We want to work our sustainability commitments into the work we do every day to become a better business. Today, we are proud to publish our second annual sustainability report, covering our environmental, social, and governance performance for the full year 2025. This report marks a step forward: more data, more honesty, and a clearer view of both our progress and the gaps we still need to close.
René Bach Larsen, Group CEO at LEMAN, shared his perspective:
2025 was a year of building foundations. We invested in measuring what matters, making decisions that position LEMAN for the long term, and being honest about where the work is still ahead of us. We now know where we stand and we know what to do to go even further
Key Highlights from Our 2025 Sustainability Report
Environmental Progress: Seeing More to Do More
Expanded Emissions Tracking: Our total reported GHG emissions increased 42% compared to 2024 — but this headline requires context. The rise is almost entirely driven by extending our Scope 3 Category 4 tracking to a much wider share of the freight we move for customers. Those emissions were always there; we simply couldn’t see them before. Better data is better for everyone.
Real Reductions Where We Have Control: Emissions from our own operations (Scope 1 and 2 combined) fell 13%, from 1,120 to 973 tCO₂e. Our market-based Scope 2 figure dropped 21%, reflecting genuine investment in renewable energy procurement.
Science-Based Targets Commitment: In April 2025, LEMAN committed to setting near- and long-term emissions reduction targets aligned with the Science Based Targets initiative (SBTi). We will submit validated targets by the end of 2026, using 2025 as our baseline year.Waste: We generated 142.69 tonnes of waste in 2025, of which 99.6% is non-hazardous. We acknowledge that 28% of our waste still goes to landfill, a figure we are actively working to reduce.
Social Sustainability: Proudly Driven by People
A Workforce That Is Engaged: Our employee engagement score reached 7.7 out of 10, up from 7.5 in 2024, and our Employee Net Promoter Score (eNPS) improved to +21 from +15. Our people tell us things are moving in the right direction, and we intend to keep it that way.
Gender Balance Across the Business: Women make up 47% of LEMAN’s total workforce. This is a balanced split we are proud of. At Top Management level, women represent 17%, down from 23% in 2024. This is not the direction we want to move in, and closing this gap is a clear priority for the years ahead.
Safety First: In 2025, we recorded 9 work-related accidents across our global workforce of 785 employees, with zero fatalities. This is the first year we have tracked health and safety globally in a structured way, giving us the baseline we need to drive meaningful improvement.
Workforce Transparency: Our total turnover figure of 30.2% reflects, in large part, a deliberate structural decision to consolidate administrative functions into a new Service Hub in Poland. Excluding those planned redundancies, underlying unwanted turnover was 17%. This is a number we are focused on understanding and reducing.
Governance: Solid Foundations, More Work to Do
Integrity Maintained: Zero corruption incidents, zero data breaches, zero privacy-related fines in 2025, a clean record we are committed to keeping.
Code of Conduct Training: Completion reached 66%, up from 62.5% in 2024. We want 100%. We will keep working towards it.
Whistleblower System Working: Five complaints were received in 2025. Three were substantiated and handled with appropriate disciplinary action. The fact that people feel able to raise concerns is a sign our culture is heading in the right direction.
Independent Assurance: For the first time, Deloitte conducted a limited assurance of our 2025 GHG data, an important step in building credibility and accountability into our reporting.
Publishing by Choice
LEMAN no longer falls within mandatory CSRD reporting scope following EU regulatory changes. We are publishing this report anyway because we believe transparent, assured data is the only credible foundation for setting targets, having honest conversations with our customers and partners, and making progress that is real rather than cosmetic.
What Comes Next
Our priorities for 2026 are clear:
- Submit validated SBTi targets for near- and long-term emissions reductions
- Introduce responsible sourcing clauses into standard supplier contracts and begin tracking compliance
- Deepen our emissions data coverage, especially across Category 4 transport operations
- Close the gender gap in top management through deliberate leadership development and promotion practices
- Drive Code of Conduct training towards 100% completion
2025 was about building the right foundation. 2026 is where we start to build on it. We invite our customers, partners, and peers to read the full report, hold us to account, and join us in making logistics more sustainable, one shipment at a time
The full Annual Report can be read and downloaded here.