Sustainability at Sartorius
At Sartorius, we strive to integrate sustainability into our products, business decisions, and everyday operations.
Our technologies accelerate progress in biopharmaceutical research and production, enabling better access to medical care for patients around the world. At the same time, they can help our customers reduce resource consumption, emissions, and waste.
In addition, we are committed to minimizing our own environmental footprint, being a responsible employer to our global team, managing the company transparently, and creating long-term value.
Focus Fields
Sustainability Report
Read our Sustainability Report for 2025
- Sartorius Sustainability Report 2025 PDF | 1.1 MB
Diversity Fact Sheet
Around 14,000 people from 108 nations work together at Sartorius. Find out more about diversity at our company.
- Diversity Fact Sheet PDF | 2.0 MB
Ratings
Sartorius’ sustainability performance is regularly assessed by ESG rating agencies. The results are incorporated into our activities for continuous improvement.
In addition, Sartorius AG is listed in the DAX ESG 50 sustainability index of Deutsche Börse. The index lists the leading 50 companies based on ESG (Environmental, Social, Governance) performance, market capitalization and sales revenue.
Confidential Reporting Services
Whistleblower Portal
An internal system is available for reporting suspicious circumstances involving potential compliance violations anonymously. In addition to standard methods for reporting compliance-related concerns to the Compliance Department or individual managers, Sartorius added a Whistleblower Portal to enable employees, suppliers, customers and partners to report any potentially damaging conduct. This specially secured portal is available 24 hours a day/seven days a week through an external provider that specializes in securely handling confidential data.
Rules of Procedure for Whistleblowers
Compliance Hotline
Anyone can make a report at any time using the international toll-free number. This telephone line is accessible 24 hours a day. In case your call cannot be answered personally, you can always leave a message on the answering machine. You will receive answers to questions concerning compliance and can report damaging conduct, also anonymously, if desired.
Toll-free number: +800 2244 2211*
*Depending on the country you are calling from, it is possible that the international toll-free hotline is unavailable as some telephone network providers do not support the service. If so, please use the chargeable number offered below.
If your local telephone provider does not support the toll-free service, you can call the following chargeable number.
Chargeable number: +49 551 5041 9941
Compliance Inbox
Sartorius employees, suppliers, customers or partners can use our E-Mail inbox to contact our Compliance Team directly. There they will receive answers to questions concerning compliance and can report incidents.
Email: compliance@sartorius.com
Partners & Memberships
Sartorius is a signatory of the United Nations Global Compact and is committed to sustainable global business.
Sartorius is a member of econsense, the Forum for Sustainable Development of German Business.
Since 2022, our sites are externally audited according to the standards of the PSCI, which promote sustainability along the pharmaceutical value chain.
Sartorius is a member of the Active & Intelligent Packaging Industry Association which aims to e.g. reduce waste through smart packaging technologies.
Sartorius is a member of The National Institute for Innovation in Manufacturing Biopharmaceuticals.
Sartorius and the German Research Center for Artificial Intelligence (DFKI) have established the Sartorius-AI-Lab (SAIL) research laboratory.
Sartorius has been supporting a variety of projects by the medical aid organization action medeor e.V. on a continuous basis since 2015.
Sartorius' sustainability performance is evaluated by EcoVadis, the world's largest and most trusted provider of business sustainability ratings. Register now and join our network.
Sartorius assesses and monitors its own operations as well as its business partners in matters of sustainability and compliance by working with the IntegrityNext platform.
Sartorius works with prewave to reach transparency and improve sustainability in its supply chains.
