Better Health for All
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The company's core products, professional cooking appliances, are designed to deliver exceptional health benefits by ensuring food safety, preserving nutrients, and reducing harmful substances during cooking.
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This includes HACCP compliance, pasteurization, and fat-free cooking methods, impacting up to 140 million people daily.
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The company states its mission is to offer healthy, high-quality nutrition and that steaming is not known to generate harmful substances.
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There is no evidence of revenue from products with negative health outcomes. The company's safety record focuses on occupational safety for kitchen staff, with features like automatic cleaning to minimize chemical burns, automatic drains, and a two-stage safety lock to prevent steam injuries.
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The average Group-wide absenteeism rate in 2021 was 2.9%.
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The company spent 45.1 million euros on R&D in 2021, representing 6% of sales revenue, with a focus on product improvement.
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Operations generate positive health externalities by reducing CO2 emissions by nine million tonnes and saving 63 billion liters of water annually compared to traditional cooking methods.
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The company has a data privacy management system adapted to GDPR and records HACCP data for up to six months.
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During the coronavirus pandemic, a crisis team was set up, implementing protective measures for employees and business partners.
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The company promotes healthy nutrition in staff restaurants, offering vegan meals and free fruit.
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However, the company's risk transparency is limited to general statements about identifying and taking corrective action for risks, without specific public disclosures of health risks or benefits.
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Health equity programs include anti-discrimination training for all employees in 2020 and equal opportunities based on skills.
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Healthcare workforce support includes ergonomic appliance design, company doctor services, and low-cost sports memberships for employees.
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Preventative health measures include promoting healthy nutrition and offering employee health services.
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Healthcare education focuses on internal training for employees and partners, with an average of four to five days of training per employee annually.
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Mental health initiatives include helping employees stay physically and mentally healthy during the pandemic and designing appliances to reduce work-related stress.
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Fair Money & Economic Opportunity
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RATIONAL AG is a manufacturer of professional kitchen equipment, not a financial institution.
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The provided articles describe the company's operations, products, financial performance, and sustainability efforts related to its core business. There is no evidence in the articles that RATIONAL AG offers lending, insurance, or other financial services to consumers or businesses. Therefore, none of the KPIs under the 'Fair Money & Economic Opportunity' value, which specifically evaluate financial institutions and their impact on financial inclusion, lending practices, and wealth building through financial products, can be scored based on the provided information.
Fair Pay & Worker Respect
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The company's employee rating is 3.6 out of 5 stars based on 35 reviews, which is in line with the industry average for the Retail & Wholesale sector.
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57% of employees would recommend the company to a friend, and the CEO approval rating stands at 90%.
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However, employee feedback also highlights concerns such as 'low salary', 'heavy workload', and 'unfair salary ranges'.
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Fair Trade & Ethical Sourcing
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The company conducts supplier audits, with 53 process audits carried out in 2024 for its approximately 189 series product suppliers.
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This suggests an average audit frequency of roughly every 3.5 years per supplier. No incidents of forced or child labor have been reported in the last three years, and the company's compliance management system explicitly addresses these human rights aspects.
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Suppliers are obligated to adopt the Code of Conduct of the German Federal Association of Materials Management, Purchasing and Logistics e. V. (BME) or an equivalent, which is stipulated in framework agreements and is a prerequisite for entering a business relationship.
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The company also signed the UK Modern Slavery Act.
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Honest & Fair Business
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The company has a formal whistleblower system and policy in place, which allows for anonymous reporting, guarantees protection from retaliation, and ensures investigations are conducted by an independent compliance organization.
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A dedicated anti-corruption policy and a binding Code of Conduct are also in place, stating a commitment to fighting bribery and corruption, though training frequency and effectiveness metrics are not detailed.
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Kind to Animals
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The company manufactures professional kitchen equipment. The provided articles, including sustainability reports, do not contain any specific data points related to animal welfare, animal testing, cruelty-free certifications, humane operations, wildlife conservation, ethical animal-derived input substitution, or cage-free sourcing.
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While R&D expenditure is reported, there is no indication of what percentage, if any, is invested in animal-free technologies or alternatives.
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Similarly, supplier audit numbers are provided, but there is no information on whether these audits pertain to animal welfare compliance or animal-related suppliers.
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Therefore, no KPIs under the 'Kind to Animals' value can be scored based on the available evidence.
No War, No Weapons
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RATIONAL prohibits business ties with persons from countries on the FATF blacklist or a sanctions list.
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The company signed the Code of Conduct of the German Federal Association of Materials Management, Purchasing and Logistics (BME) in 2012, which obligates companies to respect human rights, combat child and forced labor, and ensure supplier protection of employee health and the environment.
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RATIONAL expects and demands its suppliers to observe these requirements, and no major deviations by suppliers were found in areas like child labor or minimum wage violations as part of its compliance management system.
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Human rights and environmental risks are reviewed regularly, at least once a year, in its own business area and within the supply chain, with ad hoc reviews for elevated risks.
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RATIONAL complies with internationally applicable human rights and environmental standards written in Divisions 2 and 3 of the German Supply Chain Due Diligence Act, and its ethics office monitors adherence.
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Since 2020, RATIONAL has been assessing its suppliers at random and on a rolling basis using criteria including integrity status, Transparency International Corruption Perceptions Index, corporate culture, impact status on RATIONAL, personal assessment of the purchasing department, and short interviews.
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In 2024, no human rights violations were identified in RATIONAL's own business area risk analysis.
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Planet-Friendly Business
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In 2024, the company's total Scope 1, 2, and 3 greenhouse gas emissions were 3,601,074 tCO₂e, an increase of 4.63% compared to 2023.
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The company has not disclosed specific reduction targets or initiatives under the Science Based Targets initiative (SBTi).
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RATIONAL aims for greenhouse gas neutrality by 2050, with a target to reduce absolute Scope 1, 2, and directly influenced Scope 3 emissions by 90% compared to 2023, covering the remaining 10% with high-quality carbon offset projects.
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For Scope 1 and 2, an interim target is a 42% reduction by 2030 compared to 2023.
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Since July 1, 2020, electricity is obtained solely from renewable sources, and the headquarters in Landsberg am Lech switched to 100% green electricity in 2021.
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In 2024, 3.4% of capital expenditure was eligible under the EU Sustainable Taxonomy.
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The company calculates the Product Carbon Footprint (PCF) for its iCombi Pro, iCombi Classic, iVario Pro, and iHexagon cooking systems using Cradle-to-Gate and Cradle-to-Grave methodologies, based on verified methods and real usage data, certified by TÜV SÜD.
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Corrugated cardboard packaging consists of 75% recycled material.
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The company reported no significant administrative fines or grievances related to environmental compliance in 2023 and 2024.
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Respect for Cultures & Communities
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RAA.XETRA has reported no cultural appropriation incidents.
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The company provides grievance mechanisms for employees, including confidential advisors and a Compliance Officer, and a whistleblower system for suppliers, but these are not explicitly community-specific.
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In 2020, all employees worldwide completed online anti-discrimination training, and in 2024, almost all new employees completed compliance training, but there is no specific mention of cultural sensitivity training completion rates.
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The company's Executive Board broadcasts video messages in German and English, and its rules of conduct are in easy-to-understand language for all employees, indicating basic language inclusivity.
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RATIONAL has a framework to address anomalies with suppliers, reserving the right to cancel contracts if corrective measures are unsuccessful.
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The company has developed intelligent cooking profiles to cater to cultural eating and cooking habits in around 120 countries and founded an application development center in Shanghai to address specific cooking requirements in China, which can be seen as product adaptation rather than direct cultural preservation investment.
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RATIONAL states that all suppliers of series products are based in Germany or other European countries, and it has a 'Locavore policy' for its staff restaurants to procure raw materials from regional sources, but no specific percentage of local procurement share is provided for overall operations.
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Safe & Smart Tech
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RATIONAL AG states compliance with the EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), the German Act on Corporate Due Diligence Obligations in Supply Chains (LkSG), and Singapore's Personal Data Protection Act 2012 (PDPA).
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For data minimization, the company specifies retention periods, such as application data being deleted at the latest 6 months after completion of the application process, and log file data being deleted when the session ends.
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It collects personal data for specific purposes like providing services and improving user experience.
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Regarding user data control, RATIONAL AG outlines user rights under GDPR, including access, rectification, erasure, restriction of processing, objection, and data portability.
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Users can also withdraw consent for data collection, use, and disclosure, and manage profile visibility settings.
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For encryption, the company uses an encrypted connection for application documents.
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The company states that it takes extensive technical and operational precautions to protect data and that security procedures are regularly reviewed and adapted.
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It also mentions that comprehensive tests are conducted on every single appliance, and cooking systems undergo additional detailed inspections on a random sample basis.
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User accounts for online applications require usernames and passwords.
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Zero Waste & Sustainable Products
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The company recycles over 90% of its materials.
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Around 90% of installed product components by weight can be recycled.
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Appliance packaging is 97% recyclable.
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RATIONAL's reusable iCareSystem AutoDose cartridges reduce plastic waste by up to 50%, and the company has stopped using paper and plastic bags, to-go coffee cups, and disposable bowls in staff restaurants.
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The company collects old appliances from customers to return them to the raw material cycle.
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Recyclability is enshrined in project goals, and parts are designed for reusability.
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The company constantly tries to minimize waste volume through suitable measures and projects, including reducing the average weight per sold appliance by 5.6 kg and using over 20 kg less stainless steel per appliance.
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Hazardous waste, which is less than 1% of total waste generation, is disposed of by a specialist company in compliance with the German Circular Economy Act.
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Products are designed for a minimum life cycle of ten years.
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Compliance with standards is continually monitored in internal audits and certified annually by external auditors (DEKRA).
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The Landsberg am Lech site maintains an environmental management system certified to ISO 14001 and an energy management system certified to ISO 50001.
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No substantial fines for waste disposal violations have occurred in the reporting period.
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Company-wide waste reduction targets with timelines are set annually.
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Suppliers are expected to have an environmentally friendly delivery and production policy.
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The company offers tips on nutrition in workshops or written information in staff restaurants.
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