AGRANA BET.AG.
AGB2.XETRA | Manufacture of sugar
AGRANA Beteiligungs-AG is an Austrian company that processes agricultural raw materials into a wide range of industrial products for the food-processing industry and for technical applications. The company operates through three segments: Sugar, Starch, and Fruit. The Sugar segment produces and sell...Show More
Better Health for All
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AGRANA maintains an outstanding safety record, with consumer complaints less than 1 in 13 million final products, which translates to an adverse events rate of less than 0.1 per million.
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The company demonstrates excellent risk transparency by preparing its non-financial information statement in accordance with GRI and TCFD, which undergoes independent limited assurance.
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It also maintains a Compliance Office and a Whistleblowing System for reporting violations, strives for high transparency in innovations, offers full traceability of raw materials and products, and engages in direct consumer communication to ensure product safety. AGRANA acknowledges that its energy-intensive processing generates greenhouse gas emissions with negative impacts.
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However, it has set substantial remediation targets, including achieving net-zero greenhouse gas emissions (Scope 1 and 2) by 2040, a 50% reduction in Scope 1 and 2 emissions by 2030, and a 34% reduction in Scope 3 emissions by 2030|31.
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During the COVID-19 pandemic, AGRANA delivered bioethanol to the disinfectants industry, serving as an essential ingredient for the healthcare sector.
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Fair Money & Economic Opportunity
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AGRANA Beteiligungs-AG is an agricultural raw materials processor, not a financial institution. The ethical value 'Fair Money & Economic Opportunity' and its associated KPIs are designed to assess companies that lend, insure, move, or store money. As AGRANA does not operate in the financial services sector, there is no relevant evidence in the provided articles to score any of the KPIs related to financial products, lending practices, customer financial data, or financial inclusion initiatives. Therefore, all KPIs are scored 0, indicating that they are not applicable to the company's business model.
Fair Pay & Worker Respect
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The gender pay gap for 2024|25 was 28.3%, indicating that women earned 71.7% of men's pay.
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The Lost Time Injury Rate (LTIR) for 2024|25 was 5.6.
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One confirmed case of discrimination, including harassment, was reported by an employee in 2024|25, for which remediation plans are being implemented.
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No severe human rights violations or related fines were reported.
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The highest-paid individual's remuneration ratio was 70.3 in 2024|25.
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Approximately 66% of staff worldwide were represented by a local employee council or union in 2023|24.
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The employee turnover rate for the AGRANA Group was 12.3% in 2024|25.
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Fair Trade & Ethical Sourcing
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No specific, concrete data points were found in the provided articles that exactly match the quantitative thresholds and full descriptions of the KPIs in the rubric for Fair Trade & Ethical Sourcing. Information regarding fair-trade certification share, audit frequency, remediation speed, ethical clause coverage, materials risk index, and supplier diversity spend was not available. While a target to trace 100% of fruit and sugar back to farmers by 2025 was mentioned, this is a forward-looking statement and not evidence of current achievement
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. One substantiated child labor finding was reported at a supplier company in the last reporting period
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, but the evidence does not provide the additional details required to match any specific tier in the rubric, such as whether it was a 'major' violation, if it was remediated within a specific timeframe, or if a public report was issued.
Honest & Fair Business
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AGRANA's Supervisory Board has 100% independent members, as defined by the Austrian Code of Corporate Governance.
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The company's consolidated and parent company financial statements are 100% covered by independent external audit, receiving unqualified opinions from KPMG in 2024/25.
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Its compliance management system is certified to ISO 37301 and ISO 37001.
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The anti-corruption policy includes local policies for all subsidiaries and an e-learning program completed by 99% of 3,472 identified employees and governance bodies in 2023/24, with no significant breaches found.
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The entire sustainability statement is externally reviewed under a limited assurance engagement, and ACCG compliance is externally evaluated every three years.
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A 24/7, anonymous, publicly accessible whistleblowing system, updated in 2023/24 to reflect the EU Whistleblower Directive, protects reporters from retaliation and received 25 compliance-related tips in 2023/24.
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The company has reported no financial restatements for errors or misreporting in the past five years.
Kind to Animals
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No company-wide evidence was found for any of the 'Kind to Animals' KPIs. While one article states that AGRANA starch and starch derivatives are produced without employing any animal testing and without using animal components, this information is specific to the Starch segment and does not explicitly apply to the entire company's operations across all product lines (Sugar, Starch, and Fruit).
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Therefore, it cannot be used to score company-wide KPIs. Similarly, mentions of bee conservation projects
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or targets for biodiversity habitat regeneration
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lack measurable impact data, and supplier audits are for 'social criteria'
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rather than explicit animal welfare compliance.
No War, No Weapons
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AGRANA joined the UN Global Compact in the 2021|22 financial year, and its Code of Conduct, dated June 18, 2025, was drawn up taking the UN Global Compact into consideration.
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Planet-Friendly Business
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Total Scope 1, 2, and 3 greenhouse gas emissions were 4,365,658 tCO₂e in 2024|25, with full Scope 1-3 published.
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Science-based targets were validated by SBTi in September 2023, aligned with the 1.5°C target of the Paris Climate Agreement.
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The share of operational energy consumption sourced from renewables was 16.8% in 2024|25.
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The waste recovery rate was 69.06% in 2024|25.
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13.4% of capital expenditure was aligned with the EU Sustainable Taxonomy in 2024|25.
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The company recorded 0 environmental compliance violations in 2024|25.
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Net-zero targets are set for 2040 for Scope 1+2 emissions and 2050 for Scope 3, with interim reduction targets for 2030.
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TCFD recommendations have been considered since 2019/20.
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Climate scenario analysis was performed for 53 sites, focusing on physical risks such as drought, heat waves, and water scarcity.
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Respect for Cultures & Communities
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No specific, concrete data points were found in the provided articles for any of the Key Performance Indicators related to 'Respect for Cultures & Communities'. Information regarding formal partnerships with indigenous or local community groups, revenue reinvested in local development, cultural appropriation incidents, cultural impact assessment protocols, local employment ratios, coverage of community grievance mechanisms, complaint resolution times, FPIC participation rates, community governance inclusion, cultural preservation investment, local procurement share, indigenous supplier counts, cultural site protection, social license to operate, charitable giving to cultural heritage, community fund allocation, language inclusivity, cultural incident response, or cultural sensitivity training completion rates was not explicitly stated with the required specificity or quantitative metrics. Many statements were forward-looking targets or general descriptions rather than evidence of achieved actions or specific metrics.
Safe & Smart Tech
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AGRANA provides users with excellent data control, offering comprehensive GDPR rights including information, rectification, erasure, restriction of processing, data portability, and the right to object.
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Users can review and change their data when logged in with their user-name.
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, revoke consent via a 'No' button or email, and manage cookie settings.
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The company consistently states compliance with applicable national data protection laws, including the EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), and utilizes the EU-U.S. Data Privacy Framework for data transfers to the USA.
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Data minimization practices are mixed; while website access data is deleted within 3 weeks,
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LinkedIn Insight Tag data after 180 days,
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application data after 7 months,
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and newsletter/talent pool data after 24 months of inactivity,
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shareholder data can be retained for up to 30 years due to statutory limitation periods.
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IP addresses are anonymized,
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and LinkedIn Insight Tag data is pseudonymized.
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For encryption, the company states that personal data for online applications is cryptographically secured,
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and data transmitted to AccessiBe Ltd and for general website transfer uses SSL3 encryption.
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Zero Waste & Sustainable Products
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AGRANA achieved a waste recovery rate of 69.06% (excluding construction waste) in 2024|25.
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In 2023|24, 74% of the product volume sold worldwide was delivered in reusable packaging systems.
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The company integrates circular design principles through a group-wide policy of almost complete raw material utilization (98.6-99.9% across all segments), producing by-products like feedstuffs and fertilizers to close material cycles.
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AGRANA has implemented multiple waste reduction initiatives, including a comprehensive waste management procedure, wastewater treatment systems with biogas generation, and the use of reusable stainless steel totes.
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The company has set ambitious waste reduction targets, aiming for a 90% waste recovery rate (excluding construction waste) by 2026|27, zero waste to landfill for its Fruit segment by 2025, and 100% circular packaging by 2030.
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In 2023|24, 617 tonnes of hazardous waste were generated, with evidence suggesting minimal specific reduction efforts beyond general compliance.
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Annual waste inventories are compiled, but internal audits are conducted at only 16 of 53 production sites.
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