• They serve to improve energy efficiency in production. In future, new buildings will also be designed to be CO₂-neutral in terms of air conditioning.
• A massive expansion of the company's own renewable energy generation through photovoltaics will significantly reduce the amount of electricity purchased from third parties.
• A switch to 100% green electricity is also to be implemented.
• And in the following years, ecologically sensible compensation projects will be implemented to bridge unavoidable conversion periods for existing heating systems and the vehicle fleet in all Festo properties, spread over a further 6o countries.

Festo has aligned its own sustainability strategy with the United Nations' Strategic Development Goals (SDGs) and firmly anchored it in its CS 2025 corporate strategy. With its range of services in automation and technical education, the company also believes it is well on the way to being able to offer its customers sustainable, innovative and competitive solutions.

Scope 3 emissions, i.e. upstream and downstream emissions outside the company's own area, will play an increasingly important role. Here, emissions from purchasing and logistics on the one hand and the use of products by customers on the other are considered. Reducing the energy consumption of Festo products in use is a particular focus of our research and development activities. Pioneering innovations in this area will be presented to our customers at the Hannover Messe 2022.

Industry as a whole will play a key role on the road to climate neutrality. New solutions will be found in the interplay of digitalization, artificial intelligence, automation and sustainable energy concepts and resilient infrastructures. Linked to this, the changing qualification requirements will also provide new impetus for technical education. Festo believes it is ideally positioned to make its contribution to a climate-neutral future.

With its decision to_{become CO2-neutral}, Festo is taking responsibility as a family business to make its own contribution to tackling the greatest challenge facing mankind today: combating climate change and its consequences. "We are convinced that our commitment to the ecological transformation of business and industry gives all of us in the Festo family business meaningful orientation and offers a wide range of opportunities," says CEO Dr. h.c. Oliver Jung.