Key Figures

Research and development costs include all costs over a financial period (including capitalized costs) that can be allocated to research and development of new products, further development of existing products and pure research.

The figure for 2022 relates to all sites under operating control, excluding sites with fewer than 50 employees other than production sites or service workshops. This covers around 97% of Knorr-Bremse’s employees.

Figures for 2021 adjusted: 0.7 GWh was generated by an on-site PPA and corresponding credits were sold by the operator to the electricity market.

The reduction of the figure is due to the higher electricity consumption of our M&A activities in Japan, for which no green power is currently being purchased.

The increase in energy consumption is due to new sites included in the reporting scope as a result of M&A activities and new buildings. Around 21% of the total energy consumption is attributable to these sites. The figures from 2021 and 2020 have not been retroactively adjusted.

Data from the 2018 base year were recalculated in accordance with our Restatement Policy.

The recording of carbon emissions is aligned with the recognized requirements of the Corporate Accounting and Reporting Standard (Scopes 1 and 2) of the Greenhouse Gas Protocol. The increase in carbon emissions is due to new sites included in the reporting scope. Around 33% of the market-based carbon emissions are attributable to these sites in 2022. The figures from 2021 and 2020 have not been retroactively adjusted.

The levels from the base year of 2018 were recalculated in accordance with our Restatement Policy. Our mergers and acquisitions (United States, Japan, Germany) and divestments (Russia) had a significant impact on our CO₂ emissions. In addition, our emission factors for electricity were shifted from the standard of the German Association of the Automotive Industry to IEA data. The newly calculated base year now has 161,000 t of CO₂ as the new reference level for 2018 (market based) (compared with 133,000 t of CO₂ as the baseline in the 2021 Sustainability Report).

A detailed description of the calculation methodology can be found (here).

The most material scope 3 indicators with a have been reviewed with limited assurance by KPMG Wirtschaftsprüfungsgesellschaft (Assurance Statement). Scope 3.1, 3.4, 3.9 and 3.11 are estimated to account for more than 95% of Knorr-Bremse total Scope 3 emissions. Further key figures, including ones on energy consumption and Scope 1 and 2 emissions, were also reviewed as part of the limited assurance engagement for the separate non-financial statement in the Group management report (Annual Report 2022).

The carbon emissions in the Scope 3 categories 3.4, 3.9 and 3.11 have been calculated for the first time for reporting years 2021 and 2022 in the reporting period 2022.

Restatement of 2021 figure due to change of data model.

Restatement of 2021 figure due to change of emission factor set in order to be consistent with Scope 1+2 calculation, using IEA emission factors as well as DEFRA methodology for electricity.

Restatement of 2021 figure due to switch to well-to-wheel emission factors (from tank-to-wheel emission factors).

The figure for 2022 covers more than 80% of Knorr-Bremse’s employees.

The increase from the previous year is due to new production processes and the inclusion of new locations in the reporting.

Definition: Number of employees leaving as a proportion of the average total workforce. Increase in proportion partly caused as a result of taking account of all ways in which employees leave and of employees with fixed-term employment contracts for the first time in 2022. The figure for 2022 has also been reported as a head count for the first time. It was previously reported as full-time equivalents.

Coverage rate: proportion of employees who participated in the Staff Dialogue. Fluctuation is predominantly caused by the purchase of new companies (delayed system rollout) and a high proportion of new recruits in the second half of the year, as the Staff Dialogue is not held during an employee’s first year. The relevant categories of people are not part of the Staff Dialogue process, though they are included in the total number of employees.

Completion rate: proportion of employees in the Staff Dialogue who fully completed the process. The delta between the rate and 100% primarily results from employees not having yet completed the Staff Dialogue as at May 31, 2022.

Approximately 97% of the total workforce covered due to the latest M&A activities.

Female employees with their own leadership responsibility have been included since the 2022 fiscal year. The basis used up until, and including, 2021 was (solely) the categorization as management levels 1-4. If made comparable to the previous year, the rate would be 15.2%.

Proportion of workforce included in the age data in 2022: around 97%.

The figure relates to all sites under operational control excluding sites with fewer than 50 employees other than production sites or service workshops. This covers around 97% of Knorr-Bremse’s employees.

The donations made by Local Care in 2022 included €892,000 that Knorr-Bremse AG contributed to Ukrainian relief projects.

The figures relate to the percentage of suppliers who have provided a valid response within the data collection campaign. It represents the response rate of the reporting period July 2022-April 2023. At the time of the editorial deadline of this Sustainability Report, the conflict minerals campaign was still open. For this reason, the final result will be published in the next reporting cycle. The non-financial statement 2022 only covers the period June – December, resulting in varying figures.

In the 2021 Sustainability Report the published figure was 45%, which was an interim result at the publication of the report.