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Value Creation Model

The Value Creation Model illustrates how Bühler creates value for customers, employees, bondholders, business partners, and owners by unlocking sustainable business opportunities in the global food, feed, and automotive industries. It shows how we seek to balance humanity, nature, and economy in every decision and how this translates into outcomes for wider society and the environment.

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Inputs Outputs
Economy Economy
Nature Nature
Humanity Humanity
People make the difference. We add leadership excellence to engineering excellence, entrepreneurship, and our extensive ecosystem, and increase everyone’s agility and ability to adapt and thrive. 
By contributing to the success of our customers, we enable our profitable growth, while balancing humanity, nature, and economy. 
We spend 5% of revenue on R&D every year, aligned directly with our strategy and sustainability goals.   
We develop technological solutions and at our Application & Training Centers we work with customers to develop the next generation of their processes and products. 
We enable customers to scale new processes to be production ready  and provide industrial infrastructure and technology to grow their business. 
This comprises Bühler's plants all over the world.
This encompasses Bühler's Single Machine Business.
Bühler Services deliver customer success across the whole asset cycle.

Inputs Economy

140 mCHF

R&D expenses

79 mCHF

Investments into asset base

Outputs Economy

3.0 bCHF

Turnover

216 mCHF

EBIT

254 mCHF

Net liquidity

51.1 %

Equity ratio

Inputs Nature

581,760 GJ

Energy consumption

252,423 m³

Water withdrawn

28,211 tonnes

Raw materials

Outputs Nature

15,381 tonnes

Waste generated

717,800 tonnes

CO₂e / CO₂ equivalent emissions in our operations*

295 tonnes

CO₂e / Energy savings per plant compared to 2019

Inputs Humanity

12,485

Full-time equivalent (FTE) employees

544

Apprentices

20

Diversity & Inclusion trainings given

Outputs Humanity

0.94

Work-related injuries (total recordable incident rate per 100 full-time workers)

82 %

Apprentices employed

241

Diversity & Inclusion trainings attendance

2.1 million tonnes of CO₂e/year

– estimated quantity of avoided emissions in projects and plants. ¹

410 tonnes of CO₂e/year

– avoided emissions due to yield and energy optimization per wheat mill. ²

12

– number of solutions that contribute to land use reduction, side stream utilization, and circularity.

1.5 million tonnes

– new storage capacity for grain installed

459,643 m³

– water saved in malting process through Bühler technologies.

8,070 tonnes

– newly built annual production capacity for processing plant-based meat analogues. ³

12,900 tonnes of CO₂e/year

– avoided emissions from heating and cooling due to coated architectural glass. ⁴

1,333 tonnes of CO₂e

– emissions saved due to material circularity in remanufacturing of die-casting machines.

Outcomes

Inputs Economy

140 mCHF

R&D expenses

79 mCHF

Investments into asset base

Inputs Nature

581,760 GJ

Energy consumption

252,423 m³

Water withdrawn

28,211 tonnes

Raw materials

Inputs Humanity

12,485

Full-time equivalent (FTE) employees

544

Apprentices

20

Diversity & Inclusion trainings given

Outputs Economy

3.0 bCHF

Turnover

216 mCHF

EBIT

254 mCHF

Net liquidity

51.1 %

Equity ratio

Outputs Nature

15,381 tonnes

Waste generated

717,800 tonnes

CO₂e / CO₂ equivalent emissions in our operations*

295 tonnes

CO₂e / Energy savings per plant compared to 2019

Outputs Humanity

0.94

Work-related injuries (total recordable incident rate per 100 full-time workers)

82 %

Apprentices employed

241

Diversity & Inclusion trainings attendance

Outcomes

2.1 million tonnes of CO₂e/year

– estimated quantity of avoided emissions in projects and plants. ¹

410 tonnes of CO₂e/year

– avoided emissions due to yield and energy optimization per wheat mill. ²

12

– number of solutions that contribute to land use reduction, side stream utilization, and circularity.

1.5 million tonnes

– new storage capacity for grain installed

459,643 m³

– water saved in malting process through Bühler technologies.

8,070 tonnes

– newly built annual production capacity for processing plant-based meat analogues. ³

12,900 tonnes of CO₂e/year

– avoided emissions from heating and cooling due to coated architectural glass. ⁴

1,333 tonnes of CO₂e

– emissions saved due to material circularity in remanufacturing of die-casting machines.

  • Natural capital
    This includes resources such as water, fossil fuels, solar energy, crops and carbon sinks, which cannot be replaced and are essential to the functioning of the economy as a whole.
  • Human capital
    The skills and know-how of an organization's personnel, in addition to their commitment and motivation that affects their ability to fulfill their role.
  • Social and relationship capital
    This encompasses the relationships – and attendant resources – between an organization and all its stakeholders, including communities, governments, suppliers and customers.
  • Manufactured capital
    This encompasses physical infrastructure or technology pertaining to this, such as equipment and tools.
  • Intellectual capital
    This accounts for the intangibles associated with brand and reputation, in addition to patents, copyrights, organizational systems and related procedures.
  • Financial capital
    The traditional yardstick of performance, this capital includes funds obtained through financing or generated by means of productivity.
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People make the difference. We add leadership excellence to engineering excellence, entrepreneurship, and our extensive ecosystem, and increase everyone’s agility and ability to adapt and thrive. 
By contributing to the success of our customers, we enable our profitable growth, while balancing humanity, nature, and economy. 
We spend 5% of revenue on R&D every year, aligned directly with our strategy and sustainability goals.   
We develop technological solutions and at our Application & Training Centers we work with customers to develop the next generation of their processes and products. 
We enable customers to scale new processes to be production ready  and provide industrial infrastructure and technology to grow their business. 
This comprises Bühler's plants all over the world.
This encompasses Bühler's Single Machine Business.
Bühler Services deliver customer success across the whole asset cycle.
Economy Nature Humanity
Outcomes
2.1 million tonnes of CO₂e/year

– estimated quantity of avoided emissions in projects and plants. ¹

410 tonnes of CO₂e/year

– avoided emissions due to yield and energy optimization per wheat mill. ²

12

– number of solutions that contribute to land use reduction, side stream utilization, and circularity.

1.5 million tonnes

– new storage capacity for grain installed

459,643 m³

– water saved in malting process through Bühler technologies.

8,070 tonnes

– newly built annual production capacity for processing plant-based meat analogues. ³

12,900 tonnes of CO₂e/year

– avoided emissions from heating and cooling due to coated architectural glass. ⁴

1,333 tonnes of CO₂e

– emissions saved due to material circularity in remanufacturing of die-casting machines.

Inputs Economy

140 mCHF

R&D expenses

79 mCHF

Investments into asset base

Outputs Economy

3.0 bCHF

Turnover

216 mCHF

EBIT

254 mCHF

Net liquidity

51.1 %

Equity ratio

Inputs Nature

581,760 GJ

Energy consumption

252,423 m³

Water withdrawn

28,211 tonnes

Raw materials

Outputs Nature

15,381 tonnes

Waste generated

717,800 tonnes

CO₂e / CO₂ equivalent emissions in our operations*

295 tonnes

CO₂e / Energy savings per plant compared to 2019

Inputs Humanity

12,485

Full-time equivalent (FTE) employees

544

Apprentices

20

Diversity & Inclusion trainings given

Outputs Humanity

0.94

Work-related injuries (total recordable incident rate per 100 full-time workers)

82 %

Apprentices employed

241

Diversity & Inclusion trainings attendance

Natural capital
Human capital
Social and relationship capital
Manufactured capital
Intellectual capital
Financial capital
This includes resources such as water, fossil fuels, solar energy, crops and carbon sinks, which cannot be replaced and are essential to the functioning of the economy as a whole. }
The skills and know-how of an organization's personnel, in addition to their commitment and motivation that affects their ability to fulfill their role. }
This encompasses the relationships – and attendant resources – between an organization and all its stakeholders, including communities, governments, suppliers and customers. }
This encompasses physical infrastructure or technology pertaining to this, such as equipment and tools. }
This accounts for the intangibles associated with brand and reputation, in addition to patents, copyrights, organizational systems and related procedures. }
The traditional yardstick of performance, this capital includes funds obtained through financing or generated by means of productivity. }
* Scopes 1, 2, and selected Scope 3 categories.
1. New projects tracked since 2021. Reduction based on 2.5% yield improvement and 10% energy savings. Services and single machine business currently not included.
2. E3 mill with smart mill vs mill from 2017; yearly savings due to 10% energy reduction and 1% yield. Increase for one plant with average throughput of 135,000 tons per year.
3. Dry and wet texturized meat analogues, latter calculated with a factor of 3 for comparability.
4. Double Insulating Glass Unit (IGU) with low emissivity coating compared to IGU without such a coating.
 
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