From workplace safety to supply chain due diligence: MartinBauer’s 2024 GRI Sustainability Report

Continuing its now-established tradition of ongoing, transparent reporting, MartinBauer has published its fourth GRI report.

With the publication of its fourth Sustainability Report in line with the standards of the Global Reporting Initiative (GRI), MartinBauer is continuing its voluntary, consistent and transparent reporting tradition, which began in 2020. This way, the company makes its ecological and social responsibility visible and quantifiable. The latest report, which has around 80 pages, contains key data on targets, measures and developments in 2024. To achieve a shared understanding of the sustainability strategy and a globally consistent data basis, the company’s international sites were also involved in the reporting process. The topics covered range from workplace safety and the circular economy to employment and due diligence obligations in the supply chain. The report is available on the website in German and English: Sustainability – MartinBauer

Performance-based insights into key reporting topics

• Commendations
  In 2024, for the fifth time running, MartinBauer Germany received an EcoVadis Gold Medal for its sustainability efforts.
• Systematic reduction in work-related accidents
  The Safety First initiative that MartinBauer introduced in 2021 at its German sites helps employees avoid work-related accidents. The initiative has had great success, as demonstrated by the site in Kleinostheim: as of mid-March 2026, the site – currently operational seven days a week – had been accident-free for 500 days. At MartinBauer’s sites globally in 2024, the total number of work-related accidents per one million hours worked was 13.42. For comparison: according to German accident insurance organization DGUV, the 2024 average in the food and hospitality sector was 18.12.
• The circular economy in practice
  At MartinBauer, 99.9 percent of waste generated is non-hazardous, and 96 percent of that non-hazardous waste is sent for recycling, composting, or for use in a biogas plant. These circular economy advances are thanks to modernization measures and investments.
• A stable employer
  MartinBauer aims to offer its 1,978 employees worldwide certainty and stability; that’s why 90.45 percent of them have permanent contracts.
• Engagement for good in our supply chains
  Due to its size, MartinBauer is not subject to the German Supply Chain Due Diligence Act, but it voluntarily uses the contents as a guideline, taking responsibility for human rights due diligence in its own supply chains. This is exemplified by a collaborative project with a turmeric and ginger supplier in Nepal, which is improving the situation of local small farmers. MartinBauer supports the establishment of kitchen gardens, the use of home-made organic fertilizers, and regenerative cultivation methods, all of which helps stabilize yields and reduce production risks for the farmers.

In Nepal, MartinBauer has implemented a project for supply chain development in cooperation with its local raw materials partner. Photo: MartinBauer

Outlook
The GRI is considered the most widely used sustainability reporting standard in the world. As well as drawing up reports in line with the GRI standard, MartinBauer is preparing for the provisions of the Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive (CSRD), which stipulates binding reporting obligations for all EU countries and whose scope is soon to be expanded.