AXOR is Dedicated to Creating
the Highest Quality Products.
Sustainably.
Water is life and water is our passion.
We create inspiring moments while protecting this precious element.
In doing so, we take responsibility for people and the environment.
AXOR contributes to a more sustainable future by designing luxurious products for water-related spaces that will last a lifetime. The brand adheres to eco-design principles and seeks to promote sensible consumption.
As part of the Hansgrohe Group, AXOR is committed to Science-Based Targets. Developed exclusively in Europe, our products are designed to be timeless and built to last. Ninety percent of our portfolio is produced at the AXOR Centre for Excellence in Germany’s Black Forest.
In 2022, the Hansgrohe Group switched all international production sites to green electricity, making all facilities carbon neutral. This enables annual savings of over 26,000 tons of CO2. In addition, the group plans to convert all water-consuming products to its "ECO" specifications by 2030, delivering the same exceptional performance with water-saving technologies.
As part of the Hansgrohe Group, AXOR is committed to supporting five UN Sustainable Development Goals.
We Manufacture Sustainable Products for Bathroom and Kitchen – According to the ECO Principle
Climate Neutrality
Since 2022
After successfully converting its plant in Schiltach, Germany, to green electricity, Hansgrohe did the same with all of its international production sites at the beginning of 2022. This reduces CO2 emissions by more than 26,000 tons annually. Subsequent energy efficiency analyses at Hansgrohe’s production plants in France, China and Germany have identified further potential sustainability measures such as:
- combined heat and power plants and photovoltaics
- peak load and solar irradiation planning
All international production plants have also set their own aspirational sustainability targets for water, waste and energy. As a result of these efforts, all Hansgrohe Group plants worldwide have been climate neutral since 2022.
Climate neutrality refers to greenhouse gas emissions from Scope 1 and 2 (direct emissions and energy consumed at the sites) according to the Greenhouse Gas Protocol.
The Hansgrohe Group endeavours to reduce emissions wherever possible.
Any remaining emissions are offset through recognized, certified climate protection projects.
Our ECO Design Principles:
1. Planet-centered Innovations
2. Less Water, Less Energy, Less Costs
3. Energy-Saving Mode On
4. Long Product Lives
5. Closing the Waste Cycle
6. Less Material
7. Less Complexity
8. Less Coating
9. Staying Clean
10. Awareness Guides Behavior
As a leading manufacturer of showers, shower systems, faucets, and kitchen sinks, we can do our part to protect the climate.
And we do.
We have formulated eco-design guidelines for all our AXOR and hansgrohe branded products.
The aim of these principles is to consistently align our products with ECO.
We strive to develop, design and manufacture our products entirely with sustainability in mind.
The measures resulting from this aspiration will be extensive. As a company, we must therefore proceed step by step and continuously keep our eye on the ball.
For example, we already fulfill some of these principles today, while others are to be understood as target states that guide our path to 2030.
Using less water with AXOR:
Just how ambitiously we as a company pursue our sustainability guidelines is exemplified by the principle of "less water, less energy, lower costs."
Many of us use it every day, whether taking a shower in the bathroom in the morning or washing dishes in the kitchen sink: hot water. For hot water to come out of the pipes, energy is needed. The water must be heated. Conventional energy sources such as natural gas and coal are usually still used for this purpose. This has disadvantages, such as high CO2e emissions.
The use of a lot of hot water in kitchens and bathrooms generates large energy requirements and thus high CO2e emissions. This is where we need to make improvements. This is the only way to protect the climate. This is where the Hansgrohe Group, as a manufacturer of faucets and showerheads, comes into play: We want to reduce the need for hot water. This is one of our most important sustainability goals. After all, reducing the water consumption of our products has extensive positive effects for the climate:
The less water our products consume during their many years of use in the bathroom and kitchen, the lower the energy consumption and CO2e emissions.
We Solve the Problems of the Future – Today
"Together with our long-time design partner PHOENIX we have set out to solve the bathroom problems of the future: water scarcity, climate crisis, lack of resources. The result is our vision of a modular system, which is based on the idea of the circular economy. We keep the cycles small and close them as quickly as possible. Our concept begs for discussion, for thinking ahead, and for the development of an industry concept which perhaps will be even more far-reaching."
Steffen Erath,
Head of Innovation & Sustainability, Hansgrohe Group
The Innovators of the Green Vision
