Procurement Practices
Supplier Management
2025 by Country | |||||||||||||||||
Key Figures | Unit | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | Germany | Austria | Sweden | ||||||||||
Supplier Management 1) | |||||||||||||||||
Number of suppliers 2) | number | 9,434 | 8,230 | 8,148 | 5,069 | 1,041 | 2,038 | ||||||||||
from home country | number | 9,361 | 8,182 | 8,091 | 5,030 | 1,028 | 2,033 | ||||||||||
from Europe (excl. home country) | number | 67 | 48 | 57 | 39 | 13 | 5 | ||||||||||
Share of expenses for local suppliers 3) | in % | 99.2 | 99.4 | 99.3 | 99.2 | 98.8 | 99.8 | ||||||||||
Number of new suppliers | number | 1,223 | 1,303 | 1,203 | 496 | 311 | 396 | ||||||||||
Number of new suppliers surveyed | number | 729 | 846 | 794 | 260 | 138 | 396 | ||||||||||
environmental criteria 4) | in % | 59.6 | 64.9 | 66.0 | 52.4 | 44.4 | 100 | ||||||||||
social criteria (human rights, labor standards, corruption) 5) | in % | 59.6 | 64.9 | 66.0 | 52.4 | 44.4 | 100 | ||||||||||
Number of existing suppliers surveyed according to sustainability criteria | number | 1,808 | 1,227 | 1,172 | 797 | 306 | 69 | ||||||||||
environmental criteria 6) | number | 1,788 | 1,164 | 1,103 | 797 | 306 | 0 | ||||||||||
social criteria (human rights, labor standards, corruption) 7) | number | 1,808 | 1,227 | 1,172 | 797 | 306 | 69 | ||||||||||
Number of suppliers that have not met the following criteria | number | 49 | 75 | 70 | 6 | 0 | 64 | ||||||||||
environmental criteria 6) | number | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
social criteria (human rights, labor standards, corruption) 7) | number | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
others 8) | number | 49 | 75 | 70 | 6 | 0 | 64 | ||||||||||
Number of suppliers that have been found non-compliant with the following criteria and measurements have been agreed upon or the business partnership has been terminated | number | 36 | 17 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | ||||||||||
environmental criteria 6) | number | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
social criteria (human rights, labor standards, corruption) 7) | number | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
others 8) | number | 36 | 17 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | ||||||||||
- 1)An audit or verification of a supplier does not take place systematically; before the connection all suppliers with few exceptions are obliged to meet standards by the Business Partner Code.
- 2)The indicators include all suppliers that are actively managed by the purchasing department in the centralized procurement process. Suppliers with sales of less than € 800 are excluded here, as these are considered minor assets.
- 3)Calculation logic according to GRI 204–1. Definition of “local”: home country, i.e. Germany, Austria and Sweden.
- 4)Calculation logic according to GRI 308–1.
- 5)Calculation logic according to GRI 414–1.
- 6)Calculation logic according to GRI 308–2.
- 7)Calculation logic according to GRI 414–2.
- 8)Other criteria include, for example, impending insolvency, legal disputes, liquidity issues or poor performance.