Our sustainability strategy

As a family-owned company from the Emsland region, we feel a strong connection to our site and the people in the local area. Here, too, we take responsibility out of conviction – in our supply chain, for our employees and for the society in which we are privileged to operate.

The Kampmann Group stands for innovative, sustainable solutions in heating, cooling and ventilation technology. Our sustainability strategy focuses on moving away from fossil fuels through the use of renewable energy, thereby driving the transformation of the building sector. We rely on resource-efficient products and transparent environmental declarations.

We are currently developing a well-founded action plan to bring our own emissions to net zero by 2037. Our social values include fair working conditions and strong inclusion of people with disabilities at our main site and in our supply chain. In this way, we are shaping future-proof corporate management that combines ecological and social responsibility with economic success.

Sustainability means ensuring a secure future for the company with satisfied, motivated employees and a forward-looking, fair business strategy. But of course it also means achieving climate targets.
Hendrik Kampmann, Managing Director, Kampmann GmbH & Co. KG

Material sustainability topics

in four fields of work

We manage our actions in our material sustainability topics in interdisciplinary teams. Around 20 employees contribute their expertise in four fields of work, collect data and implement measures.

Product & Value Chain

  • Competition
  • Transformation of the construction sector
  • Expertise for sustainable building
  • Adaptation to climate change
  • Resource flows

Business Conduct

  • Working conditions (supply chain)
  • Inclusion (supply chain)
  • Labour rights (supply chain)
  • Corporate culture

Infrastructure & Production

  • Climate protection
  • Energy
  • Waste

Own Workforce

  • Labour rights
  • Working conditions

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Product & Value Chain

In the Product & Value Chain field of work, we engage intensively with sector-specific sustainability aspects as well as the ecological issues in our upstream and downstream supply chain. One issue of particular importance to us is the decarbonised operation of buildings. Key to this is the consistent expansion of renewable energy for the sustainable operation of heat pumps as generators of heating and cooling.

Adjusting product wall thicknesses to reduce metal-related emissions

Introduction of CO2-reduced aluminium cover grilles for trench technology

Conversion of all KaClima heat pumps to natural R290 refrigerant by 2030

Transformation of the construction sector

With our systems for the heat transition, we contribute to the transformation of the construction sector. What used to be an oil or gas boiler is now a heat pump or another system that tempers system water with as little fossil energy as possible. Depending on requirements, one of our many products is used in the room, suitable for these so-called low-temperature systems. This means a large part of the heating system remains familiar to the installing trade.

Expertise for sustainable building

With Environmental Product Declarations (EPD), we want to promote expertise for sustainable building. EPDs enable a detailed recording and assessment of the environmental impacts of products throughout their entire life cycle. This creates transparency and provides valuable foundations for customers to make ecological product choices.

Adaptation to climate change

Rising outdoor temperatures are increasingly creating the desire or necessity for building cooling as an adaptation to climate change. Whether in offices or industrial workplaces, in supermarkets or in people’s own homes, as well as for the protection of vulnerable groups. The resulting increase in energy demand is a paradox and one of the challenges of our time. Efficient cooling systems that cool rooms on the basis of cold water play an important role. Once again, it is often the heat pump that provides this cold water for Kampmann room units.

Our system ideas

Heating industrial halls with a combination of heat pumps and Unit Heaters.

Modernisation of residential buildings with heat pump-based heaters

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Infrastructure & Production

In the Infrastructure & Production field of work, we bundle comprehensive measures to reduce emissions, increase energy efficiency and protect the environment at our sites. Continuous improvement of data quality for well-founded decisions plays a central role in this.

100 % green electricity at the main site in Lingen (Ems)

Operation of our administrative functions without fossil energy.

850 kWp installed photovoltaic capacity

70% electric vehicles in our passenger car fleet by 2028

Climate protection

With the project „Path to Net Zero“, we are right in the middle of developing a comprehensive climate protection concept to achieve climate neutrality in our own activities (Scopes 1 and 2). But defining a climate target is not a hasty commitment for us. We want to do it properly. That is why we take the time to analyse, observe and plan measures. We will publish our Path to Net Zero here.

Climate protection, resource flows and waste

With our certified environmental management system (EN ISO 14001 [Certificate]), we demonstrate that environmental protection and sustainable action are an explicit part of our corporate policy. It addresses numerous topics from areas such as climate protection, resource flows and waste. The system is based on internal interviews and external audits, through which environmental behaviour in our activities that is in need of improvement can be identified. Where necessary, this is followed by the strategic planning, implementation and evaluation of countermeasures.

Energy

Our energy management plays a central role in the sustainable and efficient use of resources. It sheds light on the use of different energy sources and their contribution to the overall energy mix. The overarching strategy is, on the one hand, to reduce the proportion of fossil energy sources and, at the same time, to drive forward the expansion of renewable energy. The measures pursue a targeted reduction in CO₂ emissions in order to ensure a sustainable energy supply in the long term and protect the environment. Our energy management is certified according to EN ISO 50001 [Certificate]).

Own Workforce

The Kampmann Group is a family-run company. As such, employees are recognised as the foundation of entrepreneurial action and success. A fair, safe and appreciative working environment forms the basis for sustainable growth and social responsibility. Without the commitment and dedication of motivated employees, long-term success will not be achieved.

92% satisfaction among employees

81% identification with the company

Internal CEO podcast to inform our employees about the business situation and strategy

Working condition

At 4.9%, the staff turnover rate is at a pleasingly low level. The fact that many employees identify with the company is shown by an approval rating of 81% in corresponding surveys. The long-service anniversaries of employees also demonstrate this success.

Knowledge management

The introduction of knowledge management is currently in preparation. The focus is on safeguarding isolated knowledge. It is of central importance for the Kampmann Group, as the knowledge and skills of employees make a significant contribution to maintaining competitiveness and to the company’s success. Knowledge management can serve as guidance for new and young employees and thus help preserve process efficiency.

Working conditions

At the Lingen site, we have introduced occupational health management (OHM) and established a dedicated OHM team. There is active exchange with the other company sites regarding the experiences of the OHM team. However, an expansion of the management system to other sites is also under review.

Business Conduct

We set high standards for our Business Conduct, in other words our corporate behaviour, in terms of legality and responsibility. We manage our legally compliant conduct with a Compliance Management System. For us, responsibility means, firstly, due diligence for good working conditions in our upstream supply chain and the inclusion of people with disabilities.

Labour rights in the supply chain

We have voluntarily committed ourselves to due diligence in our supply chain in order to ensure responsible upstream value creation. With our comprehensive management system, we implement strategic approaches and processes to safeguard labour rights and good working conditions. In this way, we already meet our customers’ requirements for a fair supply chain today.

  • Abstract risk analysis: Assessment of the country-specific and sector-specific risks of our suppliers
  • Concrete risk analysis: Self-disclosures by suppliers, individual measures if necessary

Inclusion

The inclusion of people with disabilities is a material topic for us. Together with several partners, we pursue different concepts. On the one hand, we are of course a direct employer of people with disabilities; on the other hand, we work together with workshops for people with disabilities. These are suppliers in our supply chain. However, together with Christophorus-Werk Lingen, we have developed a more far-reaching integrative concept. In this concept, external employees with disabilities, who are supported by Christophorus-Werk, work at permanently established workstations at our main site.

Compliance

We want to act responsibly and in compliance with the law. Our Compliance Management System (CMS) plays a central role in this. It serves as our guide in an environment of ever more diverse requirements and increasingly complex legislation.
A central objective of the Kampmann Group’s CMS is comprehensive protection against legal and financial risks. By implementing controls and training, we prevent regulatory offences committed, for example, out of ignorance.

Corporate culture

We are convinced that participation has a considerable influence on the satisfaction of our employees and secures our long-term success. In shopfloor management in our production areas, for example, all employees are encouraged to continuously develop their own workplace further. Valuable suggestions for improvement arise only from motivation.

Much more sustainability

Download our full 2024 sustainability report here or find out more about our most sustainable products and systems.