Creators, makers, pioneers

More than 12,000 employees, globally active and passionate about innovation — that is the way to achieve both market and technological leadership. We are Körber. Presenting our Group.

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We are Körber

Körber is a leading international technology group that has more than 12,000 employees at over 100 locations worldwide. We are the home for entrepreneurs — we turn entrepreneurial thinking into customers success. Körber AG manages the Group and its four Business Areas: Digital, Pharma, Supply Chain and Technologies.

Insights

The Körber Insights shows the entire spectrum of the Körber world: We give our view of exciting developments and trends, as well as innovations and technologies. We also highlight personalities who drive Körber forward every day with their entrepreneurial spirit and new ideas.

Sustainability

Sustainability

We develop innovative products, solutions and services for a more sustainable tomorrow and introduce the people who make them possible. Find out more in our Sustainability Report 2023.

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Körber pursues ambitious climate targets

In October 2023, we had the Science Based Targets initiative (SBTi) verify our commitment to achieving net-zero CO₂e emissions throughout the entire value chain by 2040. We would like to introduce you to some of the measures that will help us achieve this ambitious goal.

Group-wide standards for Ecodesign

We were able to advance our Ecodesign initiative decisively in 2023 after creating a group-wide standard for life cycle assessments (LCAs). Find out more about the first LCAs we implemented and the challenges we overcame.

Data and infrastructure protection

We aim to transform information security into a strategic objective and make it a shared concern for all employees. We provide an overview of the corresponding measures and projects in 2023.

Career

Career

Wanted: team players. The know-how, creativity, and dedication of our employees have made us a successful technology company in Germany and worldwide. Now we want to shape the future — with you! We offer exciting positions for experts, young professionals, university students, and high school students.

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"Modern leadership culture has a performance-enhancing effect"

A working climate that promotes innovation, diversity, and the courage to tell uncomfortable truths is more central than ever to a company's success today. In an interview, Gabriele Fanta, Head of Group Human Resources, explains how the new leadership principles at Körber specifically strengthen fruitful collaboration in everyday working life.

What comes after traineeship, Max?

Experience report: After graduating in mechatronics and mechanical engineering, Max Döring became a trainee at Körber. Today, he is Technical Product Manager at our Körber Business Area Pharma.

Procurement and Supply Chain Management

Procurement and Supply Chain Management

Joint future-proof activities are the foundation of sustainable procurement. Körber, as a globally leading technology group, therefore places great value on the optimal purchasing of materials and services.

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Fiscal year 2021

Cybersecurity

Our commitment:

We live in the digital age, in which all areas of life, work, and business are networked — and therefore vulnerable. Consequently, our most important mission is to establish a system to protect all company-related data. Cybersecurity in the digital age includes the protection of data and the necessary infrastructure, regardless of whether it is processed locally in data centers, in machines or virtually in cloud systems. 

Cybersecurity is an essential part of our business model so that we can reliably supply our customers and protect their assets and data. We will only be able to survive on the market in the future if we consistently implement our security strategy.

Andreas Gaetje, Chief Information Security Officer, Körber AG

1. Goal:

We want to protect business operations against cyberattacks

What we have planned:

To make all of our business operations more resilient against cyberattacks, we have to define security policies that every employee must comply with. We want to expand our Cyber Defense Center with additional services, e.g. around-the-clock monitoring and incident response. Our goal is to equip all business areas with a common security architecture that can be monitored centrally and continuously. In order to avoid damage to our business operations or to keep it as limited as possible, we are introducing processes with which we can identify weak points at an early stage and thus react to them quickly.

What we have achieved to date:

The Group policy on information security is already in place; so is the team of the Chief Information Security Officer at the Group and Business Area levels. We have set up an organization across all business areas and created an Information Security Management System (ISMS) based on ISO 27001. In addition, we have developed a risk-based approach to introducing further security improvements. Moreover, our Cyber Defense Center is established and can now be gradually expanded to include additional services. The company also has a security policy with clear functional descriptions and processes. IT services are regularly checked for weak points; critical vulnerabilities are addressed using a regular process, and their elimination is monitored. We have set up a central security information system and have already integrated and monitored a number of services.

  • Percentage of IT infrastructure monitored by the Cyber Defense Center
  • 80% of the IT infrastructure by 2023
  • Current value: 50%

2. Goal:

We want to be a reliable and trustworthy partner for our customers

What we have planned:

In order to have a partnership based on trust, it is necessary to improve and standardize both our IT processes (information technology processes) and OT processes (operational technology processes), as well as to gain an internationally recognized certification for our software locations, for example ISO 27001 for software and IT companies. We also offer advanced security measures for digital offerings. To do this, we are introducing mandatory security checks into the product development cycle and developing additional security precautions for our products.

What we have achieved to date:

The Hauni company in the Körber Business Area Tobacco was the first enterprise to receive ISO 27001 certification. Further certifications of our software companies will follow. In addition, a training offensive for secure software development was started in the individual operational areas in order to establish additional security tests in the development process. In a pilot project, security architectures are evaluated and concepts are developed to make the technology fit for future requirements from a security standpoint as well. 

  • Number of ISO 27001 certifications at software and IT companies in the Group/all software companies in the Group
  • 2/4 software and IT companies of the Group with ISO 27001 certification by 2022, 4/4 software and IT companies of the Group with ISO 27001 certification by 2023
  • 1 out of 4 software and IT companies at the Group is certified according to ISO 27001

3. Goal:

Security has top priority

What we have planned:

We are establishing a security culture throughout the Group and sensitizing all areas and employees to the topic of IT security. 

What we have achieved to date:

An initial educational campaign that has already been carried out is now being followed by regular training courses for our employees, which lead to increased awareness and the reporting of questionable e-mails, posts, and website activity.  

  • Proportion of employees with a valid cybersecurity training certificate/year in relation to all employees of the Group
  • 80% of the eligible employees should be successfully trained every year.
  • 70% of the employees with access to etweb and docebo¹ 

¹ The following companies of the Körber Group were not covered by the two systems in 2021: Körber Supply Chain and Körber Digital


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