Sustainability

Vast amounts of unexploded ordnance corroding on the floor of the North Sea and Baltic, most of it sunk after the Second World War, pose an increasing threat to people and the environment. Rheinmetall and an international working group of specialized maritime companies have developed a solution to this problem in the form of a

Humanity is facing immense challenges. Overcoming them requires us – governments, companies, and people – to all pull together. What was once considered “nice to have” is now a vital factor in determining a company’s long-term business success. Sustainability is now a “must have” – including at Rheinmetall. Sustainable clothing, sustainable food, sustainable travel –

In Hamburg’s Ottensen borough, a new mixed-use district featuring rental flats, condominiums, and commercial space is taking shape on and around a factory site that is steeped in history. The site was once home to a large piston factory that lay at the heart of this bustling north German port city. Going back almost one

Large-scale bushings for gearboxes destined for wind turbines all over the world are being produced in Papenburg, Germany, using a machining technology that is unrivalled in Europe. An important contribution to sustainable energy generation and reducing humanity’s carbon footprint. The cast blanks for these bushings are made at Europe’s largest continuous-casting plant for non-ferrous metals.

During rush hour, motorists are regularly stuck in traffic jams. The world’s major urban centers suffer particularly from the daily breakdown of traffic that takes its toll on time, money and sanity. But cycle-friendly strategies for cities can help. More and more municipalities are investing in infrastructure to make metropolitan areas a better place to

FOJANA, the German acronym for “forestry”, “hunting” and “nature conservation,” is part of the program at the Rheinmetall test site in Unterlüss. The aim here is to sustainably manage the areas of heath and forest. This not only facilitates an otherwise rarely encountered diversity of flora and fauna, but also means that, every year in