ESG that pays off: Make your beverage trade business future-proof.
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Software solution developed with 15 beverage trade businesses
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Templates, KPIs & best practices for your industry
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Convinces stakeholders, reduces CO₂ costs, saves time
leadity. lead with clarity.
Making sustainability plannable — in the beverage industry
These companies work with us:
“leadity gives us structure and clarity in a complex subject. That makes a real difference when getting started with corporate carbon footprint accounting and ZNU certification.”
The industry-specific challenges of beverage trade businesses
Are you facing similar challenges?
Beverage trade businesses face a wide range of ESG challenges. Often there are already many individual measures in place — but a clear strategy is missing. Typical problems and the challenges that come with them:
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Logistics & transport: High CO₂ emissions from heavy, bulky goods. Challenge: Digitally optimising transport & warehousing, low-emission trucks
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Transparency & consumer information: Pressure from growing demand for ESG data. Challenge: Introducing labels & scoring, educating at the point of sale & online.
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Packaging & circular economy: High volumes of single-use packaging & waste. Challenge: Promoting reusable packaging, using sustainable materials, strengthening return systems.
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Energy & costs: High electricity consumption & rising CO₂ costs. Challenge: Using efficient refrigeration technology, renewable energy & energy management.
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Employees & next generation: Skills shortage & demographic change. Challenge: Recruiting & upskilling, attracting younger target groups.
Our solution for the beverage trade industry
Why beverage trade businesses choose leadity
Our industry solution was developed together with more than 15 beverage trade businesses and tailored specifically to the challenges of this sector. With automated ESG reporting and pre-built content, you can not only measure sustainability but manage it efficiently.
Software features at a glance:
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Delivering sustainability documentation efficiently (e.g. ZNU standards, TÜV, DEKRA)
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Supporting compliance with regulatory requirements — e.g. Corporate Carbon Footprint, EUDR, decarbonisation and supply chain due diligence
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Time-saving onboarding into sustainability management thanks to pre-built content
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Proven best practices for the most important decarbonisation levers
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Impact assessment of CO₂ reduction and decarbonisation measures
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Practice-oriented target & measure recommendations
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Ready to use quickly, audit-compliant & legally sound — a plug-and-play solution
The benefits of embedding sustainability strategically:
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Securing a competitive advantage: Sustainability becomes a differentiating factor in the market.
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Reducing costs: More efficient use of resources and decarbonisation cut expenditure.
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Strengthening market access: ESG-compliant data meets the requirements of customers and authorities.
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Promoting employee retention: A sustainable company image attracts talent and boosts motivation.
Would you like to find out about the benefits of the industry solution?
The industry solution by and for beverage trade businesses
The following companies contributed to the industry solution:
Industry solution — further features
All software features at a glance
Enhanced reporting is just one of several integrated modules within the leadity software. Whether strategy, sustainability management, reporting in line with ESRS/CSRD, or corporate carbon footprint: leadity offers a wide range of features to make your sustainability management more efficient.
FAQs on the industry solutions
Questions and answers about the leadity beverage trade solution
Would you like to learn more about leadity’s individual industry solutions? Feel free to get in touch: kontakt@leadity.de
Our solution was developed together with beverage retail and specialist beverage wholesale businesses and is optimally tailored to their requirements. For beverage producers (e.g. breweries, mineral water companies, bottling plants), additional specific templates are available.
leadity is modular and flexible — precisely matched to your needs. Companies of all sizes trust us, from SMEs to global players, with a particular focus on the mid-market. Thanks to the integrated industry solution, intelligent templates, and 360° support, even companies with limited resources or without a full-time CSR manager can efficiently digitalise their sustainability management.
Getting started is possible within 14 days — thanks to end-to-end support and seamless implementation. This includes the individual configuration of your account and a tailored onboarding process delivered by our support team.
During the first 3 months, we support you with a dedicated personal contact as well as regular Q&A sessions in the community for a fast and confident start.
Additionally, the leadity Knowledge Radar supports you — developed with the Centre for Sustainable Management at the University of Witten/Herdecke: with training sessions, webinars, and further resources for your learning path.
If required, you can access software and specialist consulting from a single source.
Yes — in addition to the option of sustainability certification, the software also supports a range of reporting standards. These include CSRD (light), VSME (plus), DNK, GRI, and GWÖ, among others.
Yes — the solution delivers a complete Corporate Carbon Footprint (Scopes 1–3) in line with the Greenhouse Gas Protocol. It includes industry-specific emission factors, automated data collection, and a range of CO₂ reporting options, including Corporate Carbon Footprint, Science Based Targets, Net Zero, and ZNU Goes Zero.
Yes — our software enables you to manage the EcoVadis rating process efficiently. From the end of 2025, EcoVadis will also be integrated as a dedicated reporting standard within the reporting module. Your EcoVadis questionnaire can be imported via upload, and existing ESG documentation is automatically mapped using AI. Text responses are pre-drafted, and export to the EcoVadis questionnaire is fully automated. This significantly reduces the effort involved and provides targeted support for improving your rating.
One system — all possibilities: Experience the industry solution live
Would you like to test leadity or involve your association as a cooperation partner?
leadity brings together all relevant standards for your industry — including ESRS, GRI, DNK, ZNU, and the SDGs — in a single platform. Generate reports to the right standard in just a few clicks, link data, and integrate external sources. Our experts are happy to show you in a short, no-cost session how leadity can make a real difference to your day-to-day work.