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

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Supporting Sustainable Performance

Sustainability is redefining how organizations 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
Organizations 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 organizations 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.

A Trusted Partner Across Value Chains and Lifecycles

With a global perspective and broad cross-industry expertise, DEKRA supports organizations 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.
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Energy Transition
Developed in accordance with emerging regulations and recognized standards, our wide-ranging services provide extensive support. DEKRA offers customized services covering all your technological energy transition needs according to your specifications.
Sustainability
Sustainability
Important sustainability issues for a changing world. We are facing several challenges, including climate change, human rights work, corruption, and overexploitation of natural resources.

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Explore a wide range of articles examining how sustainability is shaping technologies, value chains, and responsible progress worldwide.
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At Climate Week NYC and the UN General Assembly, DEKRA met with partners from the business community, politics, and civil society and discussed, among other topics, people’s needs during the UNICEF panel. Image source: ©UNICEF/Haraoka
Oct 02, 2026Sustainability Stories

Turning Ambition into Impact

New York made one thing clear: sustainable transformation can only succeed when business, government and society bring their strengths together.
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DEKRA employee standing in front of a cistern
May 23, 2025Industries / Sustainability Stories / Industrial Inspection / Environment / Innovation / Industrial / Sustainability

DEKRA's expertise brings new life to old silos

Close collaboration between DEKRA's specialists has enabled eight grain silos at Lantmännen's facility in Norrköping to be returned to service after being out of...
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Tram in Gothenburg
Apr 11, 2025Transport & Traffic / Sustainability Stories / Transportation and logistics / Vehicle & Engineering / Industrial Inspection / Vehicle Technology / Advisory Services / Environment / Innovation / Industrial / Sustainability

Material fatigue in Västtrafik's tram fleet – a rail safety ch...

Västtrafik AB is the regional public transport authority owned by the Västra Götaland Regional Council. Its fleet of M32 trams in Gothenburg has been in operation...
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Pie chart on the application potential of green hydrogen in terms of sectoral effectiveness.
Sep 05, 2024Sustainability Stories

DEKRAbonization: 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
Aug 23, 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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Batteritest
Sep 25, 2023Automotive / E-Mobility / Automotive Industry / Vehicle & Engineering / Vehicle Technology / Environment / Innovation / Mobility Stories / Sustainability / Mobility

"100% is not bad, given that the car has a few years on it"

Meet Per-Arne Hallin from Gothenburg, the first private customer in Sweden to undergo DEKRA's battery test for electric cars. We reached out to him to learn about...
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Elbilar
Sep 18, 2023Automotive / E-Mobility / Automotive Industry / Vehicle Technology / Environment / Innovation / Mobility Stories / Sustainability / Mobility

Innovative solutions for greener electric car batteries

Lithium-ion batteries currently contribute significantly to the emissions of electric vehicles. How can we reduce the environmental impact of batteries and...
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