Globally, environmental protection and climate change have become one of the common concerns of all sectors of society and market development. The 55th anniversary of Earth Day is once again in the spotlight, highlighting not only the major environmental challenges facing the world today, but also the urgency of taking positive action to protect and improve the environment. As one of the global leaders in the home appliance industry, BSH continues to demonstrate its commitment to environmental protection and sustainability by focusing on the green transformation of the entire value chain, setting an example of green production in the industry, and reducing the environmental impact of its products through innovative technologies and eco-friendly design. With the arrival of another year of Earth Day, BSH is also working with industry, society and the wider world to continue to focus on sustainable development and contribute to environmental protection.
Green momentum BSH continues to focus on sustainability
Sustainable development is one of the key directions of scientific and technological innovation in the home appliance industry, and it is also an important catalyst to promote the transformation of the home appliance industry and the comprehensive upgrading of the industrial chain. As an active practitioner of sustainable development, BSH has long integrated the concept of sustainability into the company's long-term development strategy. At its annual press conference on April 11, BSH said that BSH continues to invest in sustainability. Over the past year, BSH has invested more than 10 million euros and implemented more than 270 energy-saving measures, resulting in energy savings of around 35 gigawatt hours in the production process. For example, BSH has installed a heat recovery system at its refrigeration plant in Giengen, Germany, and is contributing to the reduction of energy consumption by building the largest distributed photovoltaic system in the entire BSH Group and the Bosch Group in China.
The second phase of the distributed photovoltaic system has just been connected to the grid recently. In fact, BSH China's efforts in green power have not only started in recent years, the first phase of the photovoltaic power generation project has been in operation in BSH Nanjing Appliance Park and Chuzhou Appliance Park for nearly 10 years, and has contributed more than 89 million kWh of green electricity, which is equivalent to reducing about 10,300 tons of standard coal and about 55,000 tons of carbon emissions. Today, the completion of the second phase of the 33.5 MW distributed photovoltaic power station is expected to generate an average of 33.89 million kWh of electricity per year, release about 50% of the park's green kinetic energy, and reduce carbon emissions by more than 20,000 tons per year, injecting strong green impetus into the sustainable development of the industry, and will also make an important contribution to the goal of 100% green power coverage by BSH and the Bosch Group by 2030.
Real view of BSH Chuzhou Household Appliance Park distributed photovoltaic solar panels
Pollution control is recognized, BSH sets the benchmark for environmental protection again
Recently, the Jiangsu Provincial Department of Ecology and Environment announced the list of A-level enterprises in the performance evaluation of key industries in heavy pollution weather in 2023. This award is not only a recognition of BSH's efforts in environmental management and pollution control, but also a recognition of its continuous promotion of green production and sustainable development strategies. In the face of environmental challenges, BSH has always insisted on innovation and improvement, and has effectively reduced pollutant emissions in the production process by introducing advanced environmental technologies and management measures.
In the process of continuous optimization of green production, BSH not only sets a benchmark in terms of product quality and technological innovation, but also demonstrates a good image of the company in terms of environmental responsibility and social responsibility. BSH will pay attention to and respond to changes in environmental protection policies, balance pollution control and green production, and achieve a win-win situation for the company, society and the environment while providing consumers with more environmentally friendly and efficient home appliances.
Empower the entire value chain to reduce environmental impact
Looking at the entire value chain, BSH takes sustainability as its own responsibility, with the goal of reducing the environmental impact along the entire value chain and keeping BSH at the forefront of sustainability efforts in R&D, procurement, production, logistics, marketing and sales. On the production side, BSH China has achieved remarkable results through a series of measures such as the introduction of internationally advanced energy-saving technologies and the elimination of energy-intensive equipment. In the face of various energy consumption problems throughout the product life cycle, BSH is also actively involved in green packaging, green logistics and other fields, exploring the possibility of comprehensively reducing carbon emissions in the industrial chain. For example, BSH promotes easy-to-recycle, low-polluting packaging materials and clean energy transportation in order to achieve a green transformation of the entire industrial chain. On the consumer side, BSH empowers consumers to reduce carbon emissions and build a greener lifestyle through green and smart home appliances.
With cutting-edge innovative technology and strong R&D capabilities, BSH has also launched a variety of water-saving, power-saving, environmentally-friendly green smart home appliances to empower consumers to contribute to sustainable development through drip actions, including Siemens dishwashers equipped with innovative Jinglei ® technology, which consumes only 0.1 kWh of electricity for 96 hours of ultra-long standby storage, even if you need to travel for a short distance for business or travel, you don't have to worry about bacteria breeding on dishes and chopsticks and product power consumption. Bosch washing machines equipped with the i-DOS automatic dispensing system can intelligently detect the weight and dirtiness of the laundry, and accurately measure the amount of laundry detergent in milliliters in a targeted manner, avoiding excessive addition of laundry detergent and saving 18% of water compared with traditional models. By accelerating "consumer-oriented" innovations, BSH helps consumers to live an energy-efficient and environmentally friendly lifestyle, as well as a healthier and more comfortable home experience.
BSH's green smart home appliances
For a long time, BSH has been supporting and vigorously promoting the key work of corporate social responsibility, and has made positive contributions to the poverty alleviation, the dissemination of the concept of peace, energy conservation and environmental protection, and the protection of biodiversity. The year 2024 marks the 30th anniversary of BSH in China and the 16th year of BSH China's commitment to community welfare. Not long ago, BSH volunteers once again went into the community to introduce environmental technologies and energy-saving methods in the field of home appliances to residents, and help them better understand how to choose more environmentally friendly and energy-saving home appliances.
With the arrival of another year of Earth Day, BSH is calling on consumers and partners to take action and contribute to the protection of the common global environment. In the future, BSH will continue to be driven by innovation and focus on sustainable development to lead the home appliance industry towards a greener and brighter future.