Corporate Social Responsibility

At Infineon, sustainability is not an empty phrase, but a corporate responsibility and integral part of our social accountability.

As a global company and a participant of the UN Global Compact initiative we voluntarily take responsibility towards the international community. We take social responsibility and environmental protection very seriously and both are part of our overall corporate strategy. We have defined our structures, processes and guidelines on the UN Global Compact principles, which are for instance based on undertaking initiatives to promote environmental responsibility or the development of environmentally friendly technology.

Infineon is included in the Dow Jones Sustainability Index

Due to our achievements in the area of sustainability, Infineon has been included into the Dow Jones Sustainability Europe Index since 2010. This set of indexes is tracking the financial performance of leading sustainability-driven companies worldwide.

Furthermore, in 2011 Infineon entered the „Sustainability Yearbook 2011"; the Yearbook lists the world’s top-15% in terms of corporate sustainability out of 2,500 participating companies.

Environmental Sustainability

From 2002 until 2010 our efforts in the sustainable use of resources allowed us to save electricity equal to the annual consumption of a city with 1.7 million inhabitants or to 772,000 tons carbon dioxide eq. (approx. 210,000 tons black coal).

In 2010 we consumed around 58% less water per sqcm manufactured wafer than the global benchmark average and we generated around 49% less waste per sqcm manufactured wafer than the global benchmark average. Read more.

Carbon Footprint

Infineon enables a net ecological benefit of more than 3.6 million tons of CO2 equivalents emission reduction per year. Read more.

Safer work conditions

Under sustainable approaches, innovation and quality can only be an outcome of a save and healthy work environment.

The safe work conditions Infineon offers to its employees are reflected in the low rate of accidents we have, which is always  substantially lower than the average reported by BG ETEM, the German Social Accident Insurance Institution for the energy, textile, electrical and media products sectors. Read more.