

Shaping the Future with Paper and Renewable Energy:
Sustainability as a Corporate Strategy
THE KOEHLER GROUP
TAKES RESPONSIBILITY
„Sustainability is the key to ensuring that our children’s generation and all other future generations will be able to live a life worth living on this planet.
As a family business, our focus is not on quarterly results, but rather on the long term and the generations that will follow us.“
CEO Koehler Group

Our Contribution to the UN Sustainable
Development Goals (SDGs)
Our 2030 sustainability strategy illustrates our focus on aligning the financial, social, and environmental aspects of the Koehler Group in order to create a more sustainable future. It is an essential component of the company’s corporate strategy, our operations, our values, and the way we conduct our business. With our sustainability strategy, we want to actively help drive our general transformation into a more sustainable economy and society.
Interviews

Chairman of the supervisory board of the Koehler Group
Thinking across Generations
What is the Supervisory Board’s opinion on the Koehler Group’s first sustainability report? Wolfgang Furler, who was the company’s COO for a long time and has been the chairman of the Supervisory Board since 2007, explains why Koehler has so much to tell when it comes to the topic of sustainability, how the family business handles it in its very own unique way, and what kind of support he expects from the political world.

Shareholder of the Koehler Group
More Sustainable than Ever Before
Klaus Furler believes that sustainability and growth have been inseparable from each other at the Koehler Group for generations now and will continue to be vital to the company’s future. Currently a company shareholder, he ran the family business together with his brother Wolfgang Furler as its seventh generation with enormous success for nearly 30 years. In this interview, he explains why he thinks the Koehler Group is well-positioned for upcoming generations and the kind of role that handing responsibility over to the next generation at the right moment plays.

Sustainable Energy –
Helping to Shape the Future
One key pillar that has become established alongside paper manufacturing and also makes a significant contribution to bolstering Koehler’s sustainability efforts is the generation of energy from renewable sources by Koehler Renewable Energy, whose expertise extends across many areas of the energy sector. The company is investing in renewable energy projects in order to make a long-term contribution to the energy transition in Germany.
Sustainability in Figures
Input 2022
Pulp,
used
in metric tons
(air-dry weight)
402.325
(2021: 418.042)
Roundwood,
used
in metric tons
(oven-dry)
29.453
(2021: 20.193)
Wastepaper,
used
in metric tons
37.450
(2021: 37.424)
Other
Input Materials
in metric tons
(as purchased)
334.961
(2021: 349.270)
Purchased Electricity
in MWh
377.915
(2021: 375.509)
Fuels
in MWh
2.351.900
(2021: 20.193)
Well Water
in m3
5.085.182
(2021: 5.027.833)
Surface Water
in m3
652.219
(2021: 610.741)
Biomass to
processing
in t (lutro)
982.872
2021: 1.031.761)
Output 2022
Paper and Board
in metric tons, produced
556.711
(2021: 574.401)
Biomass Traded /Processed for Mechanical Recycling 1
in metric tons
786.447
(2021: 832.120)
Biomass Traded /Processed for the Production of Energy 1
in metric tons
193.394
(2021: 201.436)
Electricity
in MWh
298.338
(2021: 279.520)
Process Steam 2
in MWh
509.602
(2021: 476.640)
Hot Water
in MWh
24.497
(2021: 22.543)
Scope 1
Carbon Emissions
in t
277.219
(2021: 280.233)
Scope 2
Carbon Emissions
in t
149.468
(2021: 149.481)
Wastewater
in m3
3.115.866
(2021: 3.269.244)
Waste
in metric tons, gross
150.813
(2021: 143.486)