Sustainability
Our Sustainability Strategy
Sustainability is an integral part of our business operations and is considered throughout the value chain.
We consider ecological, social and business aspects throughout our value chain and continuously develop our approaches. In doing so, we are guided by clear structures, defined responsibilities and regularly reviewed analyses. Our goal is to systematically integrate sustainable developments into our business processes and present them transparently.
Our Three Sustainability Dimensions
Sustainability Governance
Responsibility for sustainability lies with the management. A central sustainability team develops the group-wide strategy and coordinates cross-functional measures. In the group companies, sustainability officers implement the measures and supplement them with site-specific topics. Regular exchange takes place via a group-wide sustainability community.
KRÜGER GROUP pursues an integrative approach: instead of addressing sustainability topics in isolation within a single department, the experts from the respective specialist areas are involved, and sustainable development is driven forward equally by all.
Value Chain
We consider sustainability aspects along our entire value chain. In selected areas, our supply chains are vertically integrated to strengthen quality and transparency.
Key raw materials for our products include coffee, milk, cocoa, hazelnuts, and vegetable oils. Since quality and sustainability are very important to us, we sometimes handle procurement ourselves: In 2014, Fuchs & Hoffmann founded SUSCOM, a subsidiary specializing in cocoa trading, which selects suppliers in the growing country Côte d’Ivoire with its own local team. For milk, however, the approach is local: Around 100 contract farmers from the region supply Elb-Milch, our dairy plant “Mittelelbe”.
Support for raw material cultivation
Strengthening ecological and social standards in the growing countries
Raw material sourcing
E.g., securing milk as a raw material through regional sourcing
Food Ingredients
Documentation of raw material transport steps to ensure traceability
Beverages, Sweets & Chocolates, Infant Nutrition, Health Products, OTC & Pharma Products
Processing into semi-finished products and further processing within the group into diverse end-consumer products
Customers & Partners
Ensuring continuous quality and reliable supply for trade
Materiality Analysis
KRÜGER GROUP regularly conducts materiality analyses to identify relevant sustainability topics. The following topics are currently in focus:
E1 Climate change
E4 Biodiversity and ecosystems
E5 Resource use and circular economy
S1 Own workforce
S2 Workers in the value chain
G1 Governance
These can be assigned to the areas of environment, social and corporate governance. The analysis is regularly reviewed and updated.
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Sustainability Report 2025
Our Sustainability Report 2025 provides an overview of measures and developments and is available for download here.