Introduction
Highlights of the year
Our environmental, social and governance program serves as a compass for managing our environmental footprint, taking responsibility for our employees, and satisfying the highest standards of compliance and governance. Our focus is on the long term.
In 2025, we achieved further milestones in advancing our sustainability agenda:
Sustainability commitment aligned with global priorities
Comet is committed to aligning its sustainability strategy with globally recognized priorities. We integrate the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) into our core business practices, with a particular focus on SDG 8 (Decent Work and Economic Growth), SDG 9 (Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure), SDG 12 (Responsible Consumption and Production), and SDG 13 (Climate Action).
Decent work and economic growth: Our technologies drive the core of digitalization. With a strong tradition in training and mentorship, we support numerous apprentices, trainees, and young professionals, helping them build successful careers. In doing so, we contribute to economic growth, as these emerging talents are essential for developing our innovative products, which play a key role in advancing society’s digitalization.
Industry, innovation and infrastructure: As a key supplier and partner to the semiconductor and electronics industry, as well as various industrial markets, we collaborate closely with our customers to develop innovative solutions. These solutions drive sustainable progress and enhance safety, security, and quality of life worldwide.
Responsible consumption and production: We are committed to avoiding exclusively profit-driven practices that compromise the environment and society. Our goal is to achieve a balance between economic, environmental, and social objectives. To support this, we train and raise awareness among our global workforce about ecological and social issues and engage with customers, suppliers, and other stakeholders in this effort.
Climate action: We are committed to addressing climate change and supporting the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. We have developed and are implementing a climate action roadmap focused on reducing our carbon footprint, enhancing energy efficiency, and embedding sustainable practices across our operations to create positive, lasting impacts on the environment and our stakeholders.
As part of our commitment, we joined the UN Global Compact in 2024 and have pledged to uphold its principles on human rights, labor, environment, and anti-corruption. We also support science-based climate action by aligning our targets with the Science Based Targets initiative (SBTi) (more details in our climate report) and ensure transparency by disclosing our environmental performance through the Carbon Disclosure Project (CDP).
About this report
Since 2021, Comet has published annual sustainability reports in accordance with the GRI Standards. This 2025 environmental, social and governance (ESG) report also fulfills Swiss legal requirements for non-financial reporting and is in line with TCFD recommendations on climate disclosures. It covers climate, social, employee, human rights, and anti-corruption topics, with detailed risk and performance metrics. Ernst & Young Ltd (EY) provided limited assurance on selected performance metrics presented in this ESG report. All assured data is marked "Data externally assured (limited assurance)” (see assurance report for details).