Sustainability reports - Nölken Hygiene Products

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Our sustainability reports

Sustainability has been an integral part of the corporate strategy at Nölken since 2011 in order to position topics such as future viability, resource-saving production, ecological and social commitment and responsibly throughout the company and to systematically measure and further develop them.

Our sustainability reports are addressed to all of our stakeholders – customers, service providers, suppliers, non-governmental organisations, politicians and authorities, the scientific community, and the media, as well as our neighbours, the public, and our employees. The structure of the sustainability report has been in line with the German Sustainability Code since 2014. We have also been reporting in accordance with the principles of the UN Global Compact since 2011.

In 2024, we published our 13th sustainability report in a row. The report covers the period from January to December 2023 and provides an overview of our sustainability strategy, our targets and our progress. We provide information about concepts and measures which we have taken in order to make our products, services and our value chain even more sustainable.

Highlights of our 2023 sustainability report

54 % of the nonwovens are sustainably certified
100 % sustainably certified palm raw materials
On the way to ESRS reporting - KPIs were expanded in the current report
47 % of sales related to products with sustainability labels
123 tonnes of CO₂ saved through the collection and recycling of backing paper

The next sustainability report will appear in 2025

This report summarises the business activities and impacts of Nölken Hygiene Products GmbH and Noelken Sp. z o.o. The limits of the report essentially line up with our production limits. Publication of the next comprehensive sustainability report is planned for the first half of 2025.

We want to make our company and our products even more sustainable in the future. Which we can only do in consultation with you.

Hence our request: tell us your opinion, criticism or suggestions. You can find our online survey here. You are also welcome to write to us directly with your feedback at nachhaltigkeit@noelken.de.

Anklicken und Downloaden: Der Nachhaltigkeitsbericht der Nölken Hygiene Products GmbH für 2023.