Our Corporate Carbon Footprint

As a manufacturing company, we want to contribute to climate protection and continuously reduce our greenhouse gas emissions.That is why, together with apollo consulting, a sustainability advisory firm, we began recording and analysing our emissions for the first time, starting with the base year 2023. Our greenhouse gas inventory at the level of the parent company, Christ Holding GmbH, follows the internationally recognised Greenhouse Gas Protocol – Corporate Standard (2004) and Scope 2 Guidance (2015) – and currently covers Scope 1 and Scope 2. Recording these emissions creates transparency about our main emission sources and provides an important basis for defining targeted measures to reduce our greenhouse gas emissions.

Scope 1 covers direct greenhouse gas emissions from our own business operations. These include, in particular, emissions from the combustion of fuels in stationary installations and vehicles, as well as emissions from refrigerants and technical gases. Scope 2 covers indirect emissions from purchased electricity, heat, steam and cooling.

For the base year 2023, relevant indirect emissions from the upstream value chain (Scope 3.01–3.08) were also taken into account. For 2024 and 2025, the inventory initially covers Scope 1 and 2. Due to a change in the ERP data structure, the data basis for Scope 3 is currently not sufficiently comparable. Once the data migration has been completed, Scope 3 accounting will be continued on a harmonised data basis. To further improve data quality and transparency in the coming years, we also plan to gradually increase data granularity, continue harmonising data collection at group level and close existing data gaps.

The reporting boundary of Christ Holding GmbH comprises Martin Christ Gefriertrocknungsanlagen GmbH, Motus Engineering GmbH & Co. KG and Sigma Laborzentrifugen GmbH. The affiliated companies Christ International GmbH and Christ Sigma Instruments and Equipments Co., Ltd. (Beijing, China) are not included in the inventory until further notice.

In 2025, we reduced our greenhouse gas emissions by 57% compared with 2024. The main driver of this development was the significant reduction in market-based emissions from purchased electricity. Scope 1 decreased by 12.5%, Scope 2 (market-based) by 95.0%. As a result, the largest share of emissions now comes from direct Scope 1 emissions. The key operational levers therefore lie primarily in heating and mobility.