Sustainability

Sustainability moves from ambition to accountability. Measurable and transparent performance is key.

Supporting Sustainable Performance

Sustainability is redefining how organisations grow, compete, and build resilience worldwide. Climate change, resource constraints, and societal expectations are increasing pressure for credible action, while regulatory responses vary across regions. In this environment, sustainable performance must be measurable, transparent, and consistent across global value chains.
Sustainability only creates value when progress is measurable and transparent. That is what DEKRA stands for worldwide, while supporting companies in uniting responsibility, competitiveness, and resilience.
Wolfgang Linsenmaier, CFO DEKRA
Organisations face rising expectations to demonstrate that sustainability commitments translate into real impact. Regulatory frameworks are evolving, data requirements are increasing, and inconsistent information can undermine credibility. Responsibility extends beyond individual actions to encompass supply chains, technologies, and long-term outcomes.
Making sustainable progress measurable and transparent

Building Sustainable Performance on Proven Expertise

DEKRA empowers sustainable performance by making progress measurable, transparent, and safe. Building on its long-standing role as an independent assurance partner, DEKRA helps organisations demonstrate that sustainability goals are supported by credible evidence. This expertise provides confidence in a rapidly changing regulatory and market environment.
The Evolution of Sustainability at DEKRA
DEKRA’s engagement with sustainability is rooted in decades of work ensuring safety, reliability, and compliance across industries. As sustainability gained importance, this experience expanded to include environmental performance, energy systems, and ESG-related assurance. At the same time, DEKRA has continuously integrated sustainability into its own operations and decision-making. Throughout this evolution, independence, technical rigor, and responsibility have remained central – enabling DEKRA to build trust in sustainable technologies and value chains worldwide.

Exploring DEKRA’s Perspective

Learn more about how DEKRA approaches sustainable transformation – from environmental and regulatory challenges to the role of verification and trust in enabling responsible growth.
DEKRA Inspection Engineer Anna-Louisa standing on a wind turbine.
Safely reaching new heights
Get to know Anna-Louisa, member of the DEKRA testing team for wind turbines.
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A Trusted Partner Across Value Chains and Lifecycles

With a global perspective and broad cross-industry expertise, DEKRA supports organisations in navigating the complexity of sustainable transformation. By combining technical competence, regulatory insight, and independent verification, DEKRA helps ensure that sustainability efforts deliver credible, long-term impact – across markets, industries, and lifecycles.
Energy Transition
Energy Transition
Developed in accordance with emerging regulations and recognized standards, our wide-ranging services provide extensive support. DEKRA offers customized advisory, training, assessment, testing and certification services covering all your technological energy transition needs according to your specifications.
Sustainability Reporting & ESG Compliance
Sustainability Reporting & ESG Compliance
Independent ESG compliance and sustainability reporting solutions that transform complex requirements into credible, consistent results.

More Sustainability Insights

Explore a wide range of articles examining how sustainability is shaping technologies, value chains, and responsible progress worldwide.
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20 Aug 2025Sustainability Stories

Omnibus Package: On the Way to Sustainability Reporting

The European Union's Omnibus Package has fundamentally changed the rules for sustainability reporting.
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Sustainability, Management, Meeting, Experts
04 Dec 2024Sustainability Stories / Environment

Managing Sustainability Competently and Effectively

Whether it’s new regulations and laws, marketing opportunities, or personal values, no company can afford to ignore ESG-issues anymore.
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CO2: The Goal Is Negative Emissions
28 Nov 2024Environment / Sustainability Stories

CO2: The Goal Is Negative Emissions

Without the use of technologies for carbon capture, utilization, and storage, humanity will struggle to slow down and ultimately reverse the rise of atmospheric CO2.
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Pie chart on the application potential of green hydrogen in terms of sectoral effectiveness.
05 Sept 2024Sustainability Stories

DEKRAbonisation: Green Hydrogen for a Sustainable Industry

Until now, the use of hydrogen has been reserved primarily for specific applications.
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Green glowing battery icon with a lightning bolt symbol in a vibrant green light, against a dark background with streaks of neon lines
23 Aug 2024Sustainability Stories

Navigating the New EU Batteries Regulation

In August 2023, the new Batteries Regulation for the EU entered into force in all member states.
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10 Jul 2024Sustainability Stories / EU regulations

Green Claims Directive: Verifying Sustainability Claims

Companies need to gather data from a variety of sources to reliably prove that their products are sustainable.
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Battery Passport EVs
03 Jul 2024Sustainability Stories / Future Vehicle & Mobility Services

ID, please: Introducing the Battery Passport for EVs

Reliable data on electric vehicle batteries has been in short supply until now. The EU legislature wants to counteract with the new battery passport.
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19 Jun 2024Sustainability Stories

The UEFA EURO 2024 is set to be more sustainable.

The UEFA EURO 2024 is set to be more sustainable than any European Championship before.
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