Since 2019, RIEGLER & Co. KG has had its entire CO2 emissions professionally calculated by ClimatePartner GmbH.
The 5 steps of climate action
The following 5 steps are required for ClimatePartner certification:
This corporate carbon footprint forms the basis of our 5 steps in climate protection. We set reduction targets and translate these into specific measures in order to save as many emissions as possible through our own efforts or, at best, to avoid them altogether. Finally, we offset unavoidable emissions by participating in international climate protection projects.
In this way, we continuously reduce and offset our emissions.In climate protection, it is important to make targets and successes visible. With the ‘ClimatePartner-certified’ label, we are now communicating our commitment to climate protection even more transparently and credibly.
You can download the detailed report on the results of our emissions balancing here.
| Year | Total result (t CO2) | Download report |
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| 2023 | 1,169.2 |
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As a company, we have a responsibility towards our planet, our society, our employees and our business partners. We want and must do our bit to reduce carbon emissions and to preserve our world for future generations. We are guided in this by the Paris climate goals and Sustainable Development Goal number 13 – climate action. This is one of the 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), which were agreed in 2015 as part of the UN Agenda 2030. For us as a company, we believe climate protection is where we can make the greatest possible impact and have the greatest opportunities to become active.
To achieve these goals, we take various measures, such as the use of 100-percent green power, energy-saving programs, or a sustainable mobility concept.
We currently offset carbon emissions with sustainable offsetting programs. By developing new methods and holding discussions with the relevant partners, we also want to reduce them through our own efforts in future.
Data centres are not only essential for global connectivity, they are also among the biggest energy consumers in the world. Unfortunately, it is not possible to apply the virtual power consumption red pen to all hosting components, but our online shop service provider is working with its data centre operators to offer its online shop services as sustainably as possible.
That means:
We are reducing paper consumption: Our main catalogue and brochures are becoming more compact and are being shifted more online. We also send out our invoices in digital form, and we’re gradually moving our shipping papers to this format too. Where we still use paper, we make sure it is recycled with a lower grammage. All mail is sent using “GoGreen”, the CO2e-compensated mail service of Deutsche Post.
We work with parcel service provider GLS. By using GLS KlimaProtect, we already send packages to our clients in a sustainable and environmentally conscious way.
Materials procurement and delivery are indispensable for us. Trucking and shipping are also changing, however they are generally not yet climate-neutral. In global freight transport, we are therefore trying to bring about a change in thinking in discussions with our suppliers and are always seeking new ways of reducing our carbon footprint. Where this is not yet possible, we compensate for the emissions using climate protection programs.
One important element in the climate balance is mobility. That’s why we have started to switch our fleet over to electric and/or hybrid vehicles, and are planning to achieve 100-percent electromobility by 2030.
One major factor in relation to avoidable harm is packaging materials. That’s why we are developing and operating a modern logistics system that saves packaging and is continually aimed at reducing the need for repackaging. For this we use RESY-compliant materials as much as possible in our packaging and cushioning material, as well as for cardboard boxes.
We recycle 100 percent of our waste (PE/PP/mixed plastics/paper/cardboard/wood) in cooperation with AVMöck, active member of the WIN-Charta.
As a power source, we use 100-percent green energy from hydropower. In addition, we subscribe to the notion of “green IT” by using technical appliances for as long as possible and paying attention to recycled materials and replaceable components in purchasing. Light and water regulation is carefully handled by sensors, ensuring consumption only where actually required. And in our new buildings we use efficient infrared heating systems. In addition, the lighting is gradually being converted to LED lamps.
In order to reduce the number of kilometers employees travel by private car, we offer an ongoing option to work from home. We have also teamed up with JobRad to enable our employees to lease high-quality bicycles to make the commute a healthy and environmentally friendly bike ride.
Beyond our day-to-day operations, we also support meaningful conservation projects in the region. After all, we have a responsibility as a company not only to ensure economic growth, but also to stimulate sustainable development locally.
Some emissions cannot be avoided entirely. In cooperation with external partners and service providers in particular, we can only stimulate change through discussion. That’s why we offset the carbon emissions we simply cannot avoid generating in full through our support for sustainable projects in cooperation with ClimatePartner GmbH.
As a future-oriented company with longstanding roots in Bad Urach, we know: Only by solving problems pre-emptively can we create real added value. That’s why we are continuing to develop our company and our portfolio further. We apply this same approach to the challenge of manmade climate change: We set our goals and find our own paths to solutions.
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