Smart & Green – our team for sustainability and efficiency

Have you heard about our Smart & Green Team?
This working group makes an important contribution to our sustainability activities. It focuses on smart questions and green solutions – particularly in the area of packaging.
Our trainees work with their coordinators to develop concepts for using resources more sensibly, optimising work processes and reducing packaging materials.
Our junior team has already achieved a number of successes, which we report on here. Our optimisations are progressing step by step, so there will always be news to report here.

Our achievements

Wire plastic dispenser now without outer packaging

We stick the label directly onto our wire spools, eliminating the need for plastic outer packaging. This measure enables us to achieve annual CO₂ savings of around 368 kg and reduce plastic consumption by 184 kg.

5057-20 – larger packaging unit

The underglass distance profiles have been improved in collaboration with the supplier. Most customers have purchased more than 20 metres, so the packaging unit has been adjusted to 50 metres. The cardboard is now better utilised and the outer packaging has also been optimised.
This saves us 4.1 kg of plastic per year (equivalent to 8.2 kg of CO₂). It also reduces storage space and transport space.

SensorTack^® Ready⁺ packaging

By reducing the description, we were able to switch from a 6-page flyer to a 2-page flyer. The bag format was also adjusted in the process. We save approximately 8 tonnes of paper and 2.3 tonnes of plastic per year, which together amounts to 8.8 tonnes of CO₂. Our goal is to review all other products as well and thus achieve further savings.

Waste separation in the offices

Thanks to the central collection of household waste and plastic waste, plastic bin liners are no longer needed in office bins.
Only paper is collected there now. This saves around 300 bags per week.