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Find out more about the first LCAs we implemented and the challenges we overcame.</p><div class="link"><a href="/en/sustainability-2023/ecodesign" class="more"> Read more </a></div></div></div></article></div></div><div class="teaserArea megaDivider"><div class="megaWrapper"><article class="teaser"><a href="/en/sustainability-2023/giving-to-society" class="imageContainer"><img title="Giving back from the company’s success" src="/fileadmin/_processed_/4/f/csm_header_social_1920x1080px_0c499c56e8.jpg" width="200" height="156" alt="" loading="lazy" /></a><div class="contentContainer"><h4><a href="/en/sustainability-2023/giving-to-society"> Giving back from the company’s success </a></h4><div class="megaTeaserContent"><p>Körber champions non-profit causes every year through donations, sponsorships, and volunteer programs. 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In an interview, Gabriele Fanta, Head of Group Human Resources, explains how the new leadership principles at Körber specifically strengthen fruitful collaboration in everyday working life.</p><div class="link"><a href="/en/career/modern-leadership-culture-has-a-performance-enhancing-effect" class="more"> Read more </a></div></div></div></article></div></div><div class="teaserArea megaDivider"><div class="megaWrapper"><article class="teaser"><a href="/en/career/what-comes-after-traineeship-max" class="imageContainer"><img title="What comes after traineeship, Max?" src="/fileadmin/_processed_/2/0/csm_koerber_career_new_40e514968c.png" width="200" height="156" alt="" loading="lazy" /></a><div class="contentContainer"><h4><a href="/en/career/what-comes-after-traineeship-max"> What comes after traineeship, Max? </a></h4><div class="megaTeaserContent"><p>Experience report: After graduating in mechatronics and mechanical engineering, Max Döring became a trainee at Körber. 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As this stage presents a key starting point for avoiding carbon emissions, we have introduced Ecodesign at Körber over recent years. Since 2022, the <a href="/en/sustainability-2023">Ecodesign</a> Guideline has assisted our employees across the group in assessing technical, economic, and ecological requirements in this respect. </p></div></section></div></div><a class="anchor" id="c7122"></a><a class="anchor" id="c7123"></a><div id="t7122" ><section id="c7122" class="quote spacing-t-m"><figure class="side-image round"><div class="image-container"><img src="/fileadmin/_processed_/2/6/csm_Tobias_Kucharz_600x600_5c3f60afcd.jpg" width="200" height="200" alt="" loading="lazy" /></div></figure><blockquote><p class="quote-small">“A professional approach to Ecodesign is also relevant to competitiveness. The better we are in this respect, the better we will meet our clients’ current and future sustainability requirements in Körber’s different Business Areas.” </p><p class="copy-xs">Tobias Kucharz, Product Lifecycle Manager in the Business Area Supply Chain and member of the Ecodesign think tank</p></blockquote></section></div><a class="anchor" id="c7124"></a><a class="anchor" id="c7125"></a><div id="t7124" ><div class="spacing-t-m"></div></div><div class="fact"><h1>Exchange and collaboration formats for Ecodesign</h1><picture><source media="(max-width: 375px)" srcset="/fileadmin/_processed_/0/5/csm_Austausch-Zusammenarbeitsformte-fuer-Ecodesign_AdobeStock_316504238_c1875a61f2.jpg"><img src="/fileadmin/Media/Images/csr/2023/deep-dive-ecodesign/Austausch-Zusammenarbeitsformte-fuer-Ecodesign_AdobeStock_316504238.jpg" width="3000" height="1688" alt="" /></picture><div class="fact-row"><div class="fact-carousel"><div class="fact-item"><div class="fact-circle"><i class="material-icons-outlined">change_circle</i></div><div class="fact-text"> Ecodesign exchange meetings </div></div><div class="fact-item"><div class="fact-circle"><i class="material-icons-outlined">policy</i></div><div class="fact-text"> Ecodesign Guideline </div></div><div class="fact-item"><div class="fact-circle"><i class="material-icons-outlined">architecture</i></div><div class="fact-text"> Calculation tools </div></div><div class="fact-item"><div class="fact-circle"><i class="material-icons-outlined">school</i></div><div class="fact-text"> Knowledge building & exchange </div></div></div></div></div><a class="anchor" id="c7128"></a><a class="anchor" id="c7129"></a><div id="t7128" ><div class="spacing-t-m"><section class="content text-module"><figure class="side-image"><div class="image-container"><img src="/fileadmin/Media/Images/csr/2023/deep-dive-ecodesign/21_thinktank_eng_600x600.svg" width="544" height="544" alt="" loading="lazy" /></div></figure><div class="outer copy-md"><p>The Ecodesign think tank drew up the guideline. “This group of experts works together with the Center of Excellence Ecodesign founded in April 2023 to develop sustainability standards and establish them within the company,” explains Bernhard Gerl, Moderator of the Ecodesign think tank and Project Engineer in the Design Engineering Department in the Körber Business Area Pharma. “Alongside various informal exchange meetings, the think tank serves as a working group which deals specifically with Ecodesign topics on a technical and operational level.”</p><p>This also includes exchange of experience gained in pilot projects and the latest findings in Ecodesign. “The think tank complies these findings and makes them available to all relevant employees in the Business Areas,” explains Fabian Bäcker, Manager of the Center of Excellence Ecodesign and member of the Ecodesign think tank. “In the Center of Excellence, we use the work findings to create standards and tools which are agreed on a management level and then embedded across the group. We also coordinate the Körber Group’s approach regarding Ecodesign to generate synergies and advance the subject on a strategic level.”</p></div></section></div></div><a class="anchor" id="c7130"></a><a class="anchor" id="c7131"></a><div id="t7130" ><section id="c7130" class="quote spacing-t-m"><figure class="side-image round"><div class="image-container"><img src="/fileadmin/_processed_/5/d/csm_Bernhard_Gerl_600x600_069579e9ba.jpg" width="200" height="200" alt="" loading="lazy" /></div></figure><blockquote><p class="quote-small">“We work on instruments which all colleagues at Körber can use to calculate the environmental impact of individual products, modules and parts easily and efficiently and thus provide an analysis of entire production systems. We need this transparency to make an active contribution to reducing CO₂e emissions within our company and for our business partners.”</p><p class="copy-xs">Bernhard Gerl, Moderator of the Ecodesign think tank and Design Engineering Department Project Engineer in the Körber Business Area Pharma</p></blockquote></section></div><div class="process light-theme"><h1>Ecodesign</h1><div class="process-item process-hidden "><div class="arrow-col showArrow"><span></span></div><div class="process-item-wrapper"><div class="column-1"><img class="process-item-image" src="/fileadmin/Media/Images/csr/2023/deep-dive-ecodesign/ecodesign_pilotprojekt_600x600.jpg" width="600" height="600" alt="" /></div><div class="column-2"><h2 class="process-item-title">From pilot project to group-wide standard</h2><div class="process-item-text"><div class="process-cropped-text"><p><p>After the participants focused primarily on the Ecodesign Guideline and establishing structures and exchange formats in 2022, the aim for 2023 was to reach the next level. The think tank analyzed new findings from LCA pilot...</p><a href="" class="process-toggle-link process-expand-link"><i class="material-icons-outlined process-toggle-icon ">add</i> Show more </a></div><div class="process-full-text"><p> </p><p>After the participants focused primarily on the Ecodesign Guideline and establishing structures and exchange formats in 2022, the aim for 2023 was to reach the next level. The think tank analyzed new findings from LCA pilot projects. The Center of Excellence focused on developing a standard for life cycle assessments throughout the Körber Group. “We first need transparency to achieve our ambitious net-zero target in Scope 3. This we achieve using the life cycle assessment method,” explains Corinna zu Putlitz, Head of Sustainability in the Körber Business Area Technologies and member of the think tank. “Standardized life cycle assessments from the perspective of machines, modules and parts form the basis for this method.”</p><p>To compute CO₂e emissions at the part level, we first created a sample spreadsheet. “This represents the first step toward the required transparency regarding the environmental impact of parts,” explains Gerl. “It can be used to record the emissions from a single part and enter them in the sheet. For this purpose, colleagues enter the material from which a part is made, and the processing steps required for its production into the simple form. Energy consumption values for individual processing steps and emission factors are then retrieved from a database to calculate the CO₂e emissions.” <br> Gerl provides an example where a design engineer developing a new assembly group has two designs and wishes to determine which alternative produces better CO₂e emission values. The solution brings another benefit: The form can also be used to calculate the costs of a part. In the end, the design engineer has two clear key comparison values: price and carbon footprint. </p><p>Tobias Kucharz, Product Lifecycle Manager in the Körber Business Area Supply Chain and member of the think tank, states that this is just the important first step in the process: “Ultimately, we want to provide a standardized approach for the entire company, i.e. for all the design engineers in the group, which allows them to start from a product, proceed to a life cycle assessment (LCA), and even obtain an Environmental Product Declaration (EPD) if needed. We thus have the possibility to improve products with regard to their environmental influences in a specific way and quantify this improvement in an additional LCA.”</p><p> </p><a href="" class="process-toggle-link process-collapse-link"><i class="material-icons-outlined process-toggle-icon ">remove</i> Show less </a></div></div></div></div></div><div class="process-item process-hidden "><div class="arrow-col showArrow"><span></span></div><div class="process-item-wrapper"><div class="column-1"><img class="process-item-image" src="/fileadmin/Media/Images/csr/2023/deep-dive-ecodesign/ecodesign_erfolgreiche_anwendung_600x600.jpg" width="600" height="600" alt="" /></div><div class="column-2"><h2 class="process-item-title">Successful application</h2><div class="process-item-text"><div class="process-cropped-text"><p><p>To achieve this ambitious goal, the developments by the think tank and the Center of Excellence need to be one thing more than anything else: practical in their use. Besides the CO₂e calculation tool for individual parts,...</p><a href="" class="process-toggle-link process-expand-link"><i class="material-icons-outlined process-toggle-icon ">add</i> Show more </a></div><div class="process-full-text"><p> </p><p>To achieve this ambitious goal, the developments by the think tank and the Center of Excellence need to be one thing more than anything else: practical in their use. Besides the CO₂e calculation tool for individual parts, the Center of Excellence thus also turned its attentions to a life cycle assessment standard for machines and functional units in 2023 with concrete projects in the Körber Business Areas Pharma, Technologies, and Supply Chain. </p><p>One key question here revolved around identifying the best tools and databases for life cycle assessments. “We tested different tools in a use case to find out which were best,” reports Kucharz. “We produced our first EPD for our belt conveyor from the Körber Business Area Supply Chain using the Gabi tool back in 2022. </p><p>We studied a denester from the Körber Business Area Pharma in 2023 using an Excel solution we had developed which has demonstrated the greatest flexibility and adaptability compared to other solutions thus far. Also in 2023, we produced an EPD for the Visicon from the Körber Business Area Supply Chain using the Makersite platform based on AI and knowledge graphs. The Visicon separates large quantities of packages, typically delivered as bulk material, for subsequent processing steps. It’s one of the most important products in our Business Area.“</p><p> </p><a href="" class="process-toggle-link process-collapse-link"><i class="material-icons-outlined process-toggle-icon ">remove</i> Show less </a></div></div></div></div></div><div class="process-item process-hidden "><div class="arrow-col showArrow"><span></span></div><div class="process-item-wrapper"><div class="column-1"><img class="process-item-image" src="/fileadmin/Media/Images/csr/2023/deep-dive-ecodesign/ecodesign_erkenntnisse_600x600.jpg" width="600" height="600" alt="" /></div><div class="column-2"><h2 class="process-item-title">Findings are incorporated back into development</h2><div class="process-item-text"><div class="process-cropped-text"><p><p>This approach is in line with the principle which guides the way the think tank and Center of Excellence work: “Put simply, we always take the same approach: We develop a solution model, test it in selected pilot projects in...</p><a href="" class="process-toggle-link process-expand-link"><i class="material-icons-outlined process-toggle-icon ">add</i> Show more </a></div><div class="process-full-text"><p> </p><p>This approach is in line with the principle which guides the way the think tank and Center of Excellence work: “Put simply, we always take the same approach: We develop a solution model, test it in selected pilot projects in the Business Areas, and incorporate the findings from the pilot projects into our development process,” explains Kucharz. “In 2022, we tried out our solution for LCA and EPD for the first time with the belt conveyor. We processed the findings from this test and then started successful pilot projects in all producing Business Areas with clearly defined goals and courses of action in 2023.” </p><p>Even when these projects are finished in the Business Areas, the work is not complete for the Center of Excellence and the think tank. “We have taken crucial steps forward in 2023, which will improve our competitiveness and reduce our products’ environmental impact for the long term,” states zu Putlitz. “To ensure this works, the next step is all about permanently embedding our approaches in the company and implementing further solutions for our clients.” For Bäcker, work in the Business Areas now becomes a special priority with regards to Ecodesign: “This is where Ecodesign is specifically implemented in accordance with our sustainability strategy. After its start with the pilot projects, Ecodesign will become an integral part of all development projects here for the long term.”</p><p> </p><a href="" class="process-toggle-link process-collapse-link"><i class="material-icons-outlined process-toggle-icon ">remove</i> Show less </a></div></div></div></div></div></div><a class="anchor" id="c7134"></a><a class="anchor" id="c7135"></a><div id="t7134" ><section class="teasers full-width-teasers spacing-t-m"><div class="row text-image flex-md-row-reverse" style="background-color:rgb(0,96,255)"><div class="col-12 col-md-6 col-lg-7"><img src="/fileadmin/_processed_/1/4/csm_ecodesign_insights_1920x1080_328b469414.jpg" width="690" height="460" alt="" loading="lazy" /></div><div class="col-12 col-md-6 col-lg-5"><div class="textbox copy-md white"><h2 class="order-3"> Ecodesign – for tomorrow’s sustainable production </h2><p>Find the Insights article here for more information.</p><p><a href="/en/we/ecodesign-building-tomorrows-green-production-sites" class="btn">Learn more</a></p></div></div></div></section></div><a class="anchor" id="c7138"></a><section class="tabs spacing-t-m" id="t7138"><div class="tabs-deeplinks"><a id="Life+cycle+assessment+%28LCA%29"></a><a id="Environmental+Product+Declaration+%28EPD%29"></a><a id="CO%E2%82%82e+calculator+for+packaging+material"></a><a id="Collaboration+with+scientists"></a></div><nav class="tabsNav stickyBar" id="tabs-7138"><button class="arrow arrowLeft"></button><div class="scrollWrapper"><ul><li><button data-url="Life+cycle+assessment+%28LCA%29" data-tab="1264" class="tabsnavItem active"> Life cycle assessment (LCA) </button></li><li><button data-url="Environmental+Product+Declaration+%28EPD%29" data-tab="1266" class="tabsnavItem "> Environmental Product Declaration (EPD) </button></li><li><button data-url="CO%E2%82%82e+calculator+for+packaging+material" data-tab="1268" class="tabsnavItem "> CO₂e calculator for packaging material </button></li><li><button data-url="Collaboration+with+scientists" data-tab="1270" class="tabsnavItem "> Collaboration with scientists </button></li></ul></div><button class="arrow arrowRight"></button></nav><div class="tab-content"><div class="tab-pane active" data-tab="1264"><a class="anchor" id="c7140"></a><a class="anchor" id="c7141"></a><div id="t7140" ><section id="c7140" class="quote spacing-t-m"><figure class="side-image round"><div class="image-container"><img src="/fileadmin/_processed_/5/8/csm_Fabian_Baecker_600x600_97a407839c.jpg" width="200" height="200" alt="" loading="lazy" /></div></figure><blockquote><p class="quote-small">“We achieve a new level of transparency with life cycle assessments. We make upstream and downstream processes visible for product developers and clients, so that they become an integral part of fact-based decisions.” </p><p class="copy-xs">Fabian Bäcker, Manager of the Center of Excellence Ecodesign and member of the Ecodesign think tank.</p></blockquote></section></div><a class="anchor" id="c7142"></a><a class="anchor" id="c7143"></a><div id="t7142" ><div class="spacing-t-m"><section class="content"><div class="outer copy-md"><p><strong>A life cycle assessment (LCA) helps with environment-focused decision-making processes. </strong></p><p>An LCA systematically analyses the environmental impact of products, processes, or services throughout their entire life cycle. In doing so, it includes the effects on the environment during production as well as during its usage stage and on disposal. Moreover, upstream and downstream processes are also incorporated, such as the production of raw materials. </p></div></section></div></div></div><div class="tab-pane " data-tab="1266"><a class="anchor" id="c7144"></a><a class="anchor" id="c7145"></a><div id="t7144" ><div class="spacing-t-m"><section class="content"><div class="outer copy-md"><p><strong>Reliable information on the environmental impact caused by products is increasingly gaining in importance. </strong></p><p>One means of providing such information is what is known as an Environmental Product Declaration. Based on life cycle assessments, it serves as a kind of fact sheet and standardized basis for evaluating and communicating product sustainability.</p></div></section></div></div></div><div class="tab-pane " data-tab="1268"><a class="anchor" id="c7146"></a><a class="anchor" id="c7147"></a><div id="t7146" ><section id="c7146" class="quote spacing-t-m"><figure class="side-image round"><div class="image-container"><img src="/fileadmin/_processed_/f/c/csm_Lidia_Smith_600x600_44255eaabf.jpg" width="200" height="200" alt="" loading="lazy" /></div></figure><blockquote><p class="quote-small">“The CO₂e calculator provides our clients with a clear overview of the CO₂e footprint caused by our production process. It allows them to consider sustainable optimization of the packaging as the calculator displays all relevant emissions data in a way which is easy to understand.”</p><p class="copy-xs">Lidia Smith, Sustainability & Product Manager, Körber Business Area Pharma</p></blockquote></section></div><a class="anchor" id="c7148"></a><a class="anchor" id="c7149"></a><div id="t7148" ><div class="spacing-t-m"><section class="content"><div class="outer copy-md"><p><strong>In 2023, a working group in the Körber Business Area Pharma created a user-friendly CO₂</strong><strong>e calculator which Business Area Pharma clients could use to evaluate and compare their ecological footprint. </strong></p><p>The calculation is based on inputs that a client makes on material and location. If they select a different material, the client can compare the two alternatives with a click of the mouse. Experience with this calculator provides the Körber Business Area Pharma with valuable insights into clients’ requirements for product footprints. The findings are incorporated into further strategies for communications and quote compilation. </p></div></section></div></div></div><div class="tab-pane " data-tab="1270"><a class="anchor" id="c7150"></a><a class="anchor" id="c7151"></a><div id="t7150" ><section id="c7150" class="quote spacing-t-m"><figure class="side-image round"><div class="image-container"><img src="/fileadmin/_processed_/7/4/csm_Corinna_zu_Putlitz_600x600_69e59aa40b.jpg" width="200" height="200" alt="" loading="lazy" /></div></figure><blockquote><p class="quote-small">“The cross-company collaboration is a key success factor in developing user-friendly instruments for life cycle analysis. We take a strategic approach to selecting our development projects to advance the achievement of Körber’s climate goals.”</p><p class="copy-xs">Corinna zu Putlitz, Head of Sustainability in the Körber Business Area Technologies and member of the think tank.</p></blockquote></section></div><a class="anchor" id="c7152"></a><a class="anchor" id="c7153"></a><div id="t7152" ><div class="spacing-t-m"><section class="content"><div class="outer copy-md"><p><strong>While developing the LCA method, the think tank experts also exchange ideas and information with scientists. </strong></p><p>“This feedback is particularly helpful for us for special projects,” explains Jan Blewonska, Sustainability Manager in the Körber Business Area Technologies and member of the Ecodesign think tank. “One example is our cooperative partnership with the Hamburg University of Technology. We have been working together with the scientists there since fall 2023 to produce an LCA for the central module in our Multisegment Makers MSM, a modular cigarette machine which can combine up to five functions with one another. In doing so, we have already made findings on processes and the necessary data.” This is not the only example of scientific cooperative partnerships: The Körber Business Area Pharma has discussed approaches and procedures for its LCA project in depth with scientists at the Eastern Switzerland University of Applied Sciences in Buchs before embarking on further action.</p></div></section></div></div></div><div class="no-results"><span data-attribute="Sorry, no results found."></span></div></div></section><a class="anchor" id="c7136"></a><a class="anchor" id="c7137"></a><div id="t7136" ><section class="share spacing-t-m"><p class="copy-md"> Share this article </p><ul class="social"><li><a href="https://www.facebook.com/sharer/sharer.php?u=https://www.koerber.com/en/sustainability-2023/ecodesign" class="facebook" target="_blank"></a></li><li><a href="https://twitter.com/home?status=https://www.koerber.com/en/sustainability-2023/ecodesign" class="twitter" target="_blank"></a></li><li><a href="https://www.xing.com/spi/shares/new?url=https://www.koerber.com/en/sustainability-2023/ecodesign" class="xing" target="_blank"></a></li><li><a href="https://www.linkedin.com/shareArticle?mini=true&url=https://www.koerber.com/en/sustainability-2023/ecodesign&title=Ecodesign" class="linkedin" target="_blank"></a></li><li><a href="mailto:?&subject=Interesting%20article&body=Hello%2C%0AI%20found%20the%20following%20interesting%20article%3A%0Ahttps://www.koerber.com/en/sustainability-2023/ecodesign%0A%0AHave%20fun%20reading." class="mail" target="_blank"></a></li></ul></section></div><div class="backToTopButton clone o-none"><span><span class="title"> Back to top</span></span></div><footer class="pageFooter"></html><nav class="footerNavigation"><a href="https://www.koerber.com/" title="Körber AG" target="_blank" class="footer-logo"></a><ul class="legal"><li><a href="/en/imprint" title="Imprint"> Imprint </a></li><li><a href="/en/legal" title="Legal"> Legal </a></li><li><a href="/en/privacy-policy" title="Privacy Policy"> Privacy Policy </a></li><li><a href="/en/compliance-and-code-of-conduct" title="Compliance and Code of Conduct"> Compliance and Code of Conduct </a></li><li><a href="/en/compliance-and-code-of-conduct/reporting-of-compliance-violations" title="Report Compliance Violation"> Report Compliance Violation </a></li></ul><ul class="social"><li><a class="rss" href="https://www.koerber.com/presse#c1503" target="_blank" title="RSS"></a></li><li><a class="xing" href="https://www.xing.com/company/koerberag" target="_blank" title="Xing"></a></li><li><a class="linkedin" href="https://www.linkedin.com/company/k%C3%B6rber-ag/" target="_blank" title="LinkedIn"></a></li></ul><div class="navLanguages"><a class="active" href="#" hreflang="en-US">English</a><ul><li class=""><a href="/nachhaltigkeit-2023/ecodesign" hreflang="de-DE">Deutsch</a></li><li class=""><a href="/en/sustainability-2023/ecodesign" hreflang="en-US">English</a></li></ul></div></nav><div class="copyright"><p class="copy-xs">© 2025 Körber AG. 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