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Status in 2013
Indicators and Group-wide data demonstrate the progress
of our sustainability performance in the year under review.
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Financial
Environmental
Consumer interests
Employees
Commitment in the regions
Sustainability objectives
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Contacts
GRI Index
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Backflap
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“We don’t only want to be pioneers when it comes to making highquality home appliances. Our goal is to harmonise economic, ecological and social requirements all over the world – and to be a reliable partner throughout the value chain.” Dr. Karsten Ottenberg
Dear Reader,
We have committed ourselves to the principle of sustainability from our company’s tradition as a manufacturer of high-quality home appliances with a long
life. Sustainability is an integral part of our corporate
strategy and describes our path to success. This strategic understanding requires us to harmonise the
economic, ecological and social aspects of our activities. Our goal is to be a pioneer and a benchmark in
the sector.
Targeted sustainability management is needed in view
of BSH’s growth, our increasingly international operations and the associated complexity. Our focus lies on
establishing end-to-end, efficient governance along
the value chain, developing and marketing innovative and energy-efficient products and conserving
resources. In an open dialogue with our stakeholders
we recognise future challenges and devise new solution models.
We made good progress towards achieving our sustainability targets in 2013. Our success in the market
underlines this: Sales of our portfolio of super-effi-
cient appliances rose by 15 percent to 4.6 million
units compared with the previous year. In spite of
difficult market conditions, we were able to increase
the Group’s sales revenue – to a level of 10.5 billion
euros.
We aim to foster an understanding of sustainable corporate governance and anchor it throughout the
Group. We managed to set new milestones in the
year under review. By realigning and strengthening
our governance-risk-compliance organisation we created the preconditions for a Group-wide umbrella
concept. It provides greater transparency and gives
us early and thorough warning of the risks involved
in our business activities. Four areas of activity give
us better perception and control of our sustainability
measures and form the structure of this report:
Resource Excellence, Business Partners, Consumers
and Products as well as Human Resources Policy.
This focused approach enables us to take our stakeholders’ interests into account even better in line
with responsible corporate governance. We demonstrated just how serious we are about protecting
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“We offer our customers high-quality products with a long life. We
also guarantee satisfaction by being reachable via many channels
and providing comprehensive service. To continue improving, we
keep obtaining feedback from our customers.” Matthias Ginthum
“BSH is growing continuously and becoming increasingly international. To fill vacancies throughout the world with the most suitable employees, we offer a variety of qualification and personal
Johannes Närger
development programmes.”
consumers’ interests and having a transparent information policy when we ran the biggest voluntary
product safety action in the company’s history in
80 countries last year.
In four focus areas, we present, among other things,
the expansion of our climate reporting, compliance
with social and ecological standards throughout the
upstream value creation stage, our voluntary product
safety action and the employee survey, which for the
first time was conducted simultaneously at all of our
sites worldwide in 2013.
For us, the current sustainability report – the 22nd –
is an important instrument for informing our stakeholders. It is oriented to the international guidelines
of the Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) and, at the
same time, is our progress report to the Global Compact of the United Nations.
Dr. Karsten Ottenberg
Chairman and CEO of
BSH
We wish you an informative read and are looking
forward to your suggestions, which can be sent to
corporate.communications@bshg.com.
Matthias Ginthum
Brand Management,
Sales and Logistics
Johannes Närger
Finance and
Labour Relations Director
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The company
Benchmark in quality and
responsibility
BSH Bosch und Siemens Hausgeräte GmbH is the largest manufacturer of home appliances in Europe, and one of the leading companies in the sector worldwide. The Munich-based Group was founded
as a joint venture between Robert Bosch GmbH (Stuttgart) and Siemens AG (Munich) in 1967. BSH currently operates 41 factories at 28
sites in 13 countries in Europe, the USA, Latin America and Asia. In
addition, it has a global network of sales and customer service companies. In 2013, the BSH Group had a workforce of almost 50,000
employees at over 80 companies in 47 countries.
Adding value, offering diversity
Our goal is to be a benchmark in our sector. We
want to be convincing through quality, design,
innovation, benefits and usefulness, and thus create added value for our customers, employees
and shareholders. Sustainability is an integral
part of BSH’s strategy and business model.
Our diverse brand and product portfolio enables
us to meet a wide range of consumer requirements. Our main brands are Bosch and Siemens.
They are supplemented by eight special brands
for specific target groups and consumer needs
(Gaggenau, Neff, Thermador, Constructa, Viva,
Ufesa, Junker and Zelmer) as well as by four
regional brands (Balay, Pitsos, Profilo and Coldex), which give us a broad presence in their
respective home markets. Our product portfolio
spans the entire spectrum of modern household
appliances. It extends from stoves, ovens, extractor hoods, dishwashers, washing machines, dryers, refrigerators and freezers to small appliances
(consumer products) such as vacuum cleaners,
coffee machines, kettles, irons and hairdryers.
Sales revenue by sales region
Employees by sales region
In percent
In percent
5.1
Others
32.4
Sales Region III
(incl. Asia, North
America, Turkey)
Business year 2013
30.6
Sales Region I
(incl. Germany,
Austria, Eastern
Europe)
31.9
Sales Region II
(incl. Western and
Northern Europe,
Baltic states, South
Africa)
6.2
Others
38.0
Sales Region III
(incl. Asia, North
America, Turkey)
As at 31 December 2013
39.8 Sales Region I
(incl. Germany,
Austria, Eastern
Europe)
16.0
Sales Region II
(incl. Western and
Northern Europe,
Baltic states, South
Africa)
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Growth in all regions
Despite weak, global economic growth, BSH
posted record sales of 10.5 billion euros in the
2013 financial year – up 7.2 percent year on year.
All sales regions in the world as well as the
Group’s other activities (e.g. business with components and merchandise for resale) contributed
to this growth. At 509 million euros, the Group’s
earnings before interest and taxes (EBIT) came to
4.8 percent of sales revenue.
BSH continued its international expansion in the
year under review and acquired Zelmer S.A., a
Polish manufacturer of small appliances with
round about 1,350 employees. We opened a new
production plant for consumer products in
Cerkezköy (Turkey) in March 2013. In addition,
manufacturing capacities for the cooking product
area were expanded there and in Nanjing (China).
In 2013, the machinery for producing refrigerators
was installed at the newly built second factory in
Chuzhou (China). The factory was officially
opened in April 2014. Our manufacturing capacities were also set up and expanded at the sites in
Turkey, Poland, Russia, USA, India and China
among other places. Our washing machine factory
in Kabinburi (Thailand) was closed as planned.
South-Eastern Asia will be supplied from the new
production plant in Chennai (India) from autumn
2014. At the same time, a development centre for
gas hobs and extractor hoods for the region is
being constructed there.
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In October 2013, the rating agency Standard and
Poors confirmed the long-term “A” rating and the
short-term “A-1” rating for BSH. The outlook was
rated as “stable” on the basis of the high and stable operating results and cash flows. These ratings underscore BSH’s excellent credit standing.
Awards
Year for year, BSH products present a compelling argument with their
technical innovation and quality. While Bosch stands for “reliability, sustainability and mature technologies”, in particular, Siemens appeals to
customers with its “pioneering spirit, smart innovations and progress in
the service of humanity.” BSH’s special brands, such as Neff and
Gaggenau, and our regional brands also guarantee our success: in 2013,
BSH was again the leader in comparative product ratings within Europe.
Independent European trade magazines, like Stiftung Warentest, put
BSH appliances through a total of 164 tests. Winning 110 of these tests
meant that we even surpassed our very good result from the previous
year (91). The Bosch, Siemens and Neff dishwashers came top in their
test – each scoring 1.9 – thanks to their very good cleaning performance,
energy efficiency and low noise level. In 2013, again, BSH in Hungary
won two “E.ON Energy Conservation Prize” awards for energy-efficient
home appliances: in the categories “dryers with capacity over 6 kg” and
“built in ovens with circulated air”. In Spain, BSH came top – compared
with other groups – in a consumer study conducted by the New Yorkbased Reputation Institute in the categories “corporate governance”
and “social commitment”. BSH Russia was unanimously voted “Investor
of the Year” by the American Chamber of Commerce in Russia, St.
Petersburg Chapter, for the second time. This recognised its contribution to the economic development of the region, its social responsibility
and its attractiveness as an employer.
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How does BSH
communicate with
its stakeholders?
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How does BSH
A multi-faceted dialogue with stakeholders
We are constantly working together with our trading partners and suppliers
to develop sustainable and responsible business relationships. In collaborative
projects with industry players, research institutes and non-governmental
organisations (NGOs), we systematically examine the requirements of our
stakeholders and elaborate new solutions. In matters of energy efficiency and
the transition to a renewable-energy regime, BSH actively brings its expertise
to bear by participating in a variety of committees, congresses and events and
maintaining direct contacts with policy makers. We also maintain close ties
with consumer- and environmental-protection organisations worldwide.
Stakeholders – dialogue and partnerships
Industrial and trading partners,
suppliers, service providers
Consumers, consumer-protection
organisations
ealer satisfaction study
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Round table on “Compliance and Sustainability in the Supply Chain”
“Club Excelencia de Sostenibilidad”
(a Spanish corporate association)
ocial media web radar
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“ Satisfaction with products”
“ Satisfaction with Customer Service”
survey
Comparative product tests
Sustainable
Business
Employees, management,
collective bargaining partners,
universities
Employee survey
European works council
P artnerships with universities
Policy makers,
NGOs, science and academia
egulation – EU energy label
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C arbon Disclosure Project – climate reporting
Disposal standards for WEEE old appliances
communicate with
its stakeholders?
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Sustainable corporate
governance
We elaborated our sustainability strategy in 2011 on the basis
of our BSH Corporate Principles and a comprehensive survey
of stakeholders. The new concept developed in 2013 delineates BSH’s four key action areas for responsible corporate
governance more clearly than ever before.
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Sustainable corporate governance
Reliable sustainability management
As one of the leading home appliance manufacturers in the world,
BSH stands for values ​​such as innovation, quality and reliability. Our
business success is based on our credibility and the trust our partners and customers place in us. To earn that trust we need to take
economic, ecological and social aspects into account – in equal
measure – in all our business activities. Sustainability is not only an
integral part of our Group strategy and Corporate Principles, but is
firmly anchored in our corporate organisation, and we take a targeted and long-term approach to the management of corresponding
focus topics.
Sustainability anchored in the company
The head of Corporate Sustainability, which was
established in early 2011, is responsible for sustainability management at BSH and for coordinating key sustainability-related activities at Group
level. He reports directly to the Chairman of the
Board of Management. Corporate Sustainability
provides impulses across the entire Group for
sustainability-related issues and contributes its
expertise in a variety of projects with both internal and external partners. Set up in 2011, the Corporate Responsibility (CR) Committee is a Groupwide decision-making body whose purpose is to
ensure that BSH is positioned for, and geared to,
sustainability. The committee, whose members
come from 14 corporate units, met seven times in
the course of 2013 under the leadership of Corporate Sustainability.
At annual workshops, the Board of Management
determines the focal points of the Group’s sustainability-related activities and is regularly kept
up to date on the progress of the programmes.
Organisational anchoring of Corporate Responsibility (CR)
Decision-making
Board of
Management
Corporate
Sustainability
Brand Management
Corporate Technology
Management
Corporate
Sustainability
CR Committee
Human Resources
Corporate
Procurement
Logistics
Measures
Departments
Projects
Experts
Customer Service
Sales
Corporate Strategy
Product Areas
Law and Industrial
Policy
Controlling
Environmental Protection, Occupational
Health and Safety
Corporate
Communications
S ustainable corporate G overnance | R eliable sustainability M anagement
The content of this sustainability report is structured to match the four key areas given in the
company’s revised sustainability strategy. The
report has been approved by the Board of Management.
Four key areas
Taking the Corporate Principles as its stepping-off
point, BSH developed the key areas of its sustainability strategy in 2011 on the basis of a comprehensive survey of stakeholders. The focus topics
were determined by means of a materiality analysis. We keep up an intensive dialogue, both with
our stakeholders and within the company, on key
topics of future interest. Four key areas and the
corresponding key strategic issues (see graph)
are the product of the ongoing development of
our sustainability strategy.
Managing sustainability
BSH understands corporate responsibility as
being the unremitting quest to improve its sustainability performance. The company’s approach
to this is characterised by the plan-do-check-act
(PDCA) management method (see page 14), which
involves grouping activities and aligning them
with the strategy. Selected medium-term sustainability targets are integrated in BSH’s five-year
business plan. During discussion of the business
plan, the relevant key performance indicators
(KPIs) are subjected to a planned/actual comparison and, where necessary, adjusted. In 2013,
additional medium-term sustainability goals for
consumer satisfaction were integrated in the business plan for the first time.
Employee participation
Alongside KPI-based management, the participation of the workforce and the dialogue with them
are key to successful sustainability management.
BSH makes use of a wide variety of instruments in
order to foster an understanding of sustainability
and anchor it within the company. Workshops on
sustainability with local managers and employees
in Spain, Turkey, Belgium and Poland have shown
that, despite all differences at local level, one decisive factor is shared: at its business locations,
BSH makes a contribution to the sustainable economic development of the local regions – mainly
in its role as an employer, in the training of young
people, in its environmental protection activities,
in its sponsorship of universities and students, in
its discussions with policy makers and associations as well as in its support for local and social
initiatives and programmes.
Key areas and focus topics of BSH’s sustainability strategy
Building sustainable
business relationships
Responsible relationships
with all (business) partners
Meeting customer
expectations
Business
Partners
Consumers
& Products
Protection of consumer
interests and provision of clear,
transparent information
Fair working conditions
at our suppliers
Sustainable
business
Decoupling BSH’s growth from
resource consumption
Being a preferred employer
Employee dialogue
Talent management
and diversity
Good working conditions
Quality and reliability of our
products and services
Human Resources
Policy
Resource
Excellence
Resource efficiency along
the value chain
Responsible handling of
materials and substances
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Sustainable corporate governance
Governance, risk and compliance as the basis
Dependability, fairness and integrity – both in our internal dealings
and in our contacts with business partners and consumers – are an
integral part of the BSH Corporate Principles, underpinning our success in the long term. Wherever we do business, our actions adhere
to the applicable laws. Clear structures, responsibilities and rules
ensure that these are observed in all areas of the company and in all
of its processes.
As a company with worldwide operations, BSH
contributes towards the creation of fair working
conditions and towards environmental protection.
In joining the United Nations Global Compact in
2004, the company made a commitment to promoting the Compact’s ten principles in the areas of
human rights, labour, environment and anti-corruption. In 2005 we signed the code of conduct of
the European Committee of Domestic Equipment
Manufacturers (CECED), which we were instrumental in elaborating.
Integrated approach –
governance-risk-compliance
For us, sustainable corporate governance also
means keeping a watchful eye – across all organisational units and countries – on changing
requirements for corporate control and monitoring, and on the potential risks posed by our business activities. In 2013, we continued to expand
the structures needed for this, and are currently
establishing an overarching operational model for
Group-wide governance-risk-compliance activities.
The latter creates a Group-wide regulatory framework for business. Along with the newly created
Risk Management department, the Compliance
and Internal Auditing departments report directly
to the Chairman of the Board of Management.
Risk management activities expanded
In 2012 and 2013 we placed special emphasis on
giving our risk management activities a new direction. In particular, a corresponding corporate
department was created and substantial resources
allocated to these activities. The Risk Management Committee, which comprises two Board of
Management members and the corporate department heads, meets every six months. All the risks
specific to our business operations have been collected in a new risk categorisation catalogue.
They include not only strategic, legal and regulatory risks but also compliance, taxation, sustainability and reputational risks. Product-, productionand sales-related risks as well as country-specific
risks are also examined.
The catalogue already contains around 100 topics,
which are updated after every six-monthly risk
survey and also in the course of the ongoing dialogue with the corporate departments, product
areas and subsidiaries. The purpose of the catalogue is to assist the organisational units in identifying risks and to serve as a basis for the drafting of risk maps for the Group.
Risk managers at all BSH companies work to
ensure that risks are recorded in a uniform manner across the entire Group. The head of each
organisational unit bears responsibility for managing that unit’s risks. The successful rollout of
BSH’s realigned system of risk management was
backed up by a web-based information campaign,
dedicated workshops and intensive training sessions, in which more than 100 employees took part.
S ustainable corporate G overnance | G overnance , risk and compliance as the basis
Integrated approach: governance-risk-compliance
BSH Board of Management
Operational
units
Risk
management
Compliance
management
Regulation
management
Internal
control system
Internal
Auditing
Integrated analyses
Measures
and
implementation
Integrated prevention and response
Reporting
Stronger emphasis on prevention in compliance
matters
At BSH we understand compliance to be an
instrument for reducing risk and ensuring that our
corporate governance is based on values. That is
why our activities in this area are focused on promoting an understanding for rule-based behaviour, enhancing transparency and simplifying
business processes. Here, too, we built up our
resources in 2013, and the tasks of Corporate
Compliance now include preventive programmes,
internal consultation services for the functions
and regions, and the development of training
courses. The latter covers the four key areas Compliance addresses: anticorruption, antitrust law,
data protection legislation and the prevention of
money laundering.
ners. Another tool identifies high-risk payment
transactions in the Group and carries out a plausibility check. Where necessary, such transactions
are additionally checked by the specialist department.
Compliance officers at Group headquarters and in
those countries in which BSH has subsidiaries,
ensure that compliance is firmly anchored
throughout the entire Group. Employees who wish
to report compliance violation can turn to either an
independent external ombudsman or the IT-based
“Trust and Tell” system, which enables employees
to give anonymous tips. In 2013, almost 19,500
employees took part in web-based compliance
training courses. In addition to consolidating and
simplifying all our compliance guidelines, we
intend to complete the test phase of our IT-based
compliance tools, which are designed to check the
integrity of our business partners and high-risk
transactions. The process to check the integrity of
business partners has been standardised across
the entire Group. It assists employees in carrying
out integrity checks both before and during the
negotiation phase with potential business part-
To ensure end-to-end compliance with the auditing methods and to do justice to BSH’s growth
and the complexity it gives rise to, dotted-line
links were established in 2013 between the
regional auditing departments in Turkey, China,
the Asia-Pacific region and the US on the one
hand and the central Internal Auditing department on the other. Examples of the audits carried
out in 2013 include issues such as dependent
contractors, compliance of BSH international subsidiaries with the EU Directive on Waste of Electrical and Electronic Equipment (WEEE) or responsibility and compliance in the field of procurement.
Internal auditing – a third focal point
The tasks of the Internal Auditing department
include recognising potential hazards in the company at an early stage so as to minimise the liability risks they pose to the company’s management.
It forms the third focal point of activities within
BSH’s governance-risk-compliance complex. In
line with an annual plan, Internal Auditing checks
– in an independent and neutral manner – the
issues and activities that have been recorded as
being of relevance to BSH.
Monitoring and
improvement
Reporting
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Sustainable corporate governance
Responsible lobbying
Sustainable corporate governance must take into account the regulatory, ethical and sociopolitical requirements of policy makers and
society and strike a balance between these and the company’s
goals. Achieving this increasingly calls for a dialogue with government bodies and NGOs as well as environmental organisations and
consumer protection associations. We actively participate in the
political debate, and advocate sustainable development and a
framework that is conducive to doing business.
Fair and transparent
As a company operating worldwide, we represent
our interests and opinions in national, European
and international industry associations and
through direct contacts with policy makers. Over
and above that, we play an active part internationally in bodies devoted to technical regulations
and standardisation. Current topics of our work in
associations include not only revising the European energy label, but also introducing standards
for product safety and usability. Our contribution
to political and social opinion-making is constructive and responsible. To ensure that our activities
in this area comply with our values and principles,
all employees who represent BSH’s interests
towards stakeholder groups must first complete
compliance training.
Positions and impulses in 2013
The European energy label has made a name for
itself in the market as an important and sensible
information tool for buyers and sellers alike.
Today, the information the label provides comprises not only the product’s energy efficiency
class, but also – depending on the product type –
other key performance features, such as water
consumption. From the point of view of consumers, it is crucial that the performance features
shown enable the products to be clearly distinguished from one another. Only in that way will
they be in a position to make sound, informed
decisions on what to buy. Thus far, the EU energy
label has, to a very large extent, directed the customers’ attention to energy-efficient appliances
and had a corresponding influence on their decisions. But the clear and transparent labelling of
products is also having an effect on manufacturers: since the energy label was launched, the
power efficiency of household appliances has
risen continuously. For example, in the last 15
years we have reduced the power consumption of
fridge-freezer combinations by 75 percent, thus
making a substantial contribution toward protecting the climate.
When it comes to the revision of the EU energy
label that is due in 2014, our demand is that, in
the interests of both transparency for consumers
and planning reliability for manufacturers, the
focus on energy efficiency and the ambitious scaling of the energy efficiency classes be retained. To
ensure that the label continues to enjoy broad
acceptance in future, we are working not only
within our industry – e.g. on the Board Committee
on Environment, Energy and Climate of the Central Federation of the Electrical and Electronics
Industry (ZVEI) – but also in overarching organisations like the Federation of German Consumer
Organisations (vzbv). At European level we are
pursuing a future-oriented dialogue with consumer protection associations such as the European Association for the Co-ordination of Consumer Representation in Standardisation (ANEC)
and the Bureau Européen des Unions de Consommateurs (BEUC). We are also actively contributing
S ustainable corporate G overnance | R esponsible lobbying
our expertise in the area of energy efficiency to
the current political and social debate on the transition to a renewable-energy regime in Germany.
In the context of the EU Directive on Energy Efficiency, we advocate the introduction of a marketbased system of incentives.
Collaboration and partnerships
We want to go beyond the current practice of
product labelling and create greater transparency.
The introduction of electricity efficiency classes
for households could make electricity consumption transparent and assist in taking the right
action in future to cut power consumption in the
home. In its capacity as a partner from practice,
BSH is developing the new label together with
Öko-Insitut e.V., electricity providers and consumer protection agencies in a research project
led by the Institute for Social-Ecological Research
(ISOE). Thanks to the large number of different
participants who are involved in the research process, it will be possible to develop technical solutions, business models and tailored consultation
in line with demand. The project is sponsored by
the German Federal Ministry of Education and
Research (BMBF).
In cooperation with RWTH Aachen University, we
are currently examining the customer’s perspective in a project entitled “Customer benefit and
willingness to pay for eco-related product features”. The project is focusing on washing
machines and refrigerators. The results of the
study will find their way into the resource-conserving technologies we market. In the “SmartEnergy Region Oberland” project, we are taking a
close look at three Bavarian districts, a number of
local utilities, research organisations, a citizens’
action group and several companies in order to
determine the scope for extending the decentralised supply of energy at municipal level. The
focus here is on renewables and measures to
enhance energy efficiency. BSH is partnering a
local pilot project the objective of which is to help
private households and commercial enterprises
to save up to 20 percent in electricity annually.
What is more, BSH is also a member of the advisory committee “Resources and closed loop recycling management” of the German Association of
Environmental Management (B.A.U.M. e.V.), the
Munich Climate Protection Alliance (Münchener
Klimaschutzbündnis) and the Bavarian Energy
Efficiency Pact (Energieeffizienzpakt Bayern).
Key memberships in industry associations
CECED – E
uropean Committee of Domestic Equipment
Manufacturers
ZVEI – Z entralverband Elektrotechnik- und Elektronikindustrie e.V., – Germany’s Electrical and
Electronic Manufacturers’ Association
AMDEA – Association of Manufacturers of Domestic
Appliances, UK
ssociation of Home Appliance Manufacturers,
AHAM – A
USA
CHEAA – China Household Electrical Appliances Association, China
epresentation of European Electrical and
EuropElectro – R
Electronics Industry, China
Participation in standards organisations
IEC – International Electrotechnical Commission
CENELEC – European Committee for Electrotechnical
Standardization
DIN – D
eutsches Institut für Normung – German
Institute for Standardization
Transparent efficiency
Since 2011, the new European
energy label has been making
the energy efficiency of household appliances even more transparent. Customers can pick out
highly efficient appliances in no
time at all thanks to additional
energy efficiency classes, figures
for annual electricity/water consumption, language-neutral pictograms, information on noise
emissions and many other
details.
A sample of the energy label
currently in use for washing
machines
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How does BSH
ensure that it
achieves its
targets?
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How does BSH
ensure that it
achieves its
targets?
Our aspiration:
to constantly improve our environmental performance
BSH is constantly working to improve its sustainability performance, a
management process it tackles using the plan-do-check-act (PDCA) method.
It helps us to ensure that binding targets are set across the entire company,
that they are reliably implemented and the results tracked. The topics identified
both in the stakeholder survey and within the company itself form the basis for
our environmental strategy, which we call “resource excellence”. Proceeding
from that strategy, we define environmental programmes and action points. An
internal control system and a systematic review of our processes and targets
round off the PDCA method.
PDCA method exemplified using resource excellence
Topics of the materiality matrix
esources
R
Critical substances and materials
Climate protection
Review management
Environmental strategy
ecoupling BSH’s growth from
D
resource consumption
Transparent climate reporting
Closed-loop material cycles
PL
T
AC
AN
nnual reports
A
(e.g. environmental protection,
occupational health and safety)
A ssessment
New targets
CH
EC
I nternal reporting
Audits and management reviews
ISO 14001 certificate
DO
Internal control/
external check
K
Constant
improvement
in
environmental
performance
Environmental programmes and
action points
nvironmental protection in operations
E
Resource efficiency programme 2015
Deployment of recycled materials
Corporate carbon footprint
K A P I TKEey
L |areas
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Key areas in 2013
Resource Excellence:
decoupling growth from resource consumption
Business Partners:
sustainable value creation
Consumers and Products:
convincing with quality
Human Resources Policy:
opinions add value
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Key areas in 2013
Resource Excellence
Decoupling growth from resource
consumption
Environmental reporting, CFC phase-out, energy-efficient appliances
– BSH has always been a pioneer in its industry in terms of environmental protection and lowering resource consumption. And we aspire
to continue being a pioneer in future. We want to achieve our goal of
“resource excellence” by decoupling BSH’s future growth from the
consumption of resources. Going forward, our aim is to create even
greater transparency so as to be in a better position to assess the
ecological and economic impacts of what we do. Our system of climate reporting represents a first important step along this path.
Keeping a step ahead
Environmental protection and resource conservation are an integral part of BSH’s corporate principles. As one of the world’s leading manufacturers
of household appliances, we can make a big con-
tribution towards conserving resources and protecting the environment. Since the early 1990s,
we have been documenting the progress we have
made in the Sustainability Reports we publish
once a year. We were a pioneer in our industry as
early as 1993, when we ceased using CFCs in our
refrigerators in Europe, and later also in China
and Latin America. The Product Environmental
Analysis (PEA) we developed (see p. 27) has to be
applied whenever a product is developed. Our
wide range of energy-efficient appliances are testimony to the responsibility we bear for protecting
the climate and make a decisive contribution
towards reducing electricity consumption in
households.
BSH’s corporate carbon footprint
In thousands of metric tons
500
466
482
400
139
148
276
290
300
200
454
444
140
145
270
255
Scope 3
Scope 2
100
51
0
44
44
44
2010
2011
2012
2013
250 kg
241 kg
243 kg
212 kg
Scope 1
Specific CO2 emissions per metric ton
of product
Since 2006, we have been disclosing our corporate carbon footprint in accordance with the Greenhouse Gas Protocol, an internationally
recognised standard. We calculate our “specific CO 2 emissions per metric ton of product” on the basis our Scope 1 and 2 activities. Scope 3
activities currently comprise our shipments of finished products ex Germany, customer service trips worldwide and business travel. We
plan to evolve our Scope 3 analysis over the next few years.
A systematic approach to resource excellence
In view of the growing burden on ecosystems and
the increasing scarcity of important resources, our
long-term goal is to decouple our growth from the
consumption of resources. “Resource excellence”
is the term we use to denote the sparing use of
materials and energy along the entire value chain,
i.e. not only in our production plants and logistics,
but also in the utilisation phase of our products
and in the redemption and recycling of old appliances. Just as important in this context are the
responsible use of materials, the avoidance of
critical substances in our appliances as well as
improving the recyclability of those appliances and
achieving closed-loop material cycles. Reducing
the Group’s carbon footprint constitutes another
important contribution to climate protection.
Reducing CO2 emissions even further
Since 2006, BSH has been recording its CO2 emissions for the Group’s operational activities in
accordance with the Greenhouse Gas Protocol, an
internationally accepted standard. We report on
the following areas:
Scope 1: oil and gas consumption of
BSH locations
Scope 2: electricity and district-heating
consumption
Scope 3: transportation of finished products,
business travel and customer service
trips
In 2013, BSH’s carbon footprint (Scopes 1 and 2)
amounted to 299,000 metric tons of CO2, 4.8 percent lower than in 2012 (314,000 metric tons).
Around 15 percent of this total comes from direct
emissions linked to the oil and gas consumption
of BSH locations (Scope 1). We achieved a
5.5-percent reduction in indirect emissions
(Scope 2) in 2013, especially owing to the use of
electricity from renewable sources in our Spanish
factories and to a reduction in the absolute
amount of electricity used at our production sites
through the implementation of measures agreed
on in the Resource Efficiency Project 2015.
Specific CO2 emissions (Scopes 1 and 2) per metric ton of product are the key parameter in managing our climate-protection strategy. Compared
with the previous year, we succeeded in reducing
these emissions by 12.8 percent to 212 kg per
metric ton of product. That means that a BSH
appliance weighing 60 kg will generate an average of around 13 kg in CO2 emissions (previous
year: 15 kg).
K ey areas in 2 0 1 3 | R esource excellence
A guideline for greater CO2 transparency
The European Union has set itself the target of achieving an
80-percent reduction in greenhouse gas emissions by 2050,
taking 1990 as a baseline. Up till now, however, companies in
Germany had little in the way of guidelines and proposals telling them how they could make their specific contribution and
implement efficiency measures. That is why, in 2013, BSH took
part in a project led by the World Wide Fund For Nature (WWF)
and the Carbon Disclosure Project (CDP) that elaborated a uniform methodology for climate reporting by early 2014. Guidelines have been prepared that provide companies with comprehensive assistance in identifying and calculating the
relevant processes driving emissions, and making this information known in a clear and comprehensible manner. Further
information at: www.klimareporting.de
In the light of these new findings, we will revise the way in
which our corporate carbon footprint data is gathered and
analysed in order to create an even better record of the ecological and economic effects of our business activities in their
entirety and to portray them to our stakeholders in a comprehensible manner.
CO2 emissions from transportation and travel
In the Scope 3 categories, we take account only of
those emissions over which BSH has a direct
influence. They include the transport of our finished products, customer service activities and
business travel by our employees and sales staff.
As a company with international operations, we
ship huge volumes of goods to keep our trading
partners and regional warehouses supplied.
Owing to the major impact they have on our carbon footprint, we want to achieve a 20-percent
reduction in CO2 emissions linked to the transport
of our goods by 2020, taking 2006 as a baseline
(see also p. 30). In the year under review a total of
92,200 metric tons of CO2 were emitted for all
goods shipments between our warehouses and
trading partners in Germany and for all deliveries
to our regional warehouses worldwide.
CO2 emissions from travel and customer service
trips amounted to 53,000 metric tons in 2013. Air
travel accounted for 23 percent of this figure, motor
vehicles 76 percent and train travel one percent.
Rental cars and leased cars are used for most business travel undertaken for customer service, sales
and other business purposes. In Germany, customer service technicians use fuel-efficient vehicles.
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Key areas in 2013
Business Partners
Sustainable value creation
For BSH, socially responsible action also means contributing to better working conditions and living standards worldwide. BSH set clear
signals early on by joining the UN Global Compact in 2004 and
becoming a signatory to the Code of Conduct of the European Committee of Domestic Equipment Manufacturers (CECED) in 2005. The
idea behind the Social Compliance Programme for suppliers that we
introduced in 2013 is to make sure that minimum standards for
working conditions and environmental protection are met in
upstream sections of our value chain as well.
The supply chain challenge
Customers expect providers of premium products
like BSH to have business practices that are
impeccable in ecological, economic and social
terms. Sustainable supplier management is a prerequisite for that. At BSH, it is built on long-term
partnerships with suppliers. They alone allow us
to remain competitive as regards quality, delivery
dependability, innovation and costs. Our portfolio
of suppliers is very broad and includes manufacturers of synthetic granules or steel, only very few of
whom exist worldwide, and highly specialised producers of complex assemblies. What is more, the
suppliers’ particularly work-intensive processes –
such as the production of plastic, rubber or metal
parts – harbour major occupational health and
safety risks for their workers. Compliance with
environmental regulations is another area of special importance.
In the interests of a sustainable value chain, we
design our business relationships in accordance
with the rules of fair competition and use only
suppliers who attach particular importance to
their responsibility for environmental protection,
human rights, and occupational health and safety.
Procurement of production material by regions*
Procurement volume by material group
In percent
In percent
7 Modules
0.2 Africa
3.1 North and
South America
25.2 Asia and
Oceania
15 Prematerial
7 Others
4 Packaging
71.5 E
urope
(including
Turkey)
2 Rubber Parts
14 Plastic Parts
9 Electronics
As at 31 December 2013
* O wing to changes in regional distribution, a direct comparison
with the previous year is not possible.
15 Metal Parts
4 Chemicals
As at 31 December 2013
23 Electrics
The Group’s “Procurement Governance”
programme
The “Procurement Governance” programme
launched by BSH in 2013 has created a framework
for uniform and transparent procurement processes Group-wide. The result is a clear, seamless
chain of responsibilities and reporting structures
within the company and a system of compliance
management to be applied when working
together with business partners. The BSH Business Conduct Guidelines form the basis for this.
They lay down binding Group-wide rules for
responsible behaviour in dealings with customers
and business partners and provide orientation in
matters of competition and antitrust law, anti-corruption and the avoidance of conflicts of interests. The Group programme also integrates the
Social Compliance Module – which was developed independently in 2012 – in the supply chain.
Since 2013, a newly created team of specialists in
the Corporate Procurement department have
been responsible across all of BSH for implementing this module so as to ensure that fair working
conditions can be guaranteed in the company’s
supply chain. In 2016 we want to have our procurement processes audited as being “safe and
clean” by an independent third party.
Audited social compliance
The Social Compliance Programme demands that
our suppliers acknowledge in writing the Code of
Conduct for Suppliers of the BSH Group. In addition, they must provide evidence of successful
completion of a social audit by an external auditor.
In 2013 we began to systematically audit all of our
some 3,000 existing suppliers of production
materials. We initially concentrated on 200 key
suppliers with work-intensive or environmentally
relevant production processes. The selection was
based on a risk analysis of the various input
materials and supply segments, by means of
which we identified the relevant “hot spots” in
relation to the ten principles of the Code of Conduct for Suppliers of the BSH Group.
The social audits are commissioned directly by the
supplier in question and serve to verify that the
principles enshrined in the BSH Code of Conduct
are being complied with while taking into account
local laws and circumstances. During the audit,
the relevant production sites of the supplier are
inspected and interviews conducted with site
management. The employees customarily have an
K ey areas in 2 0 1 3 | B usiness partners
Code of conduct for fair working conditions
BSH played a pivotal role in 2005 in drafting the code of conduct of CECED, the European Committee of Domestic Equipment Manufacturers. Taking into account local laws and regulations, the code makes reference to the ban on both forced
labour and child labour, to anti-discrimination, the limitation
of working hours, fair remuneration, occupational safety and
workers’ health, freedom of assembly, the right to collective
wage bargaining and environmental awareness. These principles also underpin the Code of Conduct for Suppliers of BSH,
which has formed part of every contract concluded with suppliers of production materials since 2007.
opportunity to express their opinions on working
conditions, remuneration and whether or not their
voice is heard in the company. BSH receives the
results of the audit, including proposals for any
corrective measures needed. The results are
assigned to one of four categories – critical, major
deviation, minor deviation, compliant. The steering committee of the Procurement Governance
Programme receives quarterly reports on these
results and on progress of the programme. A corresponding escalation process is in place for suppliers who receive a critical audit report.
On board from the start
The success of the Social Compliance Programme
hinges upon getting the procurement officers
responsible on board from the word go and providing them with professional support as well as
making sure that the business partners involved
are kept informed in a clear and comprehensive
manner. To ensure that all those involved are kept
up to date on the audit process and the ratings,
the CR Team in Procurement has developed a
manual for BSH procurement officers. In addition,
employees are made aware of sustainability
issues by means of a brochure as well as internal
and external training courses. The Social Compliance Programme was also a topic at the annual
meeting of BSH procurement officers and at the
Suppliers Conference 2013 held in Nanjing, China.
In future, existing suppliers are to be audited at
regular intervals. Our focus in 2014 will fall on
obtaining social audits from manufacturers of
electrical and electronic components in China and
Turkey.
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Key areas in 2013
Consumers and Products
Convincing with quality
Our products meet the economic, ecological and social requirements
of our customers and other stakeholders. The quality, reliability, long
product life and ease of repair of our appliances are a guarantee of
high consumer benefit. Just how serious we are about protecting
consumers’ interests and providing them with transparent information was shown in the worldwide safety information campaign for
dishwashers that we launched in the year under review.
benefit from them for a long time. During production, appliances are selected at random and put
through a demanding lifecycle test. If an appliance
ever does need to be repaired, it is generally
designed in such a way that repairs can be carried
out in the simplest and most economical way
possible.
Several stages of quality assurance
Household appliances are consumer durables,
with large appliances having an average initial useful life of 13 years. The product lifecycle is actually
often much longer, as some fully functional appliances are often in use beyond that average useful
life. We make sure our products have long lifecycles by gearing our product development to quality, ensuring reliability in use, guaranteeing the
availability of spare parts over long periods and
providing professional customer service. Right
from the development phase, we focus on ensuring that our appliances can cope with the hardest
wear and tear, and that our customers can derive
Customer service – the brand promise in action
The quality we aspire to does not end when the
appliance leaves the factory gate, but covers the
entire life of the product. Our customer service provides consumers with comprehensive professional
pre- and post-sales advice around the clock. Across
the globe, some 7,000 BSH customer service
employees and selected service partners make
sure that our customers receive fast, knowledgeable support. In this context, we are increasingly
focusing on the possibilities opened up by digital
communication platforms. In 2013, BSH handled
around 450,000 consultations over the phone or
online – some even in the pre-sales phase. Our service specialists receive at least seven days of training every year, not only to acquaint them with the
latest technologies, but also to hone their professional service skills. For the sixth year in a row, our
customer service team in Poland was chosen as
winner in the white goods category in an independent survey of consumers.
BSH Customer Service in Germany 2013 – facts and figures
ore than 20,000 service calls avoided
M
through consultation over the phone or
online
Number of cases solved on first visit to
customer: 85 %
Avoid – reduce – prolong
In the interests of our customers, we want to
reduce time- and cost-intensive customer service
calls. Our goal is to carry out repairs on site only
when they are really necessary. Remote diagnos-
K ey areas in 2 0 1 3 | C onsumers and products
In climate chambers and in labs designed
to test the appliances’ noise levels and
washing capabilities, BSH checks
whether its products meet the highest
quality standards. In doing so, the company goes far beyond legal requirements
and customary standards.
tics – either over the phone or online – enable us
to advise our customers so that they can help
themselves. If a visit from service technician is
nevertheless required, it is important that an
appointment can be organised quickly and easily.
Our objective is to rectify the problem on the very
first visit, and in 2013 we succeeded in doing just
that with 85 percent of service calls in Germany.
But our service extends even further: in principle
we stock functionally relevant spare parts for at
least ten years and, thanks to our finely meshed
logistics network, can generally deliver them
within 48 hours when needed. Organisation like
this benefits the environment, too. What is more,
careful route planning, a dense network of technicians, the efficient provision of spare parts and
the high percentage of cases solved first go mean
that the carbon footprint of our customer service
team is getting better and better all the time. In
2013, the number of kilometres driven per service
call fell by 5 percent to 19 compared with 2012.
Customer safety – our top priority
BSH demonstrated just how serious it is about protecting consumers’ interests and having a transparent information policy when it launched the biggest
voluntary product safety action in the company’s
history last year. The purpose of this cost- and timeintensive campaign was to ensure that, even after
years of service, our products still meet our high
demands in terms of quality.
The trigger for the campaign was a defective electronic component in the control panel of a number of dishwashers produced between 1999 and
2005. Potentially about five million nine- to
15-year-old appliances of various brands were
affected worldwide. Even though the defect could
result in a fire risk only in very rare cases, we
launched a broad information campaign at the
end of August 2013 in over 80 countries so as to
reach as many customers as possible worldwide.
The campaign comprised advertisements in
national and regional newspapers as well as radio
reports and press information. What is more, we
also made use of our brands’ social media platforms on Facebook and Twitter. Where the appliance data and consumers addresses were available, we also wrote to the consumers directly.
By means of the model, lot and serial numbers,
the consumers can determine whether their appliances are affected and register themselves with
BSH. To make sure the consumers had no trouble
contacting us, we quickly established our own
international infrastructure consisting not only of
a website (www.dishcareaction.com) and call centres staffed with local-language employees, but
also service technicians specifically trained for the
task. We repair the appliances of the affected consumers free of charge by installing an additional
component in their electronics systems. Around
500,000 consumers had registered with us by the
end of April 2014. Some 80 percent of them opted
for gratis repair of their appliances, while the
remainder decided to make use of the special discount on offer to purchase a new appliance. In the
interests of successful implementation, we have
been cooperating closely with the relevant local
authorities right from the outset of the campaign.
IMPORTANT SAFETY NOTICE
POTENTIAL
FIRE HAZARD
WITH DISHWASHERS FROM:
Check if your dishwasher is affected!
Only dishwashers manufactured between 1999 and 2005 are affected.
To identify if you are the owner of one of the affected dishwashers, please do
the following:
1
2
Check the brand plus the model number, batch number
and serial number which can be found inside the
dishwasher door panel (see picture to the right).
Visit us at: www.repairaction.co.uk to
check if your model is affected or contact our toll-free
number XXXXXXXXXXX for further information and
assistance on the options available to you.
Please note: As a precautionary measure we recommend
that affected appliances should only be used under supervision
i.e. when someone is home to supervise its use. Affected
appliances should particularly not be operated at night
Example
time when you are asleep.
We deeply regret any inconvenience this may cause
you, and thank you in advance for your cooperation.
If you are having difficulty identifying if your dishwasher
is affected or have any questions, please contact us
using the website or toll-free number.
www.repairaction.co.uk
Model Number (E-Nr.)
Batch Number (FD)
Serial Number
freephone XXXXXXXXXXX
“I would rather lose
money than trust” –
this maxim of Robert
Bosch is still being
practised by BSH,
for example in the
voluntary product
safety action for
dishwashers the
company launched
in 2013. For example, we inform consumers of risks by
placing ads in
regional and national newspapers.
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Human Resources Policy
Opinions add value
Every one of our 50,000 employees has something to say about BSH
– and their opinions are important to us. After all, in a company with
global reach, and with development and production networks spanning different countries, collaboration is the key to success. 2013
was the first year in which we carried out a simultaneous BSH-wide
survey of employees in 47 countries. The response rate was very
gratifying, with 88 percent of our workforce taking part in the international survey. They trust this tool and know that they can use it to
make a difference in the company. For BSH, the employee survey
has always been a strategic instrument for the ongoing development
of our organisation and our human resources.
The employee survey – a strategic organisational development tool
Survey
Organisational
development
Results
Analysis of results
Best-practice sharing
Publication of
action points
Elaboration of
action points
Documentation
in monitoring tool
Employee satisfaction underpins our success
All over the world, the battle to recruit the most
suitable employees is getting considerably
tougher. BSH’s attractiveness as an employer is
a key factor in its long-term success. We ensure
that success by listening to what our employees
have to say and measuring their satisfaction, but
above all by finding out where action needs to be
taken and constantly striving to do even better.
Back in the 1990s, we introduced a regular anonymous employee survey – initially in Germany, but
later gradually extended to other countries in
which we operate. The survey is now carried out
worldwide in line with an international standard.
In autumn 2013, it was conducted for the first
time simultaneously at all BSH locations. The
global response rate in 2013 was quite impressive, with 88 percent of our workforce filling in the
questionnaire. That is not only the highest percentage of respondents thus far, but also a standout figure when compared with the surveys carried out by other companies. For us, this high
response rate is a signal of our employees’ trust –
in BSH, in this effective survey instrument and in
our promise to take their feedback seriously. The
international employee survey is carried out every
two years.
Tailored questions
Since the introduction of the BSH employee survey, we have constantly worked to improve the
quality and effectiveness of this strategic organisational development tool. We were not content
with a standard questionnaire. The questions in
each topic block – whether on strategy, organisa-
K ey areas in 2 0 1 3 | H uman resources policy
tion and processes, corporate culture, leadership,
incentives or teamwork – are precisely tailored to
our company and are regularly supplemented to
reflect current trends and issues. First and foremost, we want to find out what our employees
think of the company. For instance, in the year
under review, 93 percent of employees in Germany said they identified strongly with BSH. Here,
in 11 out of a total of 14 topic blocks, the assessments given were as positive as in the 2011 survey or even better. The questionnaire, which is
the same in every country, could be filled in either
online or on paper and, in its latest version, comprised 70 questions. It was translated into 39
languages. The individual subsidiaries also had
the option of adding location-specific questions.
We also posed targeted questions on aspects of
sustainability, for example on environmentally
friendly behaviour in the company, on our social
commitment and on diversity. Thus, our employee
survey also serves as a feedback tool on how sustainability is perceived in the company.
Results that add value
Value creation starts on the very first day of the
survey. Using the answers provided, we systematically set about elaborating action points. The
precise evaluation and targeted communication
of the results are decisive for whether things that
are positive remain so or get even better, but also
for whether areas are found in which action needs
to be taken and whether suggestions for improvement are properly implemented. The monitoring
tool – which was initially launched in Germany in
2009 and has since been rolled out BSH-wide –
offers us a large number of useful options in this
regard. In a top-down approach, the results of the
employee survey are first made known to the
Group’s Board of Management and Group Works
Council, to the managing directors of the subsidiaries and to all BSH managers. Every manager
discusses the survey results with his/her
employees.
The report on the survey results also contains a
portfolio of options for those areas in which
action is needed most. We expect our managers
to discuss, specify and implement potential
improvements derived from the results together
with their employees.
Over 4,000 action points
Our monitoring tool is a valuable database for
sharing experiences. Every manager can use this
platform to share any improvements he/she
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BSH Employee Survey 2013 – key findings
for Germany
88 % of employees would recommend a job at BSH to their
friends.
95 % of employees understand the concept of compliance
and know what behaviour is expected of them.
84 % confirm that breaches of prevailing rules and values
are not permitted in their work area.
Over 90 % of those surveyed consider BSH to be an environmentally friendly company.
enters in the system with all other managers so
that individual initiatives can be shared BSHwide. The system also enables managers to follow
up on any action taken since they are required to
enter the status of implementation in a four-stage
process. As a consequence of previous employee
surveys, employees from around the world
entered more than 4,000 action points in the
monitoring system.
Best practice for
all to see
With a view to sharing
our experiences, we use
the monitoring tool to
grant employees around
the world access to the
action points implemented by individual
departments in response to the results of the BSH employee survey.
The main areas for action are improvements in communication, in workplace design and in leadership behaviour. Aspects that have often been
taken up and implemented worldwide include:
Enhanced transparency through regular communication of divisional
and departmental goals at all levels
Binding goal agreements with employees
Feedback for Managers (to date, this has been introduced in ten BSH
subsidiaries)
Expansion of training and development portfolio and improvement in
the workplace learning environment
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Can more be
achieved with
less?
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Can more be
achieved with
less?
Our goal: closed-loop material cycles
In the course of its resource excellence strategy, BSH is working on a
closed-loop approach to material cycles. This begins with environmentally
friendly product development (Design for Environment). For us, this
means continuously assessing the use of critical materials and replacing
them if necessary. In addition, pilot projects held in our development and
production processes pave the way to using secondary raw materials,
i.e. materials that have been recycled.
Lifecycle analysis: closed-loop for material cycles
4. S
ubstitution of
critical materials
Development/
production
3. U
se of
recyclates
2. R
ecovery of
materials
Distribution
Recycling*
1. D
isposal of
critical materials
Usage
Disposal
* Process outsourced to service providers
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Status in 2013
509 million euros earnings before tax
2,951 new employees
334 million euros for research and development
4.8 % lower CO emissions
1.6 % less water used
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Status in 2013
Financial
Our commercial activity is geared towards profitable growth and a sustained increase in value. In 2013,
we generated our highest consolidated sales revenue to date – over 10 billion euros. This gives us the
freedom of action to shape our future.
Sales trend
All in all, the trend in the global market for large
household appliances was positive in 2013 but
there were some clear regional differences.
Whereas Germany showed solid growth year on
year and the USA and China grew above average,
demand in Southern Europe, in particular,
remained weak. BSH benefited from positive
developments in individual markets – disproportionately in some cases. The Group posted sales
of 10.5 billion euros (79.3 percent thereof from
outside Germany) – up 7.2 percent year on year.
Sales trend
In billions of euros
12.5
10.0
7.5
5.0
8.4
9.1
9.7
9.8
2010
2011
2012
10.5
2.5
0
2009
2013
Earnings, taxes and subsidies
In the year under review, earnings before interest
and taxes (EBIT) came to 509 million euros (2012:
683 million euros), which is 4.8 percent of consolidated sales revenue (2012: 7.0 percent). The
2013 tax rate for the Group as a whole was 29.6
percent (2012: 24.5 percent). The Group’s total
income tax expense amounted to 130 million
euros, of which 64 percent is attributable to
Western Europe, 17 percent to Eastern Europe
and 19 percent to America and Asia. For development purposes, for instance, BSH received almost
6.2 million euros in government subsidies worldwide in 2013.
EBIT
In millions of euros
1,000
800
600
400
754
585
647
683
509
200
0
2009
2010
2011
2012
2013
Research and development
In 2013, we invested 334 million euros in research
and development (R&D). That is 2.4 percent more
than in the previous year. With R&D expenses
making up 3.2 percent of sales, we are well positioned in international competition. Worldwide,
the number of employees in R&D increased by 4.7
percent to 3,140. Of this number, 1,745 worked in
Germany. To uphold our leadership in technology
and innovation, we added extra methods to the
BSH development system and improved the protection of our intellectual property in technologically important and market-relevant areas, among
other things.
Research and development expenses
In millions of euros (excluding investments)
500
400
300
200
261
277
298
2009
2010
2011
326
334
2012
2013
100
0
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Status in 2013
Environmental
Long product lives, good recycling rates for materials used and avoidance of hazardous substances are
ecological issues that are gaining in importance both in public discussions and in consumers’ decisions
to buy. BSH is meeting these challenges by using resources responsibly and sparingly in its products
and processes. Our resource excellence approach ranges from lifecycle analysis of our appliances to
improvement of environmental protection in operations.
Design for Environment
With our Design for Environment (DfE) approach,
we reduce the ecological impact of our appliances
over their entire lifecycle by already taking environmental aspects into account in the design and
manufacturing stages. Our development engineers look beyond energy efficiency and include
factors such as product life, serviceability, use of
secondary raw materials and design for recycling.
Our goal is to raise material efficiency and use
closed-loop material cycles. The Design for Environment working group is responsible throughout
the Group for the implementation and enhancement of everything to do with product-related
environmental protection.
We have been using our self-developed Product
Environment Analysis (PEA) since the end of the
1990s in the development of new appliance generations to improve their environmental aspects
over previous models. With the aid of a lifecycle
assessment (LCA), we identify the ecological
impact in the individual phases of the product
lifecycle such as manufacturing, use, transport
and disposal. For example, we evaluated our latest series of induction units for stoves by means
of a comprehensive LCA in a joint project with the
University of Zaragoza in Spain. We also worked
out a simpler way for product designers to use
LCA in the development of new hobs.
Environmental management and certifications
Since the beginning of 2013, 40 BSH factories
have been certified according to ISO 14001, the
international standard for environmental management systems. Every BSH site has its own environmental protection officer and occupational
health and safety expert, who report to the Environmental Protection and Occupational Safety
department at Group headquarters. This department draws up mandatory corporate guidelines
and conducts internal audits to monitor their
compliance.
In 2013, three BSH production sites in Germany
were certified according to ISO 50001, the standard for energy management systems. The factories of Zelmer, the Polish household appliance
manufacturer that BSH took over in 2013, will be
integrated in BSH’s environmental management
system in 2014.
Disposal and recycling
As the largest home appliance manufacturer in
Europe, BSH is a member of over 20 national
take-back schemes. We take our responsibility
very seriously. For example in 2008, we set up a
certified quality assurance system to inspect the
process of recycling fridges adopted by our disposal service providers in Germany. Due to the
positive experience we had, we are involved with
the European Committee for Electrotechnical
Standardization (CENELEC) with a view to setting
up a uniform audit system for recycling quality
throughout Europe.
In 2012, new European legislation was introduced
for taking back and recycling electric home appliances in the EU. Member states can now set minimum quality standards for how electrical and
electronic equipment waste is handled. In transposing the Directive into national legislation in
the member states, BSH remains committed to
ensuring that these future standards are mandatorily incorporated into the respective national
legislation so that standard Europe-wide quality
requirements are guaranteed for taking back and
recycling waste equipment.
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Group project “Resource Efficiency 2015”
As a member of the “Climate Protection Company” (“Klimaschutz-Unternehmen”) initiative,
BSH voluntarily committed itself in 2012 to measurable and ambitious climate protection and
energy efficiency targets. Together with 22 other
companies, we form a Germany-wide and crosssector excellence network. We demonstrate this
commitment externally with concrete targets and
measures: by 2015, the Group project “Resource
Efficiency 2015” aims to reduce specific energy
consumption/water usage at our production and
administrative sites by 25 percent compared with
2010. The specific volume of waste is due to be
reduced by 10 percent over the same period. In
the course of this Group project, internal and
external specialists have drawn up guides for
resource- and energy-intensive mechanical processes such as injection moulding of plastics,
enamelling and pressing. There are also other
technical guides, including for in-plant conveyors,
ventilation systems and lighting systems.
These measures enabled BSH to reduce its consumption and waste levels in 2013 compared with
the previous year. Total energy consumption fell
by 2.2 percent, water usage by 1.6 percent and
total waste volume by 1.8 percent. (Compare the
input/output balance sheet on page 29) These
absolute savings coupled with an increase in production volumes made it possible to improve specific energy consumption/water usage per metric
ton of product even more.
Specific water usage was down 9.6 percent year
on year to 1.04 m3 per metric ton of product,
meaning that we reached our target for 2013.
Water usage
In m3 per metric ton of product
1.5
1.2
0.9
Energy consumption
In kWh per metric ton of product
750
600
450
650
593
599
538
300
Target
488 *
150
0
2010
*
2011
2012
2013
2015
5 percent reduction in specific energy consumption from 2010 to
2
2015
1.10
1.15
2011
2012
1.04
0.6
0.3
Target
0.92*
0
2010
*
2013
2015
5 percent reduction in specific water consumption from 2010 to
2
2015
We managed to reduce the specific volume of
waste by 9.9 percent year on year to 76 kg per
metric ton of product. This means that we reached
our target for the year under review.
Waste
In kg per metric ton of product
100
80
60
80
82
84
2010
2011
2012
76
Target
72*
2013
2015
40
20
0
*
Savings in electricity consumption, in particular,
allowed BSH to reduce specific energy consumption by 10.2 percent to 538 kilowatt hours (kWh)
per metric ton of product. This is significantly better than the target figure for 2013 of 553 kWh per
metric ton of product.
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10 percent reduction in specific waste volume from 2010 to 2015
Environmental protection in operations
The wastewater from BSH’s production processes
at our factories undergoes physico-chemical
pretreatment. 20 percent of the total wastewater
volume was discharged directly into surface
watercourses in purified form, while the larger
proportion of 80 percent was sent to public treatment plants.
Separate collection of paper and cardboard,
plastics and films, glass, wood and metal waste
is standard practice in all factories. At 93 percent,
the proportion of total waste that could be recycled was again high in 2013. Hazardous waste
decreased slightly to 1.2 percent of the total
waste volume.
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Emissions of volatile organic compounds (VOCs)
are low because powder or aqueous coatings are
mostly used for metal sheets at our factories.
VOC emissions rose to 99 metric tons in 2013
(2012: 77 metric tons). In view of the predominant
use of low-sulphur gas and heating oil, sulphur
dioxide emissions are not reported separately.
Emissions of nitrous oxides can be influenced by
heating technology and, at 32 metric tons, were
extremely low in 2013 due to the use of optimised
furnaces. Production-related emissions of CO2 at
our production sites (Scope 1) came to 44,000
metric tons in 2013 (a detailed report is given on
page 16 in the “Key areas” chapter).
Expenditure for environmental protection in
operations
Ongoing expenditure for environmental protection in operations comprises operating expenses,
capital costs, personnel expenses and charges. In
2013, it rose throughout the Group by 2.2 percent
to 14.2 million euros. Most of this was spent on
waste management (38 percent) and soil and
water protection (30 percent), while the costs
of air purification, climate protection and noise
abatement amounted to 14.5 percent. Investments
relating to environmental protection dropped by
28 percent to a total of 4.1 million euros in 2013.
Water and soil protection, air purification and
climate protection projects accounted for the
major share of 84 percent.
Input-output balance sheet
The input-output balance sheet shows all environmentally relevant material and energy flows at the
Group’s headquarters, development sites and factory sites at which BSH manufactured products in
the year under review (as at 31 December 2013).
The data is recorded in accordance with the
guidelines for environmental assessment set out
in international standard ISO 14031.
Input flows
2011
2012
2013
Land
4,507,297
4,278,568
4,277,260
m2
A.1.1 Developed
2,083,330
2,096,897
2,042,029
m2
A.1.2 Undeveloped
2,423,967
2,181,671
2,235,231
m2
46
49
48
%
t
A
Fixed assets
A.1
Unit
A.2
Percentage developed
B
Current assets
(without outsourced items)
B.1
Raw materials*
817,642
756,644
785,280
B.2
Auxiliary materials**
15,981
13,681
28,981
t
B.3
Process materials***
2,828
5,589
1,959
t
B.4
Energy
824,148
774,816
757,777
MWh
B.4.1 Electrical energy
463,601
450,465
422,824
MWh
B.4.2 Light heating oil
481
2,887
405
MWh
B.4.3 Gas
248,915
239,178
240,591
MWh
B.4.4 Others
(district heating, biomass, etc.)
111,151
82,286
93,957
MWh
1,527,665
1,489,619
1,466,009
m3
1,002,760
973,870
1,003,788
m3
524,905
515,749
462,221
m3
48,182
47,018
1,390,132
1,294,326
1,407,776
t
89,053
85,531
91,786
t
114,046
108,464
106,515
t
B.5
Water
B.5.1 From public supply
B.5.2 From own supply
****
Environmental costs and investments
Output flows
In millions of euros
C
Products
C.1
Products (number)
16
C.2
Products (metric tons)
12
C.3
Packaging
D
Waste
D.1
Waste for disposal
8,534
7,819
7,317
t
D.1.1 Of which hazardous waste
2,012
1,721
1,315
t
105,512
100,645
99,198
t
93
93
93
%
20
15.0
14.8
14.2
13.9
8
4
0
3.5
2010
Ongoing costs
4.7
2011
Investments
5.7
2012
4.1
2013
D.2
Waste for recycling
D.3
Percentage recycled
54,313 Thousands
of items
E
Wastewater
1,344,615
1,186,203
1,164,255
m3
E.1
Directly discharged
354,057
179,324
229,272
m3
E.2
Indirectly discharged
990,558
1,006,879
934,983
m3
E.3
Treated in neutralisation plants
474,738
495,956
190,805
m3
F
Emissions
F.1
Volatile organic compounds
(VOCs)
68
77
99
F.2
Nitrous oxides
F.3
Carbon dioxide (Scope 1)
*
38
31
32
t
44,252
44,225
43,731
t
Metals, plastic granulates ** Paints, enamels (2012 figure has been corrected) Oils, emulsions, solvents, acids, caustic solutions **** from own wells
***
t
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Logistics
BSH has set itself the ambitious target of reducing CO2 emissions from goods transport activities
by 2020 by 20 percent compared with the base
year 2006. Our method of comparison shows CO2
reductions, taking into account the impact of
changes to storage and transport route structures
and volume. We have been using the European
standard EN 16258 as the basis for calculation
since 2006. The Scope 3 analysis currently covers
the transport of finished appliances from our German storage sites to our recipients throughout
the world.
We will not be including the resultant savings of
CO2 emissions in our data until EN 16258, on
which our calculations are based, has been
adjusted. Alongside the transport of finished
appliances, we have been coordinating the supply
of production materials to our plants in Europe
since 2009. This makes it possible to pair up volume flows of production materials and finished
appliances. These transports are realised by
means of block train concepts which bring considerable CO2 savings compared with the trucks that
were formerly used.
Export transport volume
BSH transported a slightly greater volume in 2013
than in 2012. Due to shifts in the transport methods and routes as well as a higher proportion of
direct deliveries to customers, however, this did
not lead to an increase in CO2 emissions. Total CO2
emissions rose to 92,241 metric tons in 2013,
largely due to a greater proportion of air transport
to China. Compared with the base year 2006, we
were able to increase our CO2 savings to 10.4 percent (2012: 9.3 percent), i.e. about one percent
over 2012.
As a percentage of the total transport volume (from Germany)
100
80
60
40
20
38
36
13
13
40
33
14
13
0
2012
Rail
Truck
Sea (general)
2013
Short sea shipping (Europe)
CO2 emissions – transport of finished appliances
In thousands of metric tons
Savings in percent
24
120
100
80
60
82.3
94.7
20
105.2
89.0
98.2
92.2
103.0
16
12
40
8
20
4
Vehicle fleets
As in previous years, the trucks in the vehicle
fleets of BSH’s agents are better than the Germany-wide average when it comes to noise levels
and harmful substance emissions. In 2013, the
proportion of vehicles complying with Euro V or
better rose to 90 percent – 11 percent above the
average in Germany.
0
0
2006
(base year)
2011
2012
2013
CO 2 emissions – absolute
CO 2 emissions without savings according to comparative
calculation (base year 2006)
CO 2 savings in percent vs. base year 2006
Vehicles meeting Euro II to V
As a percentage of the trucks in operation
100
80
82
80
90
79
60
As a consequence of the 2008 economic crisis in
conjunction with excess ship capacities, the
speeds of shipping line services have been cut,
thus reducing fuel consumption considerably in
sea shipping.
40
20
0
8
12
BSH
agents
2011
Euro V and better
Euro III
12
BSH
agents
2012
7
3
6
BSH
agents
2013
Euro IV
Euro II and below
12
German
average
2013
6
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Status in 2013
Consumer interests
We make every effort to ensure that dealers and consumers around the world experience us as a
competent, dependable and fair partner. We have anchored this policy in our Corporate Principles.
It applies to our methods of informing consumers, which we do transparently, openly and reliably.
We are increasingly turning to social media for the dialogue with our customers.
Social media
Using platforms such as Facebook, Twitter and
YouTube, we give our customers the opportunity
to interact directly with our brands. Our social
media strategy aims to create added value for
customers and companies via these channels.
BSH has now set up a network of people with
responsibility for coordinating all social media
activities throughout the Group. This network
guarantees a fast response to our customers’
requests and makes it possible to directly analyse
customer satisfaction with our products and services.
We assess suggestions for improvement and criticisms of our products and make this important
information available to the product areas, quality
management and our sales companies.
Customer ratings
Before buying home appliances, 73 percent of
consumers in Europe obtain information from the
Internet. In about 18 percent of cases, the appliances are also bought online. Consumers get a
picture of our range, quality and prices from
blogs, customer ratings and recommendations.
After personal advice, positive customer ratings
are the second best recommendation. BSH’s
brands have an active presence in consumers’
buying processes, with constant availability of the
latest data about products, accessories and services. Consumers appreciate this: 48 percent of
those interested in a new household appliance
visit our brands’ websites before buying one. On
top of that, we conduct a structured analysis of
our customers’ online feedback in ten countries,
devise recommendations for action from this
information and react accordingly.
Data security/privacy
We take data protection seriously. The digital
application myBosch enables customers to find
and store all relevant data for their home appliances via the brand website or as an app. No
more time-consuming searching for operating
instructions, self-help tips or service records.
We treat the personal customer data that this
requires confidentially and do not pass it on.
We only send further information to customers if
we have received their explicit consent. In future,
there will be digital networking and automatic
control of household appliances and that is a particular security challenge. We are already tackling
these new requirements in our research and
development work.
Professional and rapid help
Our customer service is often the first point of call
for customer requests. Whether they are looking
for product information or tips for self-help or
enquiring about spare parts or a specific repair
case, our customers will generally receive a professional reply within 48 hours. We make sure
that we can deal with difficult problems even on
weekends without delay.
In addition, our brands also provide self-help videos at their websites to solve minor problems –
such as replacing the interior light of an oven. In
2013, we increased the number of available videos due to the rising demand for them. Customers can also arrange visits by technicians and find
out about accessories over the Internet around
the clock seven days a week. The digital tool
myBosch combines 24-hour reachability, constant
availability of all product information and bargain
offers in one application.
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Resource-efficient products
As an innovation leader in our sector, BSH continued to set standards in 2013 when it comes to
energy efficiency. We are the company with the
largest A+++ assortment in all of Europe. With
these appliances belonging to the best efficiency
class of the EU energy label, our customers can
both save costs and contribute to climate protection. Our goal in product development is to keep
improving the efficiency of our appliances
throughout their lives.
The consumption values for our appliances have
fallen significantly over the past 15 years thanks
to a consistent innovation strategy. For example,
our latest-generation, super-efficient tumble dryer
consumes 72 percent less electricity than a
15-year-old model, and our latest refrigerators
even require 75 percent less electricity. At IFA
2013, the leading global trade show for consumer
electronics and home appliances, we presented,
among other things, a washing machine that is
another 50 percent beneath the limit for energy
efficiency class A+++. We have managed to reduce
the water usage of our most economical dishwasher by 60 percent compared with 1998.
Super Efficiency Portfolio
For the sixth time in a row, BSH has grouped its
most energy-efficient appliances together in one
Super Efficiency Portfolio. Only those products on
the market that have the best energy efficiency
according to EU energy consumption labelling
count as super-efficient. For this, the best energy
efficiency class for each category available on the
market is considered, with the next best class also
included where appropriate. This is only the case
if the structural market share of the best energy
efficiency classes does not exceed 15 percent.
We thus raise the benchmark each year with our
Super Efficiency Portfolio. For this portfolio, BSH
receives a certificate from auditors every year.
This segment’s share of sales has risen continuously since 2008. In 2013, we sold a total of 4.6
million super-efficient appliances in Europe,
corresponding to 35 percent of our total sales.
As a result, we have already reached our target
for 2015.
Sales of our super-efficient appliances
Sales in the countries under review in thousands of units*
5,000
Reduction in resource consumption, 1998 to 2013
4,500
In percent*
4,000
4,589
3,975
3,500
3,500
Dishwasher
Washing
machine
Tumble
dryer
Refrigeratorfreezer
0
2,500
-20
2,000
-40
-50
-80
-60
-100
-63
26 %
1,804
15 %
1,000
-72
500
-75
0
503
4 %
2008
Energy
*
31 %
28 %
1,500
-31
-60
3,117
3,000
35 %
Water
omparison of the consumption values for our best 2013 models
C
(Bosch and Siemens) and comparable 1998 models (Bosch and
Siemens) – based on a standard programme
2009
uper Efficiency
S
Portfolio
***
2010
2011**
2012***
2013
hare of total sales of the
S
product groups under review
U-28, Norway, Switzerland (incl. Turkey since 2012)
E
Limited comparability:
***
with 2010 due to more stringent selection criteria (new EU
energy label in 2010)
***
due to inclusion of the “electric ovens” product category and
Turkey in the analysis from 2012
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Status in 2013
Employees
BSH’s HR policy counters growth, internationalisation and the increasing lack of specialists with a mix
of global talent management, varied qualification and personnel development programmes and strategic diversity and health management. On top of that, we strengthen our position as an attractive
employer with consistent employer branding. The standards developed on the Corporate level are
being used increasingly at our subsidiaries around the world.
Employment and employee structure
As of 31 December 2013, the Group’s total global
headcount, including apprentices and trainees,
stood at 49,876 (2012: 46,925). That is 6.3 percent
more than in the previous year. All in all, Germany
accounted for 15,158 employees (2012: 14,642)
and other countries for 34,718 employees (2012:
32,283). Thanks to our successful human resources
policy and our commitment to social responsibility, we again managed to maintain or even increase
employment levels in locations with high wages in
2013. We not only created jobs in various functions
in Germany but also in other countries – especially
in China, Turkey and Spain. In contrast, our headcount declined slightly in Greece, Thailand and
Slovakia. Total personnel expenses amounted to
2.195 billion euros.
The average age of our workforce around the
world rose slightly to 38.6 years in 2013. The average period of employment increased somewhat to
10.7 years compared with the previous year. At
around 16 years, the figure is particularly high in
Germany. The European average has gone up
slightly to 12.6 years. The proportion of severely
disabled people employed at BSH’s German locations stood at 5.1 percent, thus slightly higher
than the legal minimum of 5 percent.
Employees and personnel expenses
Employees in thousands
Personnel expenses in billions of euros
2.5
50
40
46.2
30
49.9
46.9
*
1.9
2.0
2.2
2.0
1.5
20
1.0
10
0.5
0
0
2011
Employees
*
2012
2013
Personnel expenses
Number of employees adjusted in line with a change in the
HR policy
Talent management
The development of employees is a core task for
BSH’s managers. Supported by HR processes and
tools that are uniform throughout the world, they
identify employees with the potential for professional development in line with BSH’s requirements. Local HR departments assist our managers intensively through a variety of communication
and training activities. To keep a global perspective and develop human resources in line with
BSH’s needs, the responsible HR employees hold
intensive discussions every year about the goals,
structuring and content of personnel development.
The essential starting point for talent management
is a well-established targeted employee dialogue
each year in which career perspectives and qualification requirements are discussed. For talents
with the potential for an international career,
these details are flagged in our HR system and
can be used by all HR departments around the
world to fill vacancies optimally. These talents
with international potential also join programmes
to foster them, namely the Junior Executive Pool
(JEP) and the International Executive Pool (IEP).
In 2013, our efforts focused on aligning these
programmes better with BSH’s international and
strategic direction.
45 percent of JEP members and 41 percent of IEP
members came from BSH’s international companies in 2013. 616 young professionals belonged to
the JEP, with women making up 30 percent of that
figure. 91 professionals were part of the IEP, of
whom 23 percent were female. The Senior Executive Programme (SEP) for members of senior management had 28 participants, of whom 54 percent
came from international subsidiaries and 14 percent were female. The content of the individual
programmes was adjusted once again in 2013 in
order to attach greater importance to value-oriented management in an international context, as
well as strategic and entrepreneurial skills and
diversity.
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The Project Management career path has now
been established in eight countries to promote
the build-up of experienced and qualified Project
Managers. This covers product and factory projects as well as projects involving IT. For employees with strategic expertise of specific importance
for BSH, we have set up a Development Perspective for Experts. For this, Expert positions were
defined in a global process in 2013. This development perspective will be implemented in operations during 2014.
In 2013, we intensified our collaboration with universities by almost doubling the number of Germany Scholarships to 15. For members of students@BSH, a student loyalty programme, we
held events such as Student Day at one production site as well as training in communication. To
encourage young girls to take up technical professions, some BSH locations take part in the annual
Girls’ Day.
Apprentices and trainees*
Number
BSH was also successful when it came to international staff transfers. In 2013, 326 employees
were working as expatriates after being transferred abroad. While the number of employees
transferred to and from Germany remained almost
constant, the number of employees transferred
between subsidiaries outside Germany jumped by
16 percent in 2013. The introduction of professional support for spouses accompanying expatriates and financial support provided for the care of
young children abroad were welcomed by those
involved.
At the beginning of 2014, BSH was rated for the
eighth time in a row as a “Top Employer Germany”
by the independent Top Employers Institute,
especially for our very high standards in HR management and our outstanding working conditions.
In the “Top Employer for Engineers” category, we
were rated number one in the overall ranking for
the second time among all companies participating in Germany. Our subsidiaries in Belgium, the
Netherlands, Poland, Spain and Turkey were also
ranked as “Top Employer” on the local level. As a
result of this, BSH also won the “Top Employer
Europe” award.
Apprenticeships and training
Throughout the world, BSH trained 829 young
people in 2013 (2012: 812). In Germany, 478
apprentices learned 17 different technical and
commercial professions in the dual system of onthe-job training and part-time vocational school
or studied at a cooperative university. BSH’s
young people can also acquire official vocational
qualifications locally in China, Turkey, Slovakia
and Spain. A total of 26 participants completed
BSH’s International Trainee Program, of whom 16
came from Germany and 10 from our subsidiaries
abroad.
500
400
478
452
447
446
300
200
100
28
0
2010
2011
Apprentices
*
26
26
30
2012
2013
Trainees
Germany only
Qualification programmes for specific target
groups
The content of the courses at the BSH Academy is
aligned with our business strategy and is becoming increasingly international. We define standards for qualification and learning at BSH on the
basis of a Corporate Learning Landscape. Tailored
to local needs, these are then implemented at all
locations around the world via seven regional
BSH Academies. For example, our BSH Leadership
Qualification Program was carried out successfully in eleven countries in 2013 and is scheduled
to be rolled out in further countries in 2014. Our
goal is to address different learning types by providing a variety of learning methods and to establish a close link to real working life in order to
maximise learning success. We therefore adjust
the methods to specific target groups, content
Expenditure for training and personnel development *
In millions of euros
15
12
6
3
13.2
13.1
9
12.7
11.5
6.7
6.6
7.0
5.6
0
2010
Training
*
Germany only
2011
Personnel development
2012
2013
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and conditions. In 2013 and 2014, our BSH Academy Corporate was awarded with the “German
Education Award” (Deutscher Bildungspreis),
which is run by TÜV SÜD Academy and the market
research company EuPD Research Sustainable,
and was classed as a “Company of Excellence”.
BSH Academy Corporate’s varied portfolio and
international orientation, in particular, convinced
the jury.
BSH Academy Germany 2013*
Number of participants
50,000
42,673
40,000
30,000
20,000
19,423**
18,119
10,000
0
Classroom training
Web-based
training
Compliance training
(web-based)
**
A s of 2011, the indicators for all BSH Academies at German locations have been included in the total figures. As a result, the figures are not directly comparable with those from previous years.
**
In up to eleven different languages
Diversity management
Diversity management has been embedded in the
Group’s organisation since 2011 and is a firm part
of our HR strategy. It covers gender, internationality and age structure. Our focus is to establish
diversity at the grass roots level, foster different
careers, measure the progress of the implementation of diversity in our annual business planning
and devise targeted action from those measurements. In our efforts to harmonise this matter
around the world, we held initial workshops for
local diversity concepts in Spain and Turkey in
2013.
We have already put self-defined targets in place
for the percentage of international and female
employees in many countries (China, France, Germany, Netherlands, Poland, Russia, Scandinavian
countries, Spain, Turkey, United Kingdom and
United States). The achievement of these targets
is reviewed every year and discussed with the
Board of Management. Currently, women make
up 30.5 percent of BSH’s overall workforce
(2012: 29.4 percent) and 20.7 percent of managers (2012: 18.7 percent). When selecting personnel,
we ensure that hiring decisions and remuneration
calculations are made according to consistent
performance standards independent of the gender
of the applicant. For our talent programmes JEP
and IEP, we have set ambitious targets for the
proportion of female members. In addition, female
managers receive targeted support in the course
of a cross-company mentoring programme.
To foster a culture that balances work and family
life, we paid considerable attention to work-life
integration in 2013. In Germany, for example, we
published a brochure named “Perspective PartTime Work” telling our employees about the ways
they can organise their working life more flexibly
in certain phases of their life – including parental
and caregiver leave, the general conditions for
taking a sabbatical and the possibility of doing
some of their work from home (home office).
Last year, 83 percent of our companies offered
their employees flexible work models such as
working flextime (2012: 73 percent). 53 percent of
them offered the home office option. In Germany,
the share of employees working part time in 2013
was 10.9 percent. In 2013, our Berlin and Traunreut locations joined Munich in offering childcare.
All in all, we increased the number of our childcare places compared with the previous year.
International work-life balance models*
Percentage of employees taking up this offer
2011
2012**
2013
45.4
38.4
38.3
Teleworking/home office
1.8
1.7
1.7
Part-time work
4.8
4.8
4.9
Parental leave
1.0
1.4
1.0
Trust-based flextime
2.1
3.3
3.4
Flexible working hours
**
**
T he stated forms of employment are just a selection of the
options available to support work-life integration.
Because of changes in the way data is collated, particularly in
China and the United States, a comparison with figures from 2011
is not possible.
Employee dialogue
A key instrument for measuring the commitment
and satisfaction of our employees and identifying
potential for improvement is the employee survey,
which is conducted every two years and, in 2013,
took place simultaneously around the world for
the first time (see the “Key areas” chapter on
page 22). Tools such as the Human Relations
Barometer for employees in production and Feedback for Managers are further means of encour-
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aging an open exchange of views. Ten countries
(China, France, Germany, the Netherlands,
Poland, Russia, Slovenia, Spain, Turkey and
Ukraine) utilised Feedback for Managers in 2013.
The “In Dialogue” online platform gives our
employees the opportunity to ask management
questions. The staff magazine “inform” appears
up to six times a year in German and English and
can be retrieved from the intranet.
Employee representatives also have the chance to
exchange views with the BSH Board of Management across borders via the European Committee,
which was set up in 1996. Over 100 employee
representatives of regional companies in Europe
sit on this information-sharing and consultation
forum.
The “Top Idea” tool, which has been rolled out
Group-wide, is an important instrument to
encourage employees to submit suggestions for
improvement. In 2013, it was already established
in 16 countries. In 14 of those, the joint “ideachannel” software serves as an international
ideas pool. In the year under review, 11,785
employees submitted around 48,800 ideas, 60
percent of which were implementable. As a result,
the company achieved net cost savings of 11.6 million euros in 2013. Over the last ten years, a total
net benefit of around 220 million euros has been
notched up.
also offer additional benefits on a voluntary basis,
such as the additional health insurance available
to our employees in nearly two thirds of our companies.
Alongside our German companies, we offer a
company pension scheme in a further 37 companies. In Germany, BSH offers employer-financed
retirement benefits to employees via its own pension fund. The Group’s pension obligations came
to 1.131 billion euros in 2013. Roughly 46 million
euros were paid out to former employees. In
Germany, BSH’s employee-financed pension fund
RentePlus has become well established. The number of employees paying into this fund rose to
about 10 percent in 2013. The employer contribution for lower- and middle-income groups that
BSH pays in connection with deferred compensation went up by about 3.2 percent.
BSH hires temporary workers in order to cope
with peaks in production. In this respect, we only
engage temporary workers from companies which
employ their workers according to the applicable
collective agreement. Otherwise, we offer the
working conditions applicable for comparable
BSH employees, including the corresponding
remuneration. Any temporary worker in Germany
who has been with the company for 24 months
must be offered a contract of employment. As a
member of the "Fair Company" initiative, we also
guarantee reasonable levels of pay for interns.
Company suggestions initiative
Contributors and ideas submitted in thousands
100
80
85.5
60
60.0
40
20
48.8
46.5
11.8
13.5
12.4
11.8
0
2010
Contributors
2011
2012
2013
Ideas submitted
Social benefits and pensions
Country-specific social benefits that go beyond
legal requirements are voluntary and take
regional conditions into account. In 2013, BSH
recorded data on the provision of additional
social benefits from 61 companies based in 48
countries. We provide social benefits in 95 percent of these companies primarily through contributions to the state social insurance system. We
Occupational safety and health management
BSH has been reporting the incidence of accidents on the basis of standard, centrally defined
criteria since 2000. Accidents are documented
which occur at work in the factories and large
logistics and customer service units and result in
at least one day’s absence. The average rate of
accidents per million hours worked at all factories
has improved continuously in recent years, falling
by 57 percent from 2004 (12.9) to 2013 (5.6). Our
Cerkezköy site (Turkey), where the 2013 accident
rate amounted to just 2.8 and lay well below the
average for BSH’s factories, made a particularly
big contribution to this. There were no fatal
accidents at work among the Group’s workforce
in 2013.
Since 2009, all factory sites have introduced an
occupational health and safety management system based on the OHSAS 18001 standard. Within
the next three years, we want to entirely avoid
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accidents caused by technology and noticeably
reduce accidents caused by organisation and
behaviour in the course of our “Vision Zero” initiative. In 2013, safety engineers at our factories
carried out a fine analysis of the causes of accidents over the past three years and came up with
a total of ten individual counter-measures. Our
long-term goal is for safety culture to be understood as part of management culture throughout
the Group.
Incidence of accidents at BSH around the world
Accidents resulting in at least one day’s incapacity
25
20
16.0
15.6
10
5
21.5
19.9
15
7.5
0
2010
7.1
2011
6.7
2012
5.6
2013
Accident rate per 1 million working hours
Days of absence per accident
Compliance with ergonomic findings and standards helps to maintain the health and performance of our employees on the one hand and to
create the prerequisites for high productivity on
the other hand. Demographic change is raising
new requirements for ergonomic and safe workspaces. This is not only the case at our German
factories but it is particularly apparent there due
to the age structure. BSH’s production planners,
company doctors and safety engineers work together on an interdisciplinary basis on both the
planning of new workspaces and the reorganisation of existing production lines. To strengthen
the effect of our long-term company-wide
“Perspective 67” initiative, we launched the
global “Demography in Production” project in
2013, which envisages concrete agreements on
personnel structures and workspace organisation in future.
Health promotion programmes and a company
doctor are available to employees at over half of
our subsidiaries. We are continuously developing
site-specific offerings and courses on nutrition,
exercise and coping with stress. Employees who
return after a long illness or who have restricted
health are re-integrated gradually at BSH on the
basis of the company’s integration management
system.
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Status in 2013
Commitment in the regions
Beyond our factory gates, we are committed to the economic and social development of our environment. Our impact is varied: we create jobs, train young people, contribute to environmental protection, foster educational establishments and seek a constructive dialogue with local communities and
regional associations. We also support local initiatives and projects around the world, often by
donating equipment.
BSH Katastrophenhilfe e. V.
After a severe earthquake in Turkey in 1999, BSH
employees founded BSH Katastrophenhilfe e. V., a
disaster relief fund, with the support of the Board
of Management. Through this, we help people in
disaster areas by means of concrete medium- or
long-term aid projects – for example assisting to
build, equip or run schools, nursery schools,
orphanages and hospitals. Financing is generally
provided by employees and the company through
specific donation campaigns. Since establishment of
the relief fund, more than 3.5 million euros has been
donated via the BSH Katastrophenhilfe e. V. Administrative expenses are not deducted so all the money
received is distributed to the aid projects.
2010 – flooding in Pakistan
The slow-motion tsunami, as it was called, triggered a
devastating flood wave that inundated large parts of
the country, leading to crop failures, damage to houses
and infrastructure and famine. In cooperation with the
aid organisation humedica e.V., our disaster relief fund
supported the people in need there with over 100,000
euros for an initial ration of rice and everyday goods
such as bed linen, plastic crockery and cutlery.
2010 – earthquake in Haiti
The severe earthquake devastated
the capital Port-au-Prince and surrounding places. One of the few
hospitals in the region was also
destroyed. BSH Katastrophenhilfe
e. V. donated more than 100,000
euros to humedica for reconstruction of the hospital and to cover
local personnel, medicine and
operating costs.
2013 – flooding in Germany
In June 2013, Germany was hit by one of the worst flood disasters along its rivers. BSH Sales in Germany granted individuals who were demonstrably affected by this a subsequent 10 percent discount on every new appliance that they
bought. A total of 218,000 euros was paid out to about
3,500 persons in this process. In addition, employees
donated almost 75,000 euros following an appeal by BSH
Katastrophenhilfe e.V. and BSH’s Board of Management
doubled this. This money subsidised donations of equipment and the reconstruction of various facilities for children
and young people.
2012 – famine in the Horn of Africa
War and drought keep hitting the
region, causing millions of people
to suffer famine. In 2012, more
than 130,000 euros was donated
via the BSH Katastrophenhilfe e. V.
In cooperation with humedica
again, refugees received aid goods
and medical treatment at at various camps.
2009 – storms in the Philippines
Several typhoons in the Philippines
killed hundreds of people and destroyed
tens of thousands of houses. Partner
companies of BSH were also affected.
BSH Katastrophenhilfe e. V. channelled
10,000 euros in donations toward the
purchase of furniture, beds, clothing,
food and medicine.
Since 2005 – Sahana Nivasa children’s home in Sri Lanka
The children’s home is one of 19 projects throughout Sri Lanka
run the Little Smile Association. Shortly after the tsunami in
2004, this children’s aid organisation bought the building to
offer refuge to girls who had lost their homes due to the flood
disaster. After construction of a new two-storey school building, more than 200 schoolchildren completed an education
promotion programme in 2012 and 48 children from socially
disadvantaged families were looked after at pre-school level.
BSH Katastrophenhilfe e. V. has supported the project with
about 180,000 euros from 2005 until now.
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Sustainability objectives for 2013 and 2014
Objectives for 2013*
Objectives achieved in 2013
Objectives for 2014
“Business partners” area of activity
Conduct social audits of another 200 suppliers in selected
regions (above all, electronics, electrical parts, rubber
articles)
Run a pilot project to extend the Social Compliance Programme to service providers and manufacturers of longlife consumer goods
“Resource excellence” area of activity
Reduce specific energy and resource consumption
in line with the Resource Efficiency Programme 2015
–E
nergy target: 553 kWh/t
(-5 % annually based on 2010 figures)
– Water target: 1.04 m3/t
(-5 % annually based on 2010 figures)
– Waste target: 76 kg/t
(-2 % annually based on 2010 figures)
Achievements in specific energy and resource consumption in line with targets set in 2013:
Reduce specific energy and resource consumption in line
with the Resource Efficiency Programme 2015
– Energy: -10 % (538 kWh/t)
– Energy target: 521 kWh/t of product
– Water: -10 % (1.04 m3/t)
– Water target: 0.98 m3/t of product
– Waste: -10 % (76 kg/t)
– Waste target: 74 kg/t of product
Climate reporting/CO2 emissions: develop Scope 3 analysis further for BSH’s corporate carbon footprint
“Consumers and products” area of activity
Increase percentage of sales of super-efficient appli- Percentage of sales of super-efficient appliances
ances to 35% (by 2015)
increased to 35%
Increase percentage of sales of super-efficient appliances
to 40% (by 2016)
Keep satisfaction with BSH customer service at a high
level
Keep product ratings on social media platforms at a high
level
“HR policy” area of activity
Redesign the Junior Executive Pool (JEP), focusing
on internationality; redesign the qualification measures for the International Executive Pool (IEP) in line
with current trends
JEP orientation centre and qualification measures
redesigned; arrangement of international collection of
potential, including JEP and IEP criteria, updated; English test and “Motivated for JEP” introduced for the
2014 JEP nomination process
Interlace the content of the redesigned JEP measures and
apply the programme criteria consistently
Hold the employee survey in 47 countries (about
47,000 employees); extend the roll-out of the monitoring tool
International employee survey held simultaneously in
all BSH countries for the first time; use of the monitoring tool in all BSH countries around the world
Ensure that the employee survey results are communicated to all employees; devise improvement measures
from the result reports across the board
Be ranked as a “Top Employer Belgium”; win a “Top
Employer Europe” award (Top Employers Institute)
Ranked as a “Top Employer” in Belgium, Germany, the
Netherlands, Poland and Spain again and in Turkey for
the first time; won a “Top Employer Europe” award;
came first in the overall ranking for “Top Employer for
Engineers”
Continue the existing “Top Employer” activities and
extend them to other countries;
Get HR to assist in corporate social media activities
Roll out diversity activities internationally and step
up communication on diversity; publish “Part-Time
Work Options” brochure; extend support for partners accompanying expatriates; increase the number of childcare places
Initial workshops held in Spain and Turkey; process
improved and comments on diversity KPIs added to
the business plan; internal communication expanded;
“Part-Time Work Options” rolled out throughout Germany; spouse support introduced; childcare places in
Munich increased by more than 50 %
Extend recruiting, employer branding and qualification
regarding diversity; pursue qualifications; continue to
focus on international diversity; continue the international
roll-out of the diversity concept; implement an internal
forum for the control of diversity KPIs
Set up an international HR key performance indicator system to support and control HR strategies,
focusing on clear definition of KPIs and uniform collection of them
KPI system and catalogue designed and rolled out;
Group-wide KPIs and monitoring key figures established in HR
Draw up an HR strategy paper per subsidiary with all relevant KPIs and monitoring key figures
*
Limited comparability with the 2012 objectives table as the objectives for 2013 were adjusted to redefined CR areas of activity
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GRI Index
The index shows where the relevant information can be found in the 2013 Sustainability Report and the 2013 Annual
Report (AR). All standard and reported additional indicators (marked in grey) are included. According to our own
estimate, this report complies with GRI-G3 application level „B“.
GRI Index G3.0
1
Status
Page
Strategy and analysis
1.1Statement from the organisation’s most senior
decision-maker
2/3
1.2Key impacts risks, and opportunities
1, 8 – 11, 40;
AR 43
2
Organizational profile
2.1
Name of the organization
4
2.2Important brands, products and services
4
2.3
F3/F4, 4;
AR 116
2.4
Operational structure and main divisions
Location of organisation’s headquarters
4
GRI Index G3.0
Status
Page
4.5Connection between compensation for members of the highest governance bodies and the
organisation’s performance
AR 110
4.6Processes to ensure that conflicts of interest
are avoided
10/11
4.7Qualifications and expertise of the highest
governance body in terms of sustainability
8/9
4.8Mission statement, corporate values and codes
of conduct
8 – 11
4.9Board-level processes for overseeing sustainability performance
8 – 10
GRI Index G3.0
Page
GRI Index G3.0
EN7Initiatives to reduce indirect energy consumption and reductions achieved
Status
28
HR4Total number of incidents of discrimination and
actions taken
EN8 Total water withdrawal by sources
28/29
EN11Activities in protected areas1
none
HR5Business operations at serious risk for the
freedom of association
10, 18/19,
23, 36
EN12Effects on protected areas and biodiversity 1
none
16/17
HR6Business operations at serious risk of child
labour
10, 18/19
EN16Direct and indirect greenhouse gas emissions
EN17Other indirect greenhouse gas emissions
16/17, 30
16/17, 30
HR7Operations at significant risk of forced or
compulsory labour
10, 18/19
EN18Initiatives to reduce greenhouse gas emissions
EN19 Emissions of ozone-depleting substances2
Status
Society
EN20 Other air emissions
29
Management approach
9 – 12, 38
EN21 Water discharge
28/29
SO1Policies to manage impact on communities
9, 38/39
EN22 Total weight of waste
28/29
10/11
EN23 Significant spills3
none
SO2Percentage of business units analysed for risks
related to corruption
EN26Initiatives to mitigate environmental impacts
of products and services
24, 27, 32
SO3Percentage of employees trained in anticorruption policies and procedures
11, 35
EN27Reclaimed products and packaging
SO4Actions taken in response to incidents of
corruption
2.5Number/name of countries where the company
operates
F3/F4, 4/5
4.10Processes for evaluating the Management
Board’s sustainability performance
AR 24 – 27,
110
EN28Fines and sanctions for non-compliance with
environmental regulations4
none
2.6
Nature of ownership and legal form
4
4.11 Implementation of the precautionary approach
10/11
17, 30
2.7
Markets served
F3/F4, 4/5
Scale of the reporting organisation
4/5, 29, 33;
AR 60, 62/63
10, 13, 17,
19
SO8Fines and sanctions for non-compliance with
laws and regulations
2.8
4.12Support for external standards, agreements
and initiatives
EN29Significant environmental impacts of transporting products and other goods and materials
29
Product responsibility
2.9
Significant changes during the reporting period
5
4.13Memberships in associations and advocacy
groups
10, 12/13,
28
EN30Total environmental protection expenditures
and investments by type
2.10 Awards received in the reporting period
F2, 5, 34
4.14List of stakeholder groups engaged by the
company
3
Report parameters
3.1
Reporting period
F2
4.15Basis for identifying stakeholders
3.2
Date of most recent report
F2
4.16 Approaches to stakeholder engagement
3.3
Reporting cycle
F2
3.4
Contacts for questions regarding the report
41
4.17Statement on key stakeholder issues
6
9, 12
4, 33, 35/36
6, 12/13,
22, 31
LA2 Employee turnover
LA3Benefits provided to full-time employees
36
12, 16, 18,
20, 23, 31
LA4Percentage of employees covered by collective
bargaining agreements
23, 36
LA5Minimum notice periods regarding operational
changes
Boundary of the report
F2, 4
Economic performance indicators
3.7
Restrictions/limitations of the report
F2, 4, 36
Management approach
4/5, 26
3.8Basis for reporting on joint ventures,
subsidiaries etc.
F2, 4 EC1
5, 26, 33
3.9Data collection methods and data collection
principles
F2, 4, 17, 36
EC2Financial implications, risks and opportunities
due to climate change
3.10Changes to earlier reports in terms of
restatements
29, 33
3.11Changes from previous reporting periods in the
subjects, scope or measurement methods
18, 35
3.12 GRI Index table
F5/F6
3.13 External audit of the statements made
32
Governance, commitments and engagement
Labor practices and decent work
33, 36/37, 40
3.6
4.
Social performance indicators
LA1 Total workforce
F2, 8/9
Economic value generated and distributed
16/17, 27,
32
LA7Rates of injuries, absenteeism and work-related
fatalities
37
LA8Prevention and risk-control programs
37
LA10 Training hours per year and employee
35
LA11Programs for skills management and lifelong
learning
33 – 35
LA12Percentage of employees receiving regular
performance and career development reviews
33
EC3Coverage of the benefit plan obligations
36;
AR 89 – 94
EC4 Financial assistance received from government
26
EC6 Spending on locally based suppliers
18/19
EC7Hiring local personnel
34
EC8Infrastructure investments and services for
public benefit
38/39
LA13Composition of governance bodies and
breakdown of employees
34/35; AR 28/29
LA14Ratio of basic salary of men to women
35
Ecological performance indicators
8/9; AR 24 – 29
Management approach
F3, 14, 16,
24, 27, 40
Human rights
4.2Independence of the chairman of the
Supervisory Board
AR 28 – 29
EN1 Materials used
18, 29
EN2 Percentage of materials used that are recycled
24, 27
HR1Investment agreements incorporating human
rights clauses
4.3Highest management body for companies
without a Supervisory Board
AR 28 – 29
4.4Process for dialogue between shareholders
and employees with the Supervisory Board/
Management Board
22/23, 36
4.1Governance structure and responsibility for
sustainability
SO5Participation in public policy development
Management approach
3.5Process for defining report content
EN3 Direct energy consumption
17, 29
EN4 Indirect energy consumption
17, 29
EN5 Energy saving initiatives
28, 30
EN6 Energy saving initiatives concerning products
27, 32
Page
Management approach
10, 18/19, 40
HR2Significant suppliers and contractors that have
undergone human rights screening
19
HR3Total hours of employee training on policies and
procedures concerning aspects of human rights
11, 19, 35
12/13
Management approach
20, 31, 40
PR1Health and safety impacts of products and
services
20/21
PR3Product and service information required
12/13, 27,
32
PR5Practices related to customer satisfaction,
including results of surveys measuring
customer satisfaction
31
PR6Adherence to standards for advertising,
marketing, sponsoring
31
PR9Fines and sanctions for non-compliance with
laws and regulations concerning the use of
products and services
1 2013 no activities in or near protected areas
2not reported, because of low emissions of worldwide 310 kg
32013 no significant spills of hazardous materials
42013 no fines or sanctions
Status
fully reported
F = Flap
partially reported
not reported
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