GEA has launched a custom AI chatbot throughout the company. GEA BetterBot AI, which is based on Open AI’s widely known ChatGPT application through Microsoft Azure OpenAI Service, was developed in-house by GEA and trained on current GEA data. It enables employees to retrieve publicly available information relating to GEA that is relevant to them in a matter of seconds. The proprietary tool is securely operated in a private cloud environment in Microsoft’s data centers, so that no confidential data or entries are leaked.

GEA has raised its medium-term climate targets for 2030 and for the first time set a short-term target to reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from its own operations by 2026. In addition, the company plans to present its Climate Transition Plan 2040 to shareholders and pass the corresponding resolution at its Annual General Meeting on April 30, 2024. This underscores GEA’s role as a sustainability pioneer and will make it the first DAX index family company to put its climate transition plan to the vote.

GEA Group Aktiengesellschaft will be included in the Dow Jones Sustainability World Index (DJSI World) for the first time. As of December 18, 2023, GEA is the only German company to be newly added to the DJSI World. GEA will also remain a member of the DJSI Europe for the second consecutive year.