Our Progress
in 2025
Our overall ambition is to provide high-performance coatings that help advance society while protecting the planet.
Our sustainability goals
Beckers aims to lead the global coil coatings market and drive innovation in industrial coatings by embedding sustainability at the core of its strategy. By 2030, the company’s ambition is to offer solutions that create positive impact for society while reducing environmental impact. This includes developing coatings based on safe, responsibly sourced components that provide functional sustainability benefits and leveraging the value chain to enable breakthrough innovation.
Beckers’ people are central to achieving these ambitions, with a strong focus on empowerment, well-being and community impact. Across operations, Beckers is committed to pushing industry boundaries by advancing circularity, working toward zero-emission sites and ensuring supply-chain partners meet the same responsible standards. The goal is to create positive value across products, people and operations.
2025 has been a year of moving from strategy to implementation, with several milestones shaping our business, organization and sustainability performance. A key milestone was the approval of our near-term and net-zero targets by the Science Based Targets initiative (SBTi), making Beckers one of the first in the coil coatings industry to achieve this validation. The approved pathway commits the company to reducing absolute Scope 1 and 2 CO₂e emissions by 75% and Scope 3 CO₂e emissions by 27.5% by 2030, and to reaching net-zero across the value chain by 2050.
The 2030 Goals set the direction for how we intend to drive meaningful sustainability impact across our business, products, people and operations. Introduced as part of the Green Lights Strategy, the goals translate our long-term ambition, to raise the standard of care for our world, into clear and measurable commitments. They reflect our focus on reducing environmental impact, advancing sustainable innovation, fostering a safe and inclusive workplace and strengthening responsible operations throughout the value chain. Together, the 2030 Goals guide decision-making across our organization and serve as a shared framework for progress.
Read more about our performance
A comprehensive overview of our sustainability performance, including progress on targets and KPIs, strengthened data and governance, and continued advancement towards CSRD alignment, is available in our Performance Report 2025.
Products with impact
By 2030, our ambition is to deliver surface solutions that help advance society while protecting the planet.
Sustainable sales
Sustainable sales >50% of revenue from BSI Achiever class
(%)
| 34 Base year (2022) | 41 2023 | 50 2024 | 52 2025 |
100%
Progress towards target (base year to 2030)
Zero products from BSI Concern class
(%)
| 7 Base year (2022) | 7 2023 | 6 2024 | 5 2025 |
31%
Progress towards target (base year to 2030)
Breakthrough innovations
Sustainable innovation: 100% of all new products from BSI Achiever class
(%)
| – Base year | – 2022 | – 2023 | – 2024 |
-%
Progress toward this target is not currently reported, as key criteria for defining new products are still under development.
CO2e emissions Scope 3
(%)
| 0 Base year (2019) | 23 2023 | 20 2024 | 20 2025 |
73%
Progress towards target (base year to 2030)
People with impact
By 2030, we aim to be the top employer and the go-to partner for sustainability in our industry.
Diverse, motivated and empowered employees
Female employees ≥31%
(%)
| 26 Base year (2020) | 26 2023 | 28 2024 | 28 2025 |
52%
Progress towards target (base year to 2030)
Female management positions (tier 0-2) ≥40%
(%)
| 19 Base year (2020) | 25 2023 | 30 2024 | 27 2025 |
40%
Progress towards target (base year to 2030)
Female new hires ≥40%
(%)
| 37 Base year (2020) | 43 2023 | 31 2024 | 37 2025 |
0%
Progress towards target (base year to 2030)
Employee engagement survey indexes in line with top performing companies
Based on data from the last employee survey in 2025. Absolute figures are only disclosed internally
| – Base year (2020) | – 2022 | – 2023 | – 2024 |
54%
Progress towards target (base year to 2030)
100% of employees earn a living wage by 2030
(%)
| 99.7 Base year (2024) | – 2023 | 99.7 2024 | 99.8 2025 |
21%
Progress towards target (base year 2024)
Safety and well-being & Social engagement
Zero accidents
(number of total recordable injuries)
| 7 Base year (2020) | 7 2023 | 19 2024 | 22 2025 |
0%
Progress towards target (base year to 2030)
All Beckers countries engage in activities that positively impact children and youth
(number of countries)
| 8 Base year 2024 | – 2023 | 8 2024 | 9 2025 |
13%
Of our countries, excluding countries with less than 20 employees
Operations with impact
By 2030, we want our operations and supply chain to make a positive contribution to sustainability.
Climate action
Scope 1 and 2
75% reduction (absolute, tCO2e)
(%)
| 0 Base year (2019) | 49 2023 | 60 2024 | 81 2025 |
100%
Progress towards target (base year to 2030)
50% reduction (intensity, tCO2e/volume)
third-party logistics
(%)
| 0 Base year (2013) | 17 2023 | 13 2024 | 23 2025 |
46%
Progress towards target (base year to 2030)
Resource efficiency
Renewable energy use ≥70%
(%)
| 36 Base year (2020) | 58 2023 | 66 2024 | 76 2025 |
100%
Progress towards target (base year to 2030)
Zero landfill waste
(metric ton)
| 301 Base year (2020) | 3,063 2023 | 74 2024 | 67 2025 |
78%
Progress towards target (base year to 2030)
Waste efficiency ≤35 kg/metric ton
(kg/metric ton)
| 52 Base year (2020) | 75 2023 | 48 2024 | 53 2025 |
0%
Progress towards target (base year to 2030)
Incinerated waste reduction (absolute, metric tons)
70% without heat recovery
(percent)
| 0 Base year (2020) | 59 2023 | 67 2024 | 64 2025 |
92%
Progress towards target (base year to 2030)
15% with heat recovery
(%)
| 0 Base year (2020) | +1 2023 | 0 2024 | +22 2025 |
0%
Progress towards target (base year to 2030)
Energy efficiency ≤0.30 MWh/ton
(MWh/metric ton)
| 0.39 Base year (2020) | 0.42 2023 | 0.41 2024 | 0.41 2025 |
0%
Progress towards target (base year to 2030)
Volatile organic compounds (VOCs), 30% reduction (absolute, metric ton)
(%)
| 0 Base year (2020) | 23 2023 | 23 2024 | 22 2025 |
72%
Progress towards target (base year to 2030)
Water withdrawal reduction
50% reduction (absolute, m3)
(%)
| 0 Base year (2020) | +2 2023 | 22 2024 | 20 2025 |
41%
Progress towards target (base year to 2030)
50% reduction in water-stressed sites (intensity m3/employee)
(percent)
| 0 Base year (2020) | 30 2023 | 27 2024 | 11 2025 |
22%
Progress towards target (base year to 2030)
Supply chain sustainability
100% of suppliers signed Suppliers Code of Conduct
(%)
| 89 Base year (2020) | 92 2023 | 92 2024 | 98 2025 |
83%
Progress towards target (base year to 2030)
≥85% direct material suppliers third-party assessed and approved
(percent)
| 75 Base year (2020) | 85 2023 | 88 2024 | 92 2025 |
100%
Progress towards target (base year to 2030)
100% of high-risk suppliers are audited
(percent)
| 0 Base year (2020) | 5 2023 | 13 2024 | 21 2025 |
21%
Progress towards target (base year to 2030)
People
We empower our people by fostering a safe, inclusive and engaging workplace where well-being, development and performance go hand in hand. Through strong culture, continuous learning and community engagement, we enable our employees to make a positive impact across our operations and beyond.
Products
We develop more sustainable coating solutions by integrating performance and sustainability across the full product life cycle – from raw materials and formulation to application, use and end-of-life. Our innovation focuses on reducing environmental impact while delivering value for customers and society.
Operations
We reduce our environmental footprint by continuously improving efficiency and lowering emissions across our operations and value chain. By working closely with suppliers and customers, we drive responsible practices and contribute to a more sustainable industry.
Business
We aim to be the global leader in Coil Coatings while driving innovation in strategic Industrial Coatings segments. Through a resilient business model, strong governance and responsible business conduct, we create long-term value for customers, shareholders and society.