Climate Change Data

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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

Climate-Related Risks & Opportunities