MEGGLE Group GmbH

Carbon per million dollars of revenue. The legacy industry-standard reference (CDP, MSCI). Useful for cross-sector context, but distorted by margin — high-margin firms appear artificially efficient. Read alongside the operational and asset intensities for the full picture.

OpEx (operating expenditure) is the running cost of the business — staff, services, energy, materials. This shows how carbon-intensive operations are per million dollars of spend. Removes the margin distortion that revenue-based ratios introduce.

EVIC (Enterprise Value Including Cash) is the firm's total capital footprint — equity + debt + cash + minority interest. The EU's standard intensity measure (SFDR PAI 3) — answers: how much carbon does each million of capital deployed in this business produce?

PP&E (Property, Plant & Equipment) plus leased real-estate assets is the firm's physical infrastructure on the balance sheet. This shows the carbon intensity of that physical footprint — uses Scope 1+2+3 for consistency with the other headline intensities. Surfaces stranded-asset risk for asset-heavy firms.

MEGGLE operates its own combined heat and power plant in Wasserburg, which has run on natural gas due to technical constraints. A strategic decision has been made to embark on a hydrogen transition path. MEGGLE is also investing in a biogas plant that will use production residues (permeate molasses from dairy processing) as input for energy and heat generation.

No narrative on durable removals approach in the firm's most recent reports.

• Energy-saving and efficiency projects across production sites

  Alongside the hydrogen and biogas investments, MEGGLE continues an ongoing programme of energy-saving projects across its 6 production sites, supported by ISO 50001 energy management certification.

• Powder drying & CHP energy decarbonisation

  Scope 1 & 2 carbon emissions are mainly generated by powder drying operations and the on-site CHP plant. Reduction measures include hydrogen transition, biogas plant investment, and ongoing energy-saving projects to reduce gas and energy consumption.

• Water reuse and wastewater treatment

  MEGGLE has reduced freshwater consumption at Wasserburg by 23% vs 2016 (towards a -25% by 2025 target). Water reuse rate of 39% achieved at MEGGLE GmbH & Co. KG (30% across 6 sites). Investment in the expansion of the existing wastewater treatment plant continues.

• Product-enabled emissions: DC excipients & DPI inhalers

  MEGGLE positions its direct compaction (DC) lactose excipients and dry-powder inhaler (DPI) grades as enabling reduced customer GHG emissions. DC saves water and electricity vs wet granulation. DPI formulations have a 10–40x lower CO2 footprint than pMDI inhalers; cited studies show 115–480 kg CO2e/patient/year savings; potential 46,600 tonnes CO2e/year saved in Germany if 75% of ambulant pulmonologists prescribed DPI.

• Fuel switch from natural gas to hydrogen and biogas at Wasserburg CHP

  MEGGLE's Scope 1+2 emissions are dominated by powder drying operations powered by an on-site combined heat and power plant in Wasserburg that for technical reasons has so far been run on natural gas. The company has taken a strategic decision to embark on a hydrogen transition path, and is investing in a biogas plant that will also use permeate molasses production residues as feedstock for heat and energy generation.

• Excipient choice for customers: DC and DPI grades

  MEGGLE positions its direct-compaction (DC) lactose grades and dry-powder-inhaler (DPI) lactose grades as customer-side decarbonisation enablers. DC saves water and electricity vs wet granulation; switching pMDI to DPI inhalers saves 115-480 kg CO2e per patient per year, with potential reductions of 46,600 tons CO2e/year if 75% of German ambulant pulmonologists prescribed DPI.

• Deforestation-free soy and reduced overseas feed for dairy

  MEGGLE works with dairy suppliers to reduce biodiversity loss and deforestation by limiting overseas feed for dairy ingredients, requiring certified vegetable fats/oils and wood-based materials, and from January 2024 requiring all soy in the QM milk system to be sustainable and deforestation-free certified.

• Non-milk purchased goods & deforestation-free sourcing

  Non-milk purchased materials account for 8.4% of CCF (184,007.75 tCO2e). MEGGLE works with suppliers to reduce biodiversity loss and deforestation by reducing overseas feed use, sourcing certified vegetable fats/oils, and certified wood-based materials. Since Jan 2024, all soy in the QM milk system must be deforestation-free certified.

• Dairy supply chain carbon reduction (Scope 3 cat 1 milk ingredients)

  Milk ingredients account for 82.5% of MEGGLE's corporate carbon footprint. The company is working closely with stakeholders (customers, suppliers, governmental bodies, dairies associations) to set regionally appropriate carbon-reduction targets and realistic measures for dairy-based raw materials, and is progressively refining its Scope 3 database from literature-based to primary farmer data via a new IT tool.

• Dairy supply chain emissions (milk ingredients)

  Milk ingredients account for 82.5% of MEGGLE group's Corporate Carbon Footprint (1,800,761.82 tCO2e). MEGGLE works in close collaboration with customers, suppliers, governmental bodies and dairy associations to set regionally appropriate carbon reduction targets. Standardisation, primary data collection from farmers, and balancing farmer economics with food affordability are key challenges being addressed.