Installing lifelines for the buildings of tomorrow. As a family company and entrepreneurs, we firmly believe that sustainability is an integral part of our DNA and a crucial success factor for the future of Viega. We see it as our duty to ensure that buildings are energy-efficient, comfortable and safe, with a hygienic supply of drinking water. We also develop new solutions for all of these areas. In everything we do, sustainability is a key element of our corporate strategy. 

Sustainability and decarbonisation at Viega

Viega has been operating successfully for over 120 years. From the experience we've gained over this time, we know that you need to think ahead to do business sustainably. Our solutions for clean water and more sustainable production, as well as our commitment to digital construction, underpin our market-leading position.

We have translated our vision for sustainability into a set of objectives for our company. Viega will be carbon-neutral by 2035. We believe that taking responsibility is the key to success, and we're embarking on this journey together with all of our employees. We create incentives, encourage a sense of responsibility and promote collaboration and exchange.

We help our customers to become more sustainable in a number of ways, including providing them with more energy-efficient solutions. Viega develops high-quality technologies and products that are made to last. These products help customers to reduce water and energy consumption in their buildings.

The actions we take today determine how we will live in the future.

With its Agenda 2030, which includes 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), the United Nations (UN) has adopted a global plan to improve living conditions across the entire planet. The cornerstones of this are global economic progress, social justice and protection of the environment. Companies are urged to contribute to the SDGs.

Our sustainability strategy is based on the United Nations' Sustainable Development Goals. Customers, suppliers and employees expect to see our company taking responsibility for sustainable action and climate protection.

We want to lead the way with a high-quality and consistent approach to sustainability. In our view, this approach provides us with significant business opportunities, which in turn drive us to produce more innovative products for customers, establish long-term relationships with loyal employees and ensure our competitiveness on the market.

We want to optimise and improve quality of life by doing business responsibly and developing sustainable solutions.

This is why we're particularly proud that Viega has been named as one of the world's "50 Sustainability & Climate Leaders" alongside 49 other global companies. The United Nations awards this accolade to companies that demonstrate an exceptionally high level of commitment to climate objectives and that implement effective measures to bring us closer to these targets.

We've defined four fixed objectives for our company in our sustainability agenda. We're implementing a wide range of measures to meet these objectives.

Viega will be carbon-neutral by 2035

Viega will be carbon-neutral by 2035*. This is how we will reduce the negative impact of our activities on the climate. 

_{*in terms of Scope 1 and Scope 2 emissions, as defined in the Greenhouse Gas Protocol.}

Sustainability – the solution for our customers

Viega offers solutions that significantly reduce energy and media consumption in buildings. We strive to continuously expand our range of products and services to actively support our customers' sustainability efforts. 

Responsibility and commitment – our keys to success

A common cause and part of our company's DNA: everyone at Viega works together for sustainability! Thanks to our training sessions, our employees and managers play their part in spreading the importance of sustainable action and decarbonisation. At Viega, dialogue and participation go hand in hand as our core values and our Viega Sustainability Heroes are active across the entire company. What's more, our sustainability goals are included in our managers' goal agreements.

Viega approaches sustainability in a transparent manner

Starting in 2024, we will publish an annual sustainability report to improve our transparency and map the development of our sustainability activities. Our report will be based on the European Commission's Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive and include information on environmental goals as well as essential social and governance issues.

In the future, we will also have external bodies verify and certify our products using Environmental Product Declarations (EPD). This involves an environmental assessment over the entire life cycle of our products.

With over 3,453 hours of sunshine per year, our plant in Sanand, Ahmedabad, India is located at an ideal longitude for setting a significant milestone on our path to climate neutrality. Since the beginning of July 2022, the power supply for daily production has been running via an innovative solar installation on the roof of the plant: in just 94 days, our employees got the project off the ground, from installation to start of operation of the system. 

With an area of almost 4,500 m², the solar installation with over 1,000 monocrystalline PERC panels covers about 33 percent of the flat roof. Around 712,000 kWh of electricity can be produced per year - enough to cover 100 percent of the daily energy requirements for the entire plant over the next two years. In this way, we achieve a CO2 offset of around 600 tons per year in India!

Thanks to its modular design, the plant can be further expanded to supply the growing site with sufficient energy in the future. This is another important step on the successful path of Viega India: Since 2015, the number of employees has increased from 20 to over 170 today. Pre-wall systems, wastewater elements, pipes and fittings are manufactured locally, most of which are distributed to many European countries via Viega Germany.