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Climate Impact & Sustainability Data (2023)
Reporting Period: 2023
Environmental Metrics
Total Carbon Emissions:130.95 t CO2-Äqv (2023)
Scope 1 Emissions:6.38 t CO2-Äqv (2022); 44.1 t CO2-Äqv (2023)
Scope 2 Emissions:86.85 t CO2-Äqv (2022); 54.7 t CO2-Äqv (2023)
ESG Focus Areas
- Environment
- Social
- Governance
Environmental Achievements
- Reduced plastic and metal waste by switching to alternative packaging and recycling initiatives.
- Reduced business travel by promoting virtual meetings and train travel.
- Replaced lamps and faucets with energy-efficient models.
- Implemented a water dispenser to avoid plastic bottles.
- Replaced regular honey with bio honey from a family-run apiary.
- Implemented glass recycling with a new container.
- Initiated metal waste sorting for recycling in the building.
Social Achievements
- Implemented a hybrid work model supporting both office and home work.
- Offered refreshments in the office and contributions to sports activities and language courses.
- Created relaxation zones in the office with table tennis tables, table football, and sun terraces.
- Supported employees with subsidies for public transport.
- Organized a volunteer action "Clean the Forest", collecting plastic waste.
- Undertook two pro-bono cases.
- Provided continuous support for Act for Others and Nadání a dovednosti.
- Offered cybersecurity lectures to various chambers of commerce and a German school.
- Supported 10 charity projects in 2023.
Governance Achievements
- Implemented an integrated management system based on ISO 9001, ISO/IEC 20000-1, ISO/IEC 27001, and ISO 14001 standards.
- Regularly audits the integrated management system since 2010.
- Established structures for internal communication including monthly, quarterly, and annual meetings, informal meetings, newsletters, and an intranet.
Climate Goals & Targets
Short-term Goals:
- Switch to a greener energy mix by the end of 2024.
- Reduce Scope 2 emissions with a greener energy mix by 2025.
- Replace canned drinks with a water dispenser by late 2024.
Environmental Challenges
- High electricity consumption leading to significant Scope 2 emissions.
- Dependence on other tenants for switching to a greener energy mix.
Mitigation Strategies
- Planning to switch to a greener energy mix by the end of 2024.
- Stopped buying canned drinks to reduce aluminum waste, planning to replace them with a water dispenser in late 2024.
- Offsetting all business trips since 2022.
- Planning a sensitization workshop in the first half of 2024 to define and implement further measures.
Supply Chain Management
Responsible Procurement
- Sourcing coffee and cascara from Sozialrösterei Naturpark12
- Sourcing fruits, vegetables, and apple juice mostly regionally
- Avoiding products in metal and plastic packaging