Infineon wins German sustainability award 2025
Infineon has won the German Sustainability Award in the 'Electrical Engineering and Electronics' category, which recognises companies that make significant contributions to transformation and that act as role models within their industry.
"The jury is of the opinion that Infineon has assumed a leading role in the field of sustainability and serves the sector as a 'beacon' for successful transformation," the judges said in their statement.
Infineon has been pursuing am ambitious decarbonisation strategy for four years. Since 2020, emissions have been reduced by more than two thirds while revenue has almost doubled. Moreover, Infineon says it is intensifying its collaboration along the entire supply chain.
Infineon this year began reporting emissions at the individual product level, referred to as the Product Carbon Footprint. The data is already available for half of all Infineon products today.
A recent example of sustainable product innovation by Infineon is a new type of energy-saving SiC module, whose developers were nominated for the 2024 Deutscher Zukunftspreis. The solution increases the energy efficiency of existing high-performance electrical applications such as solar and wind power plants and train drives.
The module also facilitates the efficient electrification of large drives such as those found in agricultural and construction machinery, ships and aircraft.
In concrete terms, a single electric locomotive equipped with the new drive system saves around 300 megawatt hours per year, which corresponds to the annual energy requirements of 100 single-family homes.
The German Sustainability Award is Europe's largest award for ecological and social commitment. The jury of the German Sustainability Award (DNP) selected winners in 100 different sectors from among around 2000 competing companies.
Pictured above: Elke Reichart, member of the management board and chief digital and sustainability officer at Infineon
