2025 Corporate Responsibility Report, reporting on 2024 achievements, reveals key milestones across climate, people, and product innovation

Mettler-Toledo, a global leader in precision instruments and inspection solutions, has published its 2025 Corporate Responsibility Report, covering the 2024 reporting year, which highlights its continued progress towards long-term sustainability goals and reaffirms its commitment to responsible business practices.

In 2024, Mettler-Toledo again maintained carbon-neutral operations and achieved its target of sourcing 100% renewable electricity across global facilities. The company also reported a 74% reduction in waste to landfill since 2018 and remains on track to reach its 2025 zero-waste-to-landfill goal (<5%). These accomplishments are part of the company’s strategic GreenMT Programme, now in its 15th year, which drives environmental, social, and governance (ESG) initiatives across the business.

“We remain committed to sustainable growth and responsible business practices,” said Patrick Kaltenbach, President and CEO of Mettler-Toledo. “Thanks to the dedication of our global teams, we continue to embed sustainability into our operations, product development, and culture, building a healthier, more sustainable future for all stakeholders.”

The report also details advances in sustainable product design, with nearly all Business Units incorporating Design for Environment (DfE) principles, a continued shift from print to digital documentation, and packaging innovations that increased recyclability to 90%.

One of many examples comes from the company’s Product Inspection division, which has made significant progress in packaging innovation. The manufacturing sites in the UK and Germany have redesigned shipment packaging for several key components by using recyclable paper and cardboard instead of plastic foam and large wooden crates, reducing weight, improving assembly time, and cutting costs. These sites also introduced recyclable shrink wrap, paper strapping, and reused wooden pallets, achieving up to a 60% reduction in wood usage.

In addition to these sustainable packaging initiatives, the Checkweighing manufacturing site in Giesen, Germany, modernised its heating system using bi-valent heat pumps to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 80% and energy costs by 40% compared to its previous heating system. Solar panels were also installed earlier this year on one of the site’s buildings and generated enough energy to cover 39% of the site’s consumption in the first month. This reduced CO2 emissions by over four tonnes, and supplies power for 12 electric vehicle charging stations.

Complementing this approach, multiple sites also implemented initiatives to eliminate non-recyclable plastics in outbound shipments. The Metal Detection site in Manchester, UK, for example, replaced expanding foam in its metal detector shipments with 100% recyclable paper-based packaging, developed using machinery from a sustainable UK supplier. The materials are now reused by receiving facilities, thereby reducing landfill waste, avoiding additional cleaning processes, and delivering substantial savings.

The Mettler-Toledo Responsible Sourcing Framework guides how the company works with suppliers to promote ethical practices, reduce environmental impact, and support sustainability goals across the supply chain. It continues to strengthen transparency across the supply chain, and in 2024, the company engaged with nearly 450 key suppliers to align on ESG performance expectations, representing approximately 65% of global direct spend.

As part of its Science Based Targets initiative, the report also sets out how Mettler-Toledo has committed to reducing emissions across its operations and value chain. The company aims to cut direct emissions from owned sources (Scope 1) and purchased energy (Scope 2) by 70% by 2030, compared to 2018 levels. It has also set a goal to reduce indirect emissions from its broader value chain (Scope 3), including suppliers and product use, by 30% from a 2019 baseline.

“This report reflects not only our progress, but our purpose,” says Christian Gurtner, Head of Corporate Development and Sustainability, Mettler-Toledo. “From product innovation and supply chain responsibility to employee wellbeing and energy use, our teams are constantly looking for new ways to have a positive impact, add value, and build trust. We believe that sustainable business is smart business and we’re proud to share our results.”

The full 2025 Corporate Responsibility Report offers detailed updates on the Mettler-Toledo climate strategy, stakeholder engagement, supply chain responsibility, employee wellbeing, and innovation-driven sustainability.

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About METTLER TOLEDO

METTLER TOLEDO is a global precision instruments and trusted solutions provider across a large range of industries. With a focus on driving efficiency and innovation, the company aims to deliver value to its customers through solutions that help boost productivity, combat rising manufacturers’ costs, and embrace digitalisation.

The METTLER TOLEDO Product Inspection division designs and manufactures both standard and customised inspection solutions, prioritising product safety, brand protection and quality assurance for food, pharmaceutical and chemical brands. Its solutions help to empower businesses to optimise operations, reduce costs and embrace digital transformation while meeting regulatory compliance. With a focus on safety and precision, the innovative solutions from METTLER TOLEDO help to deliver measurable results, enabling manufacturers to maintain the highest standards of product integrity and consumer trust. By partnering with METTLER TOLEDO, manufacturers will have the opportunity to navigate the challenges of the modern business landscape and achieve sustainable growth.

With cutting-edge foreign body detection solutions, METTLER TOLEDO provides advanced holistic technologies that automate critical processes and help to mitigate recall risks. Metal detection and x-ray inspection technologies detect and reject contaminated product, plus support product quality and brand protection. Precision checkweighing technologies help manufacturers identify costly over-fills and/or avoid potentially brand-damaging under-fills, thus assisting to improve production line efficiency. Vision inspection solutions further enhance the METTLER TOLEDO offering by detecting label defects, reducing the risk of rework and product recalls. To facilitate real-time monitoring and digitalise food safety compliance on a global scale, METTLER TOLEDO provides the proprietary and innovative data management software, ProdX™.

The range of METTLER TOLEDO product inspection solutions are more than just technological innovations – they’re strategic assets that support business success by helping to enhance productivity, reduce costs and embrace digitalisation. As a trusted partner, the company is focused to delivering value and driving industry excellence for its clients worldwide. METTLER TOLEDO actively supports sustainability goals by providing solutions that help customers minimise food waste, reduce energy consumption and optimise resource utilisation throughout their operations, contributing to a more sustainable future for the industry.For more information, please visit: www.mt.com/pi-pr