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Protecting the Climate & Saving Resources

Some Traces Are Best When Not Left Behind

We support climate protection, save precious resources and offer consumers sustainable solutions. Our home appliances offer a variety of ways to make everyday life simple and sustainable. By saving water, energy, and detergent, or by preventing food waste, consumers can also save money and live sustainably at home.

Reducing Our Footprint

Reducing Footprint

We aim to reduce our environmental footprint in all areas of our value stream. That includes both improving the material mix of our products and reducing emissions and energy consumption. Whether it’s sourcing or manufacturing, product use or returns, refurbishment, recycling, or the reuse of our appliances – we review every aspect of our business in terms of its environmental compatibility and potential for improvement on our path to reaching new climate goals.

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Product Innovations

At BSH, we inspire and support consumers to live healthier and more sustainable lives.

Our home appliances help in many ways to make everyday life simple and sustainable. By saving water, energy and detergent or by preventing food waste, consumers can at the same time save money and act sustainably at home. In addition, the proportion of recycled materials in our products is increasing and the design is becoming more modular. With some appliances, you can already see and feel this today.

A great example for durability and performance is the Bosch Series 4 vacuum cleaner. It comes with a 10 years motor guarantee, washable filters for longer usage, and a long availability of spare parts. What makes the Series 4 even more sustainable is the way it has been designed and manufactured. The black variant is made from 38% recycled plastics*, the other colors are made from 30% recycled plastics*. Moreover, the packaging consists of 95% recycled paper. The packaging material inside is recyclable and compostable. (*Evaluation done according to ISO 14021)

Already since fall of 2021, there is Bosch´s first sustainable Series 2 vacuum cleaner available. The appliance is made out of 64 percent recycled plastics that comes with 95 percent recycled packaging. Its Bosch Motor Technology guarantees consumers high performance made in Germany as well as a free 10 years motor guarantee. This fact not only pays off in terms of performance, but also in relation to durability.

We are breaking new ground in reducing CO₂ footprint with the Bosch Green Collection Fridge (KGN39VXBT & KGN49OXBT). Featuring energy efficiency class B, this new Bosch fridge-freezer (sold in Europe) has a material footprint that is one-third smaller than its predecessor’s (partly allocated by mass balancing). Thanks to the use of recycled, lower-CO₂ and CO₂-neutral materials, the CO₂ footprint of the Bosch appliance is 100 kilograms lower.[1] Read more on our Blog Stories.

[1] Partially attributed by mass balancing (according to ISO 22095). During production, CO₂-reduced material is partially mixed with conventional material, but attributed to the Bosch Green Collection fridge-freezer combination in terms of balance. The CO₂ reduction results from the use of CO₂-reduced steel and bio-based foam and plastic. The comparison refers to the Bosch KGN39VXBT fridge-freezer combination with conventional materials.

Bosch GL38 vacuum cleaner

The Series 4 vacuum cleaner comes with washable filters for longer usage.

Bosch GL20S vacuum cleaner

The Series 2 vacuum cleaner is made out of 64 percent recycled plastics.

Sustainable products

Our products help to save water, energy and detergents or to avoid food waste.

Beyond Selling – Our Sustainable Business Models

Thanks to new business models such as product leasing and sharing, we can put an end to wasteful mentalities and ensure that as many appliances and as much material as possible is reused or recycled. An added bonus is that these new business models give a wider range of consumers easier access to highly efficient products and services.

Whenever possible, our customer service offers remote diagnostics, telephone consultations and self-help tips to avoid unnecessary visits and expenses. If a technician visit at home is required, we optimize our scheduling and routing to reduce carbon emissions. In all of our countries of operation, we have expertly trained employees and service partners, who advise our consumers and provide competent support, even in more rural regions. We have an initial completion rate for repairs of over 82%. This means that 82% of the time, we only visit our consumers once to solve a problem. We support our 12,000 BSH technicians and service partners with trainings beyond the repair knowledge. Flexible, digital sessions on sustainability offer trainings on how consumers can be expertly guided to extend their appliance’s lifespan with easy-to-follow tricks and tips on the right cleaning and care routine. Seven logistical centers are located near BSH production sites in order to keep delivery routes short. They store more than 350,000 spare parts for large appliances for usually more than 15 years following production.

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Sustainable Production

Sustainable Production

We’re certifiably dedicated to sustainability at BSH. Because every single one of BSH’s 39 factories is ISO 14001 certified (International Organisation for Standardization). Beyond that, we have also secured certifications in compliance with the ISO 50001 standard for energy management for all of our production sites in the EU, in Türkiye and in China.

Each production facility and team have the support of a dedicated environmental protection officer and occupational health and safety expert, who report to the Environmental Protection and Health and Safety department at group headquarters. In turn, the department draws up guidelines and conducts internal audits to monitor compliance and keep everyone safe.

Even when we’re still in the design phase of a product, we make sure to avoid controversial substances and instead rely heavily on the use of environmentally friendly materials. All of the home appliances manufactured by BSH are made with blowing agents, insulating foams, and refrigerants that are halogenated gas-free. Instead, we use eco-friendly gases that have been tested in labs for years, such as hydrocarbons cyclopentane, isobutane, and propane.

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