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Münster (October 2025) – COMPO was honoured for its outstanding social media communication at the 20th edition of the prestigious TASPO Awards. In the category ‘Best Social Media Marketing Activity’, Europe's leading supplier of branded products for plants in the home and garden impressed the expert jury with its group-wide ‘Digital Activation Concept’. The strategy combines user focus, creative content formats and authentic storytelling to create an innovative communication approach. Katharina Keinert, Team Lead Corporate Communication & Sustainability at COMPO, accepted the award from presenter Lea Wagner at a festive gala in Berlin. COMPO also received awards in the categories ‘Best Concept for Environment & Sustainability 2025’ and ‘Best Product Idea B2C’, achieving third place in both categories for its group-wide sustainability strategy and its ‘COMPO BIO AQUA DEPOT® Universalerde’ product. “We are delighted that the jury particularly appreciated the data-based strategy and innovative strength of our concept,” says Stephan Engster, CEO of COMPO. “Our goal is to actively shape the future of the industry with innovative solutions and sustainable practices. Expertise, decades of experience and courage are our constant companions as we continue to expand our market leadership in Europe. We are delighted that our approach has been recognised with such a prestigious award,” says Stephan Engster. COMPO's ‘Digital Activation Concept’ bundles all social media activities into a holistic, cross-channel communication approach. The campaign combines performance, creativity and user focus, relying on differentiated analyses, studies, user data and new technologies. This enables COMPO to precisely identify the expectations of its target groups – and understand how to activate them in a targeted manner along the customer journey. “Our goal is to offer tailor-made, simple solutions at every digital touchpoint that meet the needs of our users,” explains Katharina Keinert. “Translated into content for TikTok, Instagram, Facebook and YouTube, this means infotainment, influencer collaborations and authentic formats such as our “At home with” series, in which real hobby gardeners show how they get the most out of their gardens – inspiring, approachable and unique in form.” The testimonials encourage viewers to get active and rediscover gardening. And with success: “Millions of video views, high reach and engagement rates, sentiment analyses, and a demonstrable continuous increase in followers are just a few examples of key figures that make the success of the measures plannable, verifiable, and visible,” reports Stephan Roth, Head of Digital at COMPO. COMPO's Digital Activation Concept has an international focus and fits seamlessly into the 360° brand campaign launched in 2024. In 2025, this will be continued across Europe and further developed in terms of quantity and quality. Like the campaign ‘Better the best. For nature. For you. For everyone.’, COMPO's digital communication concept is also developed in-house. Knowledge of the target groups' needs creates the ideal conditions for reaching end consumers on all social media channels. “We are delighted that winning the TASPO Award 2025 once again underlines COMPO's pioneering role in the gardening industry – not only in terms of sustainable products, but also in digital communication,” says Stephan Engster. Picture: Katharina Keinert, Team Lead Corporate Communication & Sustainability at COMPO (centre) with presenter Lea Wagner (right) and Bavarian Christmas Tree Queen Sina Klug (left) Picture credit: taspoawards: Photographer Andreas Schwarz or Photographer Fabio Spitzenberg

COMPO has achieved the Gold status for the entire group in the latest EcoVadis sustainability rating. The leading supplier of branded products for plants in the home and garden in Europe is therefore currently the best-rated supplier in its category worldwide, underlining its commitment to responsible and sustainable action along the entire value chain. Outstanding sustainability rating in all relevant areas "Responsible action and sustainable business practices are an integral part of COMPO's DNA. As a green leader in the industry, we have made it our mission to successfully implement our ambitious self-imposed commitments throughout Europe and thus drive sustainable change. We are therefore particularly pleased that our commitment has been awarded EcoVadis Gold status," explains Stephan Engster, CEO of COMPO. “The holistic and independent assessment by one of the leading providers of sustainability ratings is important proof for us and our partners that we set ourselves ambitious goals across the group and consistently implement them,” adds Peter Bali, Head of Business Development at COMPO. Retailers and consumers pay particular attention to professionally and independently certified suppliers. COMPO has been pursuing a group-wide sustainability strategy for years. With the achievement of key milestones under COMPO's ESG programme and Green Leadership Pledge, COMPO receives an overall EcoVadis score of 96 out of 100 percent and excellent ratings in the four key areas of environment, labor and human rights, ethics and sustainable procurement. Recent initiatives include: SBTi validation for COMPO's ambitious climate targets as the first company in its industry COMPO's second sustainability declaration in accordance with the German Sustainability Code standard for all international production sites The annual progress report as part of membership of the UN Global Compact The establishment of an environmental management system in accordance with ISO 14001 and an occupational health and safety management system in accordance with ISO 45001 The excellent performance in the EcoVadis rating underlines these efforts. “We see sustainability as an ongoing process and will continue to do everything we can to further raise our environmental and social standards in the future,” says Engster. EcoVadis is one of the world's leading providers of sustainability ratings. The sector-specific assessment is carried out in the four key areas of environment, labor and human rights, ethics and sustainable procurement using a structured, data-driven process. EcoVadis takes into account internationally recognized standards of the Global Reporting Initiative (GRI), UN Global Compact (UNGC) and the ISO 26000 standard. The EcoVadis assessment is based exclusively on reliable information from verified sources, including internal company documents, third-party certificates and publicly available data. Since the medal system was revised in 2024, Gold status has only been awarded to companies that are in the top five percent of all companies assessed. For reasons of better readability, only COMPO is referred to. However, this refers to COMPO Consumer GmbH. It bundles all international companies of the Group that are included in the EcoVadis assessment.

COMPO, a leading supplier of branded home and garden plant products in Europe, has received validation of its near-term climate targets by the Science Based Targets initiative (SBTi). This makes COMPO the first company in its industry whose emission reduction targets are officially recognised as science-based and in line with the 1.5 degree pathway of the Paris Climate Agreement - a key milestone in COMPO's ESG programme and Green Leadership pledge and the recognition of an outstanding achievement that has significance far beyond the industry. Focus on protecting nature and the environment: COMPOs ambitious reduction plan With the successful SBTi validation, COMPO has committed to significantly reducing climate-relevant emissions along the entire value chain within the next five years. The targets meet the strict requirements of the SBTi and are based on the latest findings in climate science. "The validation of our near-term targets by the SBTi as the first company in our industry is a milestone in our ESG programme and a clear commitment to responsible action. We are thus sending out a strong signal in favour of climate protection and transparency along the entire value chain," explains Stephan Engster, CEO of COMPO. Currently, only a very small percentage of less than 1 per cent of all companies worldwide have a target recognised by SBTi. Measurable success: Significant improvements in carbon footprint "With the SBTi near-term targets, COMPO is committing to an overall reduction in absolute greenhouse gas emissions in the value chain of 25 per cent by 2030 compared to the base year 2022. COMPO has already been able to implement effective measures to reduce CO2 emissions in recent years," explains Dr. Katharina Uhlenbrock, who is responsible for the process internally. "With the SBTi validation, COMPO is emphasising its role as a green leader in the industry and setting new standards for sustainable corporate management. We are proud to already be able to demonstrate significant reductions in GHG emissions and will continue to pursue our reduction plan in the future. The implementation of the targets is regularly reviewed and communicated transparently," says Engster. "With the SBTi validation, the medium-sized company headquartered in Münster is seamlessly joining the ranks of top international companies such as Henkel, Miele, L'Oréal and Beiersdorf, with the common goal of making a fundamental contribution to limiting global warming and its consequences, while at the same time reliably supporting trading partners in achieving their own climate targets." For reasons of better readability, only COMPO is referred to. However, this refers to COMPO Consumer GmbH. It bundles all international companies of the Group that are included in the SBTi validation.