This means that we have calculated our greenhouse gas emissions, are continuously reducing them and offset unavoidable emissions through carbon offset projects. Our steps in detail:

1. Calculate carbon emissions

   Together with ClimatePartner we have calculated our CCF – Corporate Carbon Footprint.

2. Avoid and reduce emissions

   Our CCF calculation shows us where we need to reduce our carbon emissions. We update it every year to monitor our progress and identify additional areas for improvement.

3. Carbon offset

   For the time being, some emissions remain unavoidable. We offset them by supporting a worldwide project from the ClimatePartner portfolio: Plastic Bank

   Stopping ocean plastic while improving the lives of those who are most affected – this is the approach taken by our supported project “the Plastic Bank”. In Haiti, Indonesia, Brazil and the Philippines, people collect plastic waste. At local collection points, they can exchange it for money, food, drinking water or even school fees. The project makes sure that less plastic ends up in the sea. Instead, it is recycled and turned into so-called Social Plastic, which serves as raw material for new products such as packaging.

4. Create transparency

   Via our label stating “climate neutral company” and the ID, you can track our climate neutrality through the ClimatePartner ID tracking tool: ClimatePartner.com/15643-2105-1001