Water and energy are precious.

Sustainability: Our greatest concern and your best selling point

Water is life and our passion. We create inspiring moments with water and develop products with innovative technologies for the resource-saving use of water and energy. With respect to our processes too, we are working on using resources more efficiently and reducing environmental impact. Just read on to find out about some of the aspects of the progress we are making day after day.

Products with water- and energy-saving technologies are our central focus

“Our goal is to offer our water-bearing product range¹ from the hansgrohe and AXOR brands with water- or energy-saving technologies² by 2030. 

In concrete terms, this means that, for the product ranges in our portfolio of water-bearing products, we offer water- and/or energy-saving versions that combine efficiency with water experiences and reduce the consumption of water and/or energy when in use.”

Hans Jürgen Kalmbach 
Chairman of the Executive Board of Hansgrohe SE

¹Our relevant water-bearing product range comprises hand and overhead showers, shower sets, shower combinations, shower pipes, wash basin faucets and kitchen faucets.

²Products with integrated water- or energy-saving technologies, such as EcoSmart, EcoSmart+, CoolStart, EcoSelection or SensorActivation. Get more information about the resource-efficient technologies here.

Hansgrohe CEO Kalmbach standing in front of a wall covered with green plants.
Under the leadership of Hans Jürgen Kalmbach, the Hansgrohe Group offers water-bearing product versions with water- and energy-saving technologies.

Get to know our water- and energy-saving technologies

At Hansgrohe, outstanding design and resource conservation go hand in hand. With our EcoSmart* (since 2007) and CoolStart (since 2012) technologies, consumers have been saving water and energy for many years – day after day. And we have set even more ambitious environmental goals for ourselves for the future.

*hansgrohe EcoSmart features a flow limitation mechanism for showers and faucets. With hansgrohe CoolStart, the faucet’s starting position is equipped with a warm water lock.

Compared to conventional hansgrohe showers, which use an average of 15 l/min, showers with EcoSmart reduce water consumption by up to 40%, and those with EcoSmart+ by up to 60%.

CoolStart faucets are climate-friendly. When the handle is in the center position, only cold water flows. If you really need hot water, simply move the lever on the CoolStart faucet to the left. 

Shower more mindfully with hansgrohe and AXOR showers

Check out a particularly family-friendly, low-budget hansgrohe shower range that suits everyone: Activera is the name of the product line that combines outstanding shower performance with water efficiency. Activera offers your customers a great showering experience coupled with a mindful use of water.

more about Activera
Man showering under the Activera.

With the AXOR Conscious Shower, AXOR unites top-quality design and defined durability standards. High-quality materials and careful workmanship form the basis required for long-term use.

more about Axor Conscious Showers

hansgrohe water savings calculator

Our tip: Use the hansgrohe water savings calculator during sales pitches. With this practical online tool, you show your customers the potential savings they could make with EcoSmart faucets and showers. 

Please click one of the following links to calculate the potential savings: 

Save water in private households

Save water in the project business

The hansgrohe water savings calculator can identify potential savings.

How we ensure ecological impact transparency  

We provide transparent documentation of our sustainability activities by publishing key figures, Environmental Product Declarations and external ratings. We achieve credibility with our stakeholders through transparency regarding our environmental impact. To this end, we take steps like having Environmental Product Declarations confirmed by independent parties and participating in company ratings. 

Read the details on our Group website.

EcoVadis Platinum medal 2026

Up from 83 points to 86 points: Increasing its score, the Hansgrohe Group has been awarded the EcoVadis Platinum medal for the second time in a row, joining the top 1% of the rated companies. The globally recognized rating’s systematic analysis heightens transparency in terms of our sustainability performance.

EcoVadis Platinum medal, Sustainability Rating 2026.

A- in the CDP rating

Promoted from B to A-: Hansgrohe has also achieved an improvement in the CDP climate ranking. The CDP (climate change) is a global, non-profit system that encourages companies to disclose extensive environmental and climate data.  

Climate CDP 2025 A- environment label.

EPDs: Environmental Product Declarations 

Full disclosure: We publish Environmental Product Declarations for 13 AXOR and hansgrohe brand product categories. This applies to approximately 1,800 of the best-selling Chrome products from our standard collections. EPDs provide information about the environmental impact of a product in relation to its entire life cycle.

EPD ISO 14025 and EN15804 product declaration.

ISO certificates

Management systems related to the environment and energy, through to occupational health and safety: In ISO certifications, independent auditors verify that we work in compliance with international ISO standards (International Organization for Standardization). We thus show our customers and partners that our processes meet stringent quality benchmarks.   

Hansgrohe takes responsibility and acts sustainably.
Our responsibility  

Find out how the Hansgrohe Group views and lives sustainability here.

Our responsibility
Hansgrohe’s Green Vision: armchairs instead of bath tubs.
The bathroom of the future

Hansgrohe’s Green Vision: saves water, energy, and CO2.

The bathroom of the future