Sustainability Report

We are reporting with the future firmly in our sights.

RWE is shaping the sustainable future of energy supply worldwide

RWE’s corporate strategy underpins our purpose statement “Our energy for a sustainable life”. And our goals are clearly defined: RWE will be climate neutral by 2040 and move the full phase-out of coal in Germany forward to 2030. However, our aspirations go far beyond protecting the climate. With a total of nine sustainability topics, RWE has been defining priority areas for action around all business activities since 2021. These include climate change, biodiversity, circular economy and occupational health and safety. Targeted measures have been developed and are being implemented for each area for action. These measures are reassessed and evaluated in our Sustainability Reports. RWE’s sustainability strategy thus also determines the Group’s contribution to the United Nations’ 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). We actively support achieving nine of the 17 SDGs.

RWE Sustainability Reports

View the reports directly in your browser or download them conveniently as PDFs. Here, you find our most recent and past reports.

Sustainability reporting

From environmental and climate protection, social matters and human rights to responsible corporate governance - RWE embraces its corporate responsibilities in many different ways, and we aim to report about them transparently. We want to explain how and why we make decisions and which measures we take. In our annual Sustainability Statement you can find key information about RWE and its subsidiaries, our long-term objectives and the milestones we have reached already on the path to achieving them.

RWE has successfully adopted the European Sustainability Reporting Standards (ESRS). The structured framework for sustainability disclosures mandated by EU corporate reporting requirements. Our 2024 Sustainability Statement aligns fully with the ESRS, reinforcing our commitment to transparency, accountability, and sustainable progress. Following the double materiality principle, we disclose sustainability topics that have been identified on the basis of both financial materiality and the materiality of their impact on people and the environment. Learn more about these topics by reading our Sustainability Statement in the Annual Report 2024.

Beyond the material sustainability topics reported in line with ESRS in our annual report, RWE is active in further sustainability topics. Download our Supplementary Sustainability Report for additional non-financial information.

Our key sustainability figures for 2024, presented in the Group Sustainability Statement and the Supplementary Sustainability Report, are available for download in the Group Sustainability Reporting - Data 2024 Excel file.

Historical data and trends up to 2023 can be explored using our interactive RWE Key Indicator Tool.

We at RWE have a big goal. On the way there, maximum transparency is essential for everyone involved.

Andreas Vaßen, Digital Technology RWE Power

We are not only aware of our responsibility, it drives us.

Giuseppe Dattilo, Onshore Operations Europe IT

Climate-neutral energy is precious. We don't just take care of the production, we also ensure that we act in a way that conserves resources.

Kathrin Schmelter, Head of Markinch Biomass Power Plant

With the commitment of each individual, we make a contribution to the energy transition.

Lasse Norgaard, RWE Wind Services Denmark

We can only achieve our goals if everyone has the chance to get the best out of themselves.

Lisa Otten, Specialist trainer for warehouse logistics specialists