STIHL DECIDES TO INTENSIFY ITS CURRENT SUSTAINABILITY COMMITMENT AND GIVES IT A MORE STRATEGIC FOCUS.
Over the past few years, serious issues such as climate change, extinction of plant and animal species, the proliferation of plastic waste, and immigration have been all over the headlines. Experts are also predicting an increase in zoonoses, infectious diseases like Covid-19 that jump from an animal to a human due to factors such as inproper and irresponsible handling of endangered species.
As a business with a deep connection to the natural world and whose business model depends on nature, these developments affect us deeply. That is why STIHL has decided to intensify our existing commitment to sustainability and give it an even more strategic focus.
2016
STIHL’s sustainability policy has been in place since 2016. It has been now transformed into a sustainability strategy strategy that is relevant to society as a whole.
2021
A Sustainability Officer was appointed, Mr. Friedemann Stock, and a sustainability steering group was set up to help achieve the goals.
The strategy was developed over a period of several months with the involvement of internal and external stakeholders. In October 2021, it was discussed by the Executive Board before being adopted by the Advisory Board in December 2021.
PORTFOLIO ALIGNED TO STRATEGY
The main area of STIHL’s expertise is the development, manufacturing, and sale of handheld power equipment for forestry, agriculture, landscape maintenance, construction, and private consumers. In addition to chainsaws, our line of products includes a wide range of other power equipment, such as brushcutters, hedge trimmers, blowers, mistblowers, cleaning systems, cut-off machines, earth augers, lawn mowers, and robotic mowers. Since 2009, STIHL has been increasingly focused on battery technology to complement its selection of gasoline and electric-powered equipment. In 2021, batteries and battery-operated tools accounted for roughly 19 percent of our overall sales.
Fuels and lubricants, accessories, and personal protective equipment round out our product range.
Among the most recent innovations are the STIHL MS 881, the world’s most powerful chainsaw and the only one in its class to meet the current EU emission standards, and the STIHL MSA 300, capable of reduced-noise, emission-free performance that also happens to be the most powerful battery-operated chainsaw on the market today
