Environmental Responsibility
Climate change legislation and world-wide initiatives fighting for a carbon neutral future are reflected in our Sustainability strategy. We have set up our climate neutrality target for 2040 in all three carbon scopes.
To support this challenging goal, we work towards interim 2030 targets where we developed the strategy for 80% carbon reduction in our Scope 1 and 2 and 40 % reduction per sales in the value chain. Our decarbonization targets go alongside Social Responsibility and Responsible Sourcing.
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GREEN ELECTRICITY
The ZF Sustainability Strategy sets ambitious decarbonization targets: In 2040 we aim to achieve climate neutrality in all three scopes. Among the variety of decarbonization initiatives, Green Electricity is the key lever and has become a mandatory requirement in the sourcing process. It is part of the bid conditions and then assessed in the SUS Score as one of the knockout criteria.
All our suppliers are to switch to 100% Green Electricity used for manufacturing of ZF products by 2025 at the latest.
The updated ‘ZF Supplier Guide and FAQ on Green Energy 2.0’, which replaced the old version of ‘ZF Supplier Guide and FAQ on Green Electricity’ is now available in the Download Center. It covers updated green electricity new requirements and newly added chapter on energy efficiency.
Documents supporting Suppliers in green electricity verification process are available below:
- Green Electricity Verification Process (the detailed supplier guide)
- Green Electricity Declaration Form (for a supplier to prove its compliance with the 100% GE requirement towards ZF)
Please find more details on the updated Supplier Guide in the training courses: ZF Supplier Guide and FAQ: Green Electricity and Energy Efficiency available on ZF Supplier Academy.
PRODUCT CARBON FOOTPRINT
Product Carbon Footprint (PCF) is a mandatory requirement in procurement cases with high volumes of production material.
To enhance PCF consistency and transparency on part and component level across all tiers, the ‘ZF PCF Calculation Method Supply Chain’ has been replaced by the Catena X PCF Rulebook (V.3).
It will support ZF Suppliers to use one standardized method for PCF calculation, which is scalable along the entire supply chain.
The Catena X Rulebook, just like our ZF Calculation Method:
- covers ‘cradle to gate’ emissions,
- puts in preference primary over secondary data,
- is based on ISO 14067.
Yet, there are some differences between these guidelines, such as:
- expanded calculation scope,
- additional calculation requirements in methodology,
- new additions to the C-X guide, not mentioned in the ZF guideline before.
For more details on similarities and differences between the ZF Calculation Standard and the Catena X Rulebook, please refer to the training 'Calculation Method: Switch to Catena-X Rulebook' available on ZF Supplier Academy.
