For us, sustainability is not a one-off project, but an ongoing process. That is why, as part of our membership in the Munich-Ebersberg Climate Alliance, we have fully recorded our greenhouse gas emissions for 2024. Based on the resulting greenhouse gas balance (Scope 1, Scope 2 and selected categories in Scope 3), we have purchased corresponding CO₂ certificates through the Aktion Zukunft+ initiative, thereby completely offsetting all GHG emissions we caused in 2024.
Our support goes to two different, complementary climate protection projects:
Regional climate protection project
Part of our donation went to the project ‘Protecting moors – securing the future’ – the aim of the project is to preserve and renature native lowland moors. Moors are important carbon sinks: when they are drained, large amounts of greenhouse gases escape. Through rewetting and moor-friendly management, CO₂ can be bound in the soil in the long term. In this way, the project makes a concrete contribution to climate protection in our region.
Climate protection projects in the Global South
Another part of our donation supports global climate protection projects. From promoting energy-saving and low-emission cooking stoves to installing and maintaining drinking water wells:
What all projects have in common is that, in addition to saving CO₂, they improve the living conditions of the local population.
Avoid, reduce, offset
For us, offsetting our emissions is not a substitute for our own measures, but part of a holistic approach. Wherever possible, we focus on avoiding and reducing emissions – for example, through efficient IT structures, conscious use of resources and optimised processes. We offset unavoidable emissions by supporting effective climate protection projects.
We are particularly proud of the results of our greenhouse gas balance: at just 0.9 tonnes of CO₂ per employee, our emissions are at a very low level. This figure shows that our measures to avoid and reduce emissions are already having an effect and confirms our commitment to continuing on our path towards business operations that are as climate-friendly as possible.
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