Environment
Focus on Climate Change
Climate change is one of the most important challenges of our time. As an international industrial services provider, we support our customers in the process industry as a partner, helping them to improve their energy and resource efficiency and reduce emissions. Our objective is clear: be number 1 for our customers in enhancing efficiency and sustainability.
In line with this commitment, we are also assuming responsibility as a company: Our decarbonization path has been validated by the Science Based Targets initiative (SBTi) and is geared toward net-zero emissions by 2050 across the entire value chain.
We are making a tangible contribution to global sustainability goals such as SDG 7 (affordable and clean energy) and SDG 9 (resilient industrial infrastructure).
The process industry is facing a transformation if it hopes to achieve corporate and sustainability goals. Plants and processes must become more efficient and sustainable. As a solutions partner, Bilfinger stands by its customers with an extensive portfolio and many years of expertise.
Gerald Pilotto
Chief Sales Officer at Bilfinger
We believe it is our responsibility to play an active role in shaping the industrial transformation. With our expertise, we create solutions that reduce energy consumption and greenhouse gas emissions, conserve resources and make companies more resilient. For us, sustainability is not a trend; it is what drives us every day.
Agnes Strehle
Manager Group Controlling & Sustainability at Bilfinger
Hydrogen is the key to a climate-neutral industry. As a trusted partner, we support our customers from the initial feasibility study through the installation of hydrogen production facilities to ongoing operations. This comprehensive expertise is what makes the difference.
Ulrich Trebbe
Product Manger H2 at Bilfinger
With our many years of experience in the automotive sector and our broad expertise in the chemical industry, we can support our customers in a variety of ways and help them make their contribution to climate-friendly mobility throughout the entire battery value chain - from the production of raw materials and chemical components through to the gigafactory and also including final assembly and recycling.
Magda Zemanová
Business Development Manager at Bilfinger E&M Central Eastern Europe
A lot of people are not aware of the fact that air-conditioning systems also generate heat. In urban areas in particular, this leads to additional heating of the already overheated city cores in the summer. This effect can be significantly reduced if district cooling is provided through the bundled generation of cooling water outside the city!
Markus Grubmair
Industrial and Power Plant Piping Construction at Bilfinger E&M DACH
Thanks to the outstanding level of flexibility and reliability that Bilfinger offers in its services, we are in a position to provide our customers with the best possible support in the area of hydropower. This is also reflected in the large number of long-standing customer relationships that we have.
Stephan Ebner
Division Manager Hydropower at Bilfinger E&M DACH
Compared to Carbon Capture Storage (CCS), the increased use of Carbon Capture Utilization (CCU) technologies can save valuable raw materials and reduce carbon emissions, creating an economically viable business case for significant reductions in greenhouse gas emissions.
Massimo Pardocchi
President of Business Line Energy Transition at Bilfinger
Our Vision: Be No. 1 for Our Customers in Enhancing Efficiency and Sustainability
With our wealth of industrial expertise, we actively advance the transformation of our process industry customers.
Our own sustainability categories create transparency and show what share of our revenue contributes to decarbonization and sustainable transformation. These services are a core component of Bilfinger's business model and are being continuously developed through knowledge building, targeted presentation of suitable references and a focus on strategically relevant target areas.
- Category A: Customers’ investments directly into sustainable technologies
- Category B: Maintenance and modification works to increase energy efficiency
- Category C: Extensive services to support the activities in categories A and B, revenue not covered by category A, B or D
- Category D: Activities in coal and oil-fired power plants, revenue from personnel leasing
Our goal: To continue the positive trend observed in recent years and further increase the share of revenue in categories A and B. These increase our customers' resilience and create opportunities for our own sustainable profitable growth.
On the Path to Net-Zero Emissions by 2050
We will achieve net-zero emissions across our entire value chain by 2050. Our ambitious corporate targets for reducing greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions have been validated by the internationally-recognized Science Based Targets initiative (SBTi).
The SBTi Corporate Net Zero Standard is the leading framework for setting science-based net zero targets and provides companies with standards, guidelines and tools for this purpose.
Overall Net-Zero Target (2050)
By 2050, we will achieve net-zero greenhouse gas emissions across our entire value chain.
Near-Term Targets (by 2034):
Scope 1 and 2: Reduction of absolute greenhouse gas emissions by 58.8%, based on the baseline year 2024*
Scope 3: Reduction of absolute greenhouse gas emissions by 35% within the same timeframe*
Long-Term Targets (by 2050):
Scope 1 and 2: Reduction of absolute greenhouse gas emissions by 90%, based on the baseline year 2024*
Scope 3: Reduction of absolute greenhouse gas emissions by 90% by 2050 as well*
*The target boundary includes land-related emissions and removals from bioenergy feedstocks.
Our Approach to Reducing Scopes 1 & 2 GHG Emissions
With Group-wide emissions tracking, Bilfinger creates transparency regarding emission sources, reduction potential and the economic efficiency of decarbonization measures. This forms the basis for our near-term Scopes 1 & 2 reduction target for 2034.
We are addressing the reduction of Scopes 1 & 2 emissions with the following measures:
- Gradual electrification of the vehicle fleet in all areas of operation where it is technically possible.
- Use of alternative fuels (HVO100) for applications that cannot yet be fully electrified.
- Reduction of energy consumption at our sites, including through more efficient heating and cooling systems, building modernization and optimized use of space.
- Expansion of green electricity procurement for the vehicle fleet and for all sites.
The decarbonization of the electricity mix throughout the value chain is of central importance when it comes to reducing Scope 3 GHG emissions. Sustainable procurement also makes a material contribution to reducing upstream Scope 3 GHG emissions.
What the world really needs is ambitious net-zero plans — but they need to be credible. If you manage transition risks effectively, you can create real economic value. Science-based targets are the best place to start.
Dina Abels
Senior Manager Group Controlling & Sustainability at Bilfinger
The science leaves no room for doubt: greenhouse gas emissions must be reduced reliably and verifiably in order to limit global warming. With our SBTi-based targets, we are taking these challenges seriously – beyond our own sites and extending into the value chain. Every step counts, and that is where we are focusing our efforts.
Swaantje Brzelinski
Manager Group Controlling & Sustainability at Bilfinger
Total GHG Emissions for Scopes 1, 2 & 3 – FY 2025
In FY 2025, we reduced market-based GHG emissions in Scopes 1 and 2 by 8 percent and in Scope 3 by 4 percent. This means that we remain on track with our short-term climate targets validated by the SBTi.
Energy Efficiency & Renewable Energy Sources – FY 2025
We significantly increased the share of renewable energy in 2025. There are three factors that are making this progress possible:
- 100% green electricity either as part of the electricity contract or through recognized guarantees of origin
- More renewable fuels in operations
- Own solar power production at our locations
These measures are key building blocks on our path to decarbonization.
