Value Creation Model | Annual Report 2024 | Bühler Group

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 advanced materials 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.

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

138 mCHF

R&D expenses

79 mCHF

Investments into asset base

Outputs Economy

3.0 bCHF

Turnover

227 mCHF

EBIT

503 mCHF

Net liquidity

52.8 %

Equity ratio

Inputs Nature

596,461 GJ

Energy consumption

257,085 m³

Water withdrawn

25,107 tonnes

Raw materials

Outputs Nature

16,695 tonnes

Waste generated

611,374 tonnes

CO₂e emissions in our operations¹

209 tonnes

CO₂e / MWh energy savings per plant²

Inputs Humanity

12,350

Full-time equivalent (FTE) employees

565

Apprentices

10

Diversity & Inclusion trainings given

Outputs Humanity

0.93

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

72.9 %

Percentage of apprentices in Switzerland hired after completing apprenticeship

121

Diversity & Inclusion trainings attendance

2.1 million tonnes of CO₂e/year

– estimated quantity of avoided emissions in newly commissioned 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.

170,000 tonnes

– plant-based meat analogues produced on Bühler lines in 2024.

12,900 tonnes of CO₂e/year

– avoided emissions from heating and cooling due to coated architectural glass.³

1,333 tonnes of CO₂e

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

Outcomes

Inputs Economy

138 mCHF

R&D expenses

79 mCHF

Investments into asset base

Inputs Nature

596,461 GJ

Energy consumption

257,085 m³

Water withdrawn

25,107 tonnes

Raw materials

Inputs Humanity

12,350

Full-time equivalent (FTE) employees

565

Apprentices

10

Diversity & Inclusion trainings given

Outputs Economy

3.0 bCHF

Turnover

227 mCHF

EBIT

503 mCHF

Net liquidity

52.8 %

Equity ratio

Outputs Nature

16,695 tonnes

Waste generated

611,374 tonnes

CO₂e emissions in our operations¹

209 tonnes

CO₂e / MWh energy savings per plant²

Outputs Humanity

0.93

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

72.9 %

Percentage of apprentices in Switzerland hired after completing apprenticeship

121

Diversity & Inclusion trainings attendance

Outcomes

2.1 million tonnes of CO₂e/year

– estimated quantity of avoided emissions in newly commissioned 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.

170,000 tonnes

– plant-based meat analogues produced on Bühler lines in 2024.

12,900 tonnes of CO₂e/year

– avoided emissions from heating and cooling due to coated architectural glass.³

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.

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 newly commissioned 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.

170,000 tonnes

– plant-based meat analogues produced on Bühler lines in 2024.

12,900 tonnes of CO₂e/year

– avoided emissions from heating and cooling due to coated architectural glass.³

1,333 tonnes of CO₂e

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

Inputs Economy

138 mCHF

R&D expenses

79 mCHF

Investments into asset base

Outputs Economy

3.0 bCHF

Turnover

227 mCHF

EBIT

503 mCHF

Net liquidity

52.8 %

Equity ratio

Inputs Nature

596,461 GJ

Energy consumption

257,085 m³

Water withdrawn

25,107 tonnes

Raw materials

Outputs Nature

16,695 tonnes

Waste generated

611,374 tonnes

CO₂e emissions in our operations¹

209 tonnes

CO₂e / MWh energy savings per plant²

Inputs Humanity

12,350

Full-time equivalent (FTE) employees

565

Apprentices

10

Diversity & Inclusion trainings given

Outputs Humanity

0.93

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

72.9 %

Percentage of apprentices in Switzerland hired after completing apprenticeship

121

Diversity & Inclusion trainings attendance

Natural 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. }

_{1. Scopes 1, 2, and selected Scope 3 categories.}

_{2. Compared to 2019.}

_{3. New projects and plants in 2024. Reduction based on 2.5% yield improvement and 10% energy savings. Services and single machine business currently not included.}

_{4. 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 tonnes per year.}

_{5.Double Insulating Glass Unit (IGU) with low emissivity coating compared to IGU without such a coating.}

ANNUAL REPORT 2024

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