At Zeppelin, sustainability means making a long-term genuine contribution to the environment and society as a sustainable and economically successful company, which is drawn from the strength of our corporate culture.

Sustainability is viewed holistically at Zeppelin, and environmental, economic, and social aspects are considered to be of equal importance and value. 

Our ambition is to make an active and authentic contribution to climate and environmental protection. We are proactively tackling the current challenges of our time and are developing environmentally friendly as well as technically and financially feasible solutions. This will enable us to increase our positive impact on the climate and the environment, while at the same time placing great importance on the economical, responsible use of our resources. Among other things, we have set ourselves the goal of becoming a CO₂ neutral company by 2030. 

For Zeppelin, economic sustainability is a basic requirement for the long-term safeguarding of economic success and expansion of our competitiveness. Sustainability is firmly anchored in our corporate strategy and corporate values.  

Zeppelin assumes social responsibility in the spirit of sustainable action. In this way, we maintain and further expand our attractiveness as an employer.  This is essential to ensure a high level of qualification and motivation among our employees while also maintaining and improving our employee retention and development. 

You find an overview of sustainability at Zeppelin in our CSR booklet.

Sustainability Report 2023

As a foundation-owned company, Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) is an integral part of the corporate strategy and is in line with the infinity principle and the Group's understanding of values. With the fourth sustainability report, which is also available digitally for the first time, Zeppelin provides detailed information about its CSR strategy and developments since the last reporting in 2022. Despite all imponderables, the Group continued to implement its measures to achieve its sustainability goals last year. The reporting period corresponds to the calendar year.

Respect for human rights, environmental rights and the responsible treatment of our environment is a fundamental element of our company governance. Our aim is to ensure that these rights are observed in all our Group entities and also respected by our partners and suppliers.

We have therefore been taking measures throughout the Group for many years with the aim of identifying, preventing and minimizing human rights-related risks in our supply chains. Below you will find our policy statement on respecting human and environmental rights. 

Complaints procedure

Complaints and information on human rights or environmental obligations can be submitted anonymously at any time via the Group-wide online reporting system, the Zeppelin Trust Line, electronically by e-mail to lksg@zeppelin.com or by post to Zeppelin GmbH, Group General Counsel, Graf-Zeppelin-Platz 1, 85748 Garching near Munich, Germany.

The Rules of Procedure for the Zeppelin Trust Line Complaints Procedure can be found here.