In the latest episode of our Tchibo podcast, two recognized Tchibo sustainability experts sit down for a conversation: we speak with Achim Lohrie, who established the sustainability department at Tchibo in 2006, and Pablo von Waldenfels, who leads the department today. Tune in now!

Since 2006, responsibility / sustainability has been an integral part of our business strategy, our DNA, and the way we operate. Today, 20 years later, we take stock and look back on two decades in which we have achieved a lot. But we also know that we have not yet reached all our goals yet.

The people behind our products are just as diverse as the products themselves. Treating one another with respect and fairness is one of our core principles. That's why our coffee van was, this year again, at the Hamburg CSD. Because the working world is as diverse as society itself.

The Marketing For Future Award, Germany’s first award for marketing and communication as a driving force for a sustainable future, by BAM! Bock auf Morgen, honors creative, substantive approaches to communication and marketing. We are nominated for our "what the future needs" magazine series!

The Sustainability Summit in Hamburg is coming up, and we’ll be there! Our colleague Darius is part of the panel "Reporting, Regulation, Reality – How Sustainability Managers Navigate Between Transparency Obligations and Implementation" on the main stage. Save the date!
Image: Sustainability Summit

Sustainability is a team sport, not a competition: Meet our colleague Kristina at the HDE Sustainability & Retail Summit on the panel "From Legislation to Shelf: How Retail, Industry, and Startups put Responsibility into Practice." Save the Date!
Image: Handelsverband Deutschland – HDE e.V.

Our sustainability report 2024 is is based on our updated materiality analysis. As the implementation of the CSRD is still being finalised across Europe in the Omnibus Procedure, the 2024 report has been partially adapted to the new requirements, but not yet fully.

"Looking for solutions: Sustainable consumption, but how... ...when it has to be affordable?": Pablo was part of the panel for Tchibo at the Dialogue Forum on October 7, 2025, in Berlin. Find here the insights in the video clip (German language)!
Video: YouTube Verbraucherstiftung

"Affordable, suitable for everyday use, and sustainable – is that possible?" - Empowering consumers in the tension between sustainable consumption and real life: As part of the dialogue forum on October 7, 2025, Pablo from Tchibo will provide insights.
Photo: Deutsche Stiftung Verbraucherschutz

How big is the footprint of ChatGPT and other technologies? Can AI use its computing power to protect the environment? And how is Tchibo dealing with the issue? In the Tchibo podcast "5 Tassen täglich", our colleague Omar talks about the ecological upsides and downsides of the technology.

The implementation of a certified energy management system according to ISO 50 001 has now been completed at Tchibo GmbH. This means that in addition to the roasteries, the Tchibo headquarter, the German shops, and the German logistics locations are part of our management system.

We are delighted to have made it to the finals for the German Sustainability Award again this year - even in two categories: Textile Retail and Consumer Goods Retail. A fantastic endorsement of our daily sustainability work!
Photo: German Sustainability Award Foundation

During the street festival from 1 to 3 August, our Tchibo coffee mobile will be parked directly at the CSD event site on Jungfernstieg - organised by BEans United, a working group made up of employees from a wide range of departments who are dedicated internally to topics relating to diversity.

Our natural resources are limited... and are now exhausted: Today is the global Earth Overshoot Day! For Germany, this day has already fallen on 3 May 2025, making it all the more important to create impact and drive change - for people and planet.

Our colleagues Kristina and Sarah live on stage at the Hamburg Innovation Summit on 10 July 2025: In their presentation "From rebellion to transformation: How circular change works at Tchibo", they report on their experiences in the process of circular change.

The German Sustainability Award honours pioneering contributions to the transformation towards a sustainable future. We are part of it! Tchibo is nominated in three categories: Coffee, Tea and Spices, Textile Retail and Consumer Goods Retail.
Photo: Stiftung Deutscher Nachhaltigkeitspreis e.V.