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Pioneering green solutions

With our innovative technologies we are shaping the social and industrial transformation toward climate neutrality and ecological production. In our Verbio biorefineries we convert raw materials and waste products from local agriculture into climate-friendly fuels, green energy and renewable products for chemicals and agriculture, and supply the animal feed and foodstuff industries with high-value components from sustainably-generated biomass. We combine global growth with commercial success, social responsibility and supply security.

We produce sustainably

Under the German Biofuel Sustainability Directive in force since the end of 2010, biofuels must be produced sustainably.

With our technology, we complete ecological cycles. There is virtually no waste. But this is only one aspect of our sustainability approach. Making use of so far unused waste materials, such as straw, opens up additional potential for raw materials to produce sustainable renewable products. Fertilizers and animal feed produced in our plants as by-products are returned to the farmers and recycled. This is smart sustainability.

Our products replace fossil fuels. This drives decarbonization in industry and mobility. With products we supplied, our customers achieved a carbon handprint goal of saving 4.4 million tons of CO₂-equivalent in the fiscal year 2023/24.

By 2026, VERBIO intends to increase the reduction of CO2 to 8 million tons by using more and more advanced biofuels, such as waste-based biomethane and biodiesel. A future equally significant potential lies in providing organic components for the chemical industry, which we will offer beginning in 2026.

VERBIO is Axia Best Managed Company 2021

[Translate to Englisch:] Logo Axia Best Managed Companies Award

Deloitte, Credit Suisse, WirtschaftsWoche magazine and Federation of German Industries honoured VERBIO’s excellence in innovation, strategy, profitable growth and company culture with Axia Best Managed Companies Award 2021

Technology 'made by VERBIO'

Our biofuels are produced highly efficiently. For example, our biodiesel plants and bio-refineries for the production of bioethanol and biomethane are state-of-the-art in terms of technology as well as energy and CO2 efficiency. As a result, VERBIO biofuels reduce CO2 by over 90% compared to regular petrol and diesel. Thanks to our internally developed energy-saving production processes and ground-breaking technologies, we significantly exceed the statutory demand to cut CO2 emissions by at least 35% compared to fossil fuels. And VERBIO's patent-pending bio-refinery has raised the bar all over the world.

The production capacity of our plants is at around 710,000 tonnes of biodiesel, 800,000 tonnes of bioethanol, and 1,980 gigawatt-hours of biomethane. VERBIO manufactures fertilizer and animal feed for agricultural use as well as high value raw materials for the pharmaceutical, cosmetic and foodstuff industry.

Facts and figures

  • Company name: Verbio SE
  • Registered office: Zörbig, Germany
  • Administrative headquarters: Leipzig, Germany
  • Production sites in Germany: Zörbig, Bitterfeld, Schwedt, Pinnow
  • Affiliates abroad: India, Canada, USA, Hungary, Poland
  • Year of foundation: 2006
  • Founders: Claus Sauter, Dr. Georg Pollert
  • IPO: 2006
  • Employees: 1.395 (2024/06/30)
  • Turnover FY 2023/24: EUR 1,658 billion