Sustainable Development Goals
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Goal 3: Good health and well-being
In its daily business activities voestalpine contributes to achieving SDG 3 as follows:
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Goal 4: Quality education
In its daily business activities voestalpine contributes to achieving SDG 4 as follows:
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Goal 5: Gender equality
In its daily business activities voestalpine contributes to achieving SDG 5 as follows:
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Goal 6: Clean water and sanitation
In its daily business activities voestalpine contributes to achieving SDG 6 as follows:
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Goal 7: Affordable and clean energy
In its daily business activities voestalpine contributes to achieving SDG 7 as follows:
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Goal 8: Decent work and economic growth
In its daily business activities voestalpine contributes to achieving SDG 8 as follows:
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Goal 9: Industry, innovation, and infrastructure
In its daily business activities voestalpine contributes to achieving SDG 9 as follows:
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Goal 11: Sustainable cities and communities
In its daily business activities voestalpine contributes to achieving SDG 11 as follows:
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Goal 12: Responsible consumption and production
In its daily business activities voestalpine contributes to achieving SDG 12 as follows:
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Goal 13: Climate action
In its daily business activities voestalpine contributes to achieving SDG 13 as follows:
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Goal 16: Peace, justice, and strong institutions
In its daily business activities voestalpine contributes to achieving SDG 16 as follows:
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Goal 17: Partnerships for the goals
In its daily business activities voestalpine contributes to achieving SDG 17 as follows:
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The Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) were drawn up by a United Nations working group, together with thousands of stakeholders, and adopted by a UN General Assembly Resolution during the United Nations Sustainable Development Summit in New York on September 25, 2015. A total of 193 UN member states committed to the 17 goals and 169 targets for global sustainable development and the related specific objectives.
The SDGs were put into effect as of January 1, 2016, and are designed to cover a period of 15 years (up to 2030). Particular emphasis was placed on the private sector’s role in reaching these goals.
In its daily business activities, voestalpine contributes significantly to achieving the following 12 SDGs:
Goal 3: Good health and well-being
Goal 4: Quality education
Goal 5: Gender equality
Goal 6: Clean water and sanitation
Goal 7: Affordable and clean energy
Goal 8: Decent work and economic growth
Goal 9: Industry, innovation, and infrastructure
Goal 11: Sustainable cities and communities
Goal 12: Responsible consumption and production
Goal 13: Climate action
Goal 16: Peace, justice, and strong institutions
Goal 17: Partnerships for the goals
ESG ratings
ESG ratings assess companies on the basis of their environmental, social, and governance performance and are based on standardized analyses by external rating agencies. ESG rating platforms provide an independent indicator of the effectiveness of sustainability management and support stakeholders in investment and procurement decisions.
For voestalpine, EcoVadis, the Carbon Disclosure Project (CDP), and the S&P Global Corporate Sustainability Assessment (CSA) play a key role. EcoVadis is a widely used ESG rating and provides a globally recognized, evidence-based assessment of companies’ sustainability performance. EcoVadis analyses actions taken in the four topic areas of the environment, labor & human rights, ethics, and sustainable procurement, with a view to promoting transparency in supply chains. With CDP, voestalpine provides its investors and customers with transparency on climate and water performance metrics. S&P Global assesses ESG management, strategy and performance in an international capital market comparison. These ratings help stakeholders to classify voestalpine’s sustainability risks and opportunities, while increasing the comparability and credibility of the Group’s sustainability reporting.
voestalpine’s credit ratings as of March 31, 2026 were as follows:
voestalpine AG achieved a high overall score of 75 out of 100 points in the EcoVadis rating and was awarded a silver medal. This makes voestalpine one of the top 15% of the more than 100,000 companies rated worldwide. In addition, various subsidiaries such as voestalpine BÖHLER Edelstahl GmbH & Co KG, voestalpine Railway Systems GmbH (Zeltweg), and voestalpine Turnout Technology Germany GmbH each obtained an EcoVadis Platinum rating (top 1% of all companies worldwide). voestalpine was also recently ranked on CDP’s A List (top 4% worldwide) in the Climate category and is therefore regarded as a leading company in terms of managing environmental impacts, environmental transparency, and taking action to achieve an environmentally friendly future. In the CDP category “Water”, voestalpine was able to maintain its B rating. In addition to these achievements, voestalpine was again listed in the prestigious Dow Jones “Best-in-Class-Europe-Index” in 2026.
