Contact us Menu Bosch Global English Deutsch Home Sustainability Environment Water Water Achieving worldwide impact by reducing water withdrawal Water is the basis of all life. Bosch uses this valuable resource in many processes and since water is precious, we consider it our responsibility to protect it. Central objective of the Bosch water management is achieving timely and noticeable results. It is also the reason for focusing on sites in regions with limited water supply. “A total of 59 Bosch locations are located in regions with an increased risk of water scarcity — this is where we intend to take systematic action.” Andreas Siegle, water expert at Bosch Identifying Hotspots Bosch analyzed its sites using the WWF’s Water Risk Filter. The result shows that 59 sites are located in areas with the severest or severe water scarcity risk. Our goal is to reduce our water withdrawal at this 59 sites by 25% until 2025. This way, we can quickly achieve significant improvements in regions where water is a particularly valuable resource. To support the corresponding measures, an annual budget of ten million euros is available until 2025. Bosch reduced water withdrawal by 23.1 percent at company sites in regions with water scarcity since 2017. The significant decrease in withdrawal also partly reflects the effects of the Covid-19 pandemic. Three levers to conserve water Bosch needs water for cooling systems, sanitary facilities, and as part of technical processes. In water-stressed regions, we already use recycled water whenever possible. That means that water is reused several times in the cycle. We will further expand this measure. In addition, we focus on process improvements and the use of rainwater in order to further reduce water withdrawal at our locations. Icon survey-checkmark Improve processes so that less water is needed Icon refresh Improve circulation to reuse the water consumed Icon weather-rain Use rainwater instead of fresh water Learn more about environmental protection on page 56. Bosch sustainability report 2020 | factbook Share this on: Group-wide environmental protection: climate neutrality since 2020 Learn more People are the key to success Learn more Sustainability in numbers Learn more Still looking for something? Invented for life Bosch Global English Deutsch General contact info Product security (PSIRT) Innovations, patents, and licenses Purchasing and logistics © Robert Bosch GmbH 2021, all rights reserved Corporate information Legal notice Data protection notice (Privacy Policy) Privacy settings Privacy settings Cookies that are essential for technical reasons are set on this webpage so we can provide users with our offers. A cookie that stores your current privacy settings is also set (selection cookie). With the exception of the selection cookie, technically non-essential cookies and tracking mechanisms, that enable us to provide you with customized offers (marketing cookies and tracking mechanisms), are only used if you have given prior consent to such use: Read more > Consent to marketing cookies Read more > When clicking “Save” only the cookies you selected will be used. Under your privacy settings, you can withdraw at any time the consent that you granted here with immediate effect. Consent to marketing cookies Save Data protection notice (Privacy Policy) Corporate information