Annual Report 2025

Annex

ESRS Content Index

The following tables provide an overview of the European Sustainability Reporting Standards (ESRS) disclosures included in this report, their locations, and explanations for any omissions. This index is provided as a voluntary navigability aid. The mandatory list of material topics and disclosure coverage is presented in section 1.6.2 (IRO–2).

ESRS 2 – General Disclosures

ESRS 

Disclosure

Location

Omission / Notes

Basis for preparation

ESRS 2

General basis for preparation (BP-1)

Section 1.3.1 

 

ESRS 2

Disclosures in relation to specific circumstances (BP-2)

Section 1.3.2

 

Governance

ESRS 2

Role of administrative, management and supervisory bodies (GOV-1)

Section 1.4.1; Corporate Governance Report

 

ESRS 2

Information provided to and sustainability matters addressed (GOV-2)

Section 1.4.2

 

ESRS 2

Integration of sustainability performance in incentive schemes (GOV-3)

Section 1.4.3; Compensation Report

 

ESRS 2

Statement on due diligence (GOV-4)

Section 1.4.4

 

ESRS 2

Risk management and internal controls (GOV-5)

Section 1.4.5

Integrated in identi­fication of material IROs

Strategy and business model

ESRS 2

Strategy, business model and value chain (SBM-1)

Section 1.5.1

 

ESRS 2

Interests and views of stakeholders (SBM-2)

Section 1.5.2

 

ESRS 2

Material impacts, risks and opportunities and their interaction with strategy and business model (SBM-3)

Sections 1.6.1.1 – 1.6.1.4

 

Impact, risk and opportunity management

ESRS 2

Description of processes to identify and assess material IROs (IRO-1)

Section 1.6.1

 

ESRS 2

Disclosure requirements in ESRS covered by sustainability statement (IRO-2)

Section 1.6.2

 

ESRS 2

Climate Scenario Analysis (IRO-1)

Section 2.1

 

EU Taxonomy 

EU Taxonomy Reg.

EU Taxonomy Disclosure (Article 8)

Section 2.2

 

EU Taxonomy Reg.

Alignment assessment approach

Section 2.2.1

 

EU Taxonomy Reg.

KPI definitions (revenue, CapEx, OpEx)

Sections 2.2.2 – 2.2.4

OpEx omitted due to immateriality (<1%) 

Environmental Disclosures

ESRS

Disclosure

Location

Omission / notes

Climate change (ESRS E1)

ESRS E1

Transition plan for climate change mitigation (E1-1)

Section 2.3.1

 

ESRS E1

Policies related to climate change mitigation and adaptation (E1-2)

Section 2.3.2

 

ESRS E1

Actions and resources in relation to climate change policies (E1-3)

Section 2.3.3

 

ESRS E1

SBTi-validated targets

Section 2.3.3.1

 

ESRS E1

Decarbonization actions (operational, value chain, product innovation) 

Section 2.3.4 

 

ESRS E1

Targets related to climate change mitigation and adaptation (E1-4) 

Section 2.3.5 

 

ESRS E1

Energy consumption and mix (E1-5) 

Section 2.3.6 

 

ESRS E1

Scopes 1, 2, 3 and total GHG emissions (E1-6) 

Section 2.3.7 

 

ESRS E1

GHG removals and GHG mitigation projects financed through carbon credits (E1-7) 

— 

Not applicable. Bystronic does not use carbon credits or claim GHG removals. 

ESRS E1

Internal carbon pricing (E1-8) 

— 

Not applicable. Internal carbon pricing not yet implemented; under evaluation for future reporting. 

ESRS E1

Anticipated financial effects from material physical and transition risks and potential climate-related opportunities (E1-9) 

— 

Information unavailable. Quantification of financial effects in progress; qualitative assessment in Section 2.1. 

ESRS E1

Customer decarbonization impact 

Section 2.3.8 

Own disclosure 

ESRS E1

Product efficiency features 

Section 2.3.8.1 

Own disclosure 

ESRS E1

Life Cycle Assessment program 

Section 2.3.8.2 

Own disclosure 

ESRS E1

Customer engagement 

Section 2.3.8.3 

Own disclosure 

Water & marine resources (ESRS E3)

ESRS E3 

Policies related to water and marine resources (E3-1) 

Section 2.4.1 

 

ESRS E3 

Actions and resources related to water and marine resources (E3-2) 

Section 2.4.2 

 

ESRS E3 

Targets related to water and marine resources (E3-3) 

Section 2.4.3 

Data coverage: 6 of 9 manufacturing sites. Expansion in progress. 

ESRS E3 

Water consumption performance in areas at water risk (E3-4) 

Section 2.4.3 

Partial. Tianjin site identified as high water stress. 

ESRS E3 

Anticipated financial effects from water and marine resources (E3-5) 

— 

Information unavailable. Quantification in progress for future periods. 

Resource use & circular economy (ESRS E5) 

ESRS E5 

Policies related to resource use and circular economy (E5-1) 

Section 2.5.1 

 

ESRS E5 

Actions and resources related to resource use and circular economy (E5-2) 

Section 2.5.2 

 

ESRS E5 

Resource inflows (E5-4) 

Section 2.5.3 

 

ESRS E5 

Resource outflows – waste (E5-5) 

Section 2.5.4 

 

ESRS E5 

Anticipated financial effects from resource use and circular economy (E5-6) 

Section 2.5.5 

Qualitative outlook. Full financial quantification in progress. 

Non-material environmental topics

ESRS E2 

Pollution 

— 

Not material per double materiality assessment (Section 1.6.2). Reassessment planned 2027. 

ESRS E4 

Biodiversity and ecosystems 

— 

Not material per double materiality assessment (Section 1.6.2). Reassessment planned 2027. 

Social Disclosures

ESRS

Disclosure

Location

Omission / notes

Own workforce (ESRS S1)

ESRS S1 

Policies related to own workforce (S1-1) 

Section 3.1.1 

 

ESRS S1 

Processes for engaging with own workers about impacts (S1-2) 

Section 3.1.2 

 

ESRS S1 

Processes to remediate negative impacts and channels for own workers to raise concerns (S1-3) 

Section 3.1.3 

 

ESRS S1 

Taking action on material impacts on own workforce (S1-4) 

Section 3.1.4 

 

ESRS S1 

Targets related to managing material impacts, advancing positive impacts, and managing risks and opportunities (S1-5) 

Section 3.1.5 

 

ESRS S1 

Characteristics of the company's employees (S1-6) 

Section 3.1.6

 

ESRS S1 

Characteristics of non-employee workers in own workforce (S1-7) 

Section 3.1.7 

Limited to apprentices. Bystronic does not have material non-employee workers. 

ESRS S1 

Collective bargaining coverage and social dialogue (S1-8) 

Section 3.1.8 

 

ESRS S1 

Diversity metrics (S1-9) 

Section 3.1.9 

 

ESRS S1 

Adequate wages (S1-10) 

Section 3.1.10; Compensation Report 

 

ESRS S1 

Social protection (S1-11) 

Section 3.1.11 

 

ESRS S1 

Persons with disabilities (S1-12) 

— 

Information unavailable. Bystronic does not currently collect consolidated disability data. Improvement planned. 

ESRS S1 

Training and skills development metrics (S1-13) 

Section 3.1.12 

 

ESRS S1 

Health and safety metrics (S1-14) 

Section 3.1.13 

Work-related ill health not tracked; improve­ment planned. 

ESRS S1 

Work-life balance (S1-15) 

Section 3.1.14 

 

ESRS S1 

Compensation metrics (pay gap) (S1-16) 

— 

Information unavailable. Equal pay audit conducted in 2021 at Niederönz; next audit planned 2026. Group-wide data in development. 

ESRS S1 

Incidents, complaints and severe human rights impacts (S1-17) 

Section 3.1.3 

3 Business Ethics Hotline reports in 2025; all investigated, concluded unfounded. 

Workers in the value chain (ESRS S2) 

ESRS S2 

Policies related to value chain workers (S2-1) 

Section 3.2.1 

 

ESRS S2 

Processes for engaging with value chain workers about impacts (S2-2) 

Section 3.2.2 

 

ESRS S2 

Processes to remediate negative impacts and channels for value chain workers to raise concerns (S2-3) 

Section 3.2.3 

 

ESRS S2 

Taking action on material impacts on value chain workers (S2-4) 

Section 3.2.4 

 

ESRS S2 

Targets related to managing material impacts (S2-5) 

Section 3.2.5 

 

Consumers and end-users (ESRS S4)

ESRS S4 

Policies related to consumers and end-users (S4-1) 

Section 3.3.1 

 

ESRS S4 

Processes for engaging with consumers and end-users about impacts (S4-2) 

Section 3.3.2 

 

ESRS S4 

Processes to remediate negative impacts and channels for consumers and end-users to raise concerns (S4-3) 

Section 3.3.3 

 

ESRS S4 

Taking action on material impacts on consumers and end-users (S4-4) 

Section 3.3.4 

 

ESRS S4 

Targets related to managing material impacts (S4-5) 

Section 3.3.5 

 

Non-material social topics 

ESRS S3 

Affected communities 

— 

Not material per double materiality assessment (Section 1.6.2). Reassess­ment planned in 2027. 

Governance Disclosures

ESRS

Disclosure

Location

Omission / notes

Business conduct (ESRS G1)

ESRS G1 

Materiality assessment 

Section 4.1 

 

ESRS G1 

Business conduct policies and corporate culture (G1-1) 

Section 4.2 

 

ESRS G1 

Management of relationships with suppliers (G1-2) 

Section 4.3 

 

ESRS G1 

Prevention and detection of corruption and bribery (G1-3) 

Section 4.4 

 

ESRS G1 

Confirmed incidents of corruption or bribery (G1-4) 

Section 4.5 

Zero confirmed incidents 2022–2025. 

ESRS G1 

Political influence and lobbying activities (G1-5) 

Section 4.6 

No material political contributions or lobbying. 

ESRS G1 

Payment practices (G1-6) 

Section 4.7 

 

ESRS G1 

Data privacy and cybersecurity (G1-7) 

Section 4.8 

Zero material breaches in 2025. 

OR 964

Disclosures in accordance with Art. 964a–c and Art. 964j–l Swiss Code of Obligations

This report fulfills the non-financial reporting requirements under Swiss law. The table below maps each requirement to the relevant sections of this CSRD-aligned Sustainability Report.

Art. 964 CO requirement

Location

General Information

Business model and strategy 

Section 1.1 Introduction 

 

Section 1.5.1 Strategy, business model and value chain (SBM-1) 

Sustainability strategy and approach 

Section 1.3 Basis for preparation

Section 1.5.3 Sustainability journey

Material topics and materiality assessment 

Section 1.6.1 Double materiality assessment (IRO-1)

Section 1.6.2 Disclosure requirements (IRO-2)

Non-financial matters

Environmental matters – climate change 

Section 2.1 Climate scenario analysis

Section 2.2 EU Taxonomy Disclosure

Section 2.3 Climate Change (ESRS E1)

Environmental matters – water 

Section 2.4 Water & Marine Resources (ESRS E3)

Environmental matters – circular economy 

Section 2.5 Resource Use & Circular Economy (ESRS E5) 

Section 3.3 Consumers and End-Users (ESRS S4) 

Employee-related issues – diversity & inclusion 

Section 3.1.5 Gender Diversity Targets (S1-5)

Section 3.1.9 Diversity Metrics (S1-9) 

Employee-related issues – talent attraction & development 

Section 3.1.4 Taking Action on Own Workforce (S1-4)

Section 3.1.12 Training Metrics (S1-13) 

Employee-related issues – occupational health & safety 

Section 3.1.4 Taking Action on Own Workforce (S1-4)

Section 3.1.13 Health and Safety Metrics (S1-14) 

Social-related issues – value chain workers 

Section 3.2 Workers in the Value Chain (ESRS S2)

Respect for human rights 

Section 1.4.4 Statement on Due Diligence (GOV-4)

Section 3.2.1 Supplier Code of Conduct (S2-1) 

Section 4.2 Business Conduct Policies (G1-1) 

Section 4.3 Supplier Relationships (G1-2) 

Combating corruption 

Section 4.4 Prevention and Detection of Corruption (G1-3) 

Section 4.5 Confirmed Incidents (G1-4)

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