We are tackling climate change
From online searches to office buildings and company cars – pretty much everything causes emissions and increases the greenhouse effect. We can’t let that stand! Because it is our responsibility as a company to actively combat this and reduce our emissions. We have incorporated this into our mission statement and drew up a sales CO₂ balance sheet for the first time in 2019, which is still the basis for our actions today.
Total CO₂ emission SYNAXON (2019)
CO2 emissions in kg (2019)
Electricity | 520,745 kg | 18.98 %
Heating | 40,896 kg | 15.29 %
Passenger car | 109,649 kg | 41.00 %
Business trips | 36,578 kg | 13.68 %
Other | 29,558 kg | 11.05 %
Total: 267,426 kg | 100 %
Total incl. 10 % safety surcharge: 294,168 kg
„We also want to make our contribution to sustainability and reduce the footprint of our work as much as possible for everyone involved.“
From the SYNAXON mission statement, 2020
SYNAXON’s 3-step strategy
Simply covering up our CO₂ emissions with greenwashing measures is not an option for us! And anyone who knows us knows that empty words don’t suit us – especially not when it comes to such an important topic. So we have developed a 3-step strategy to establish the topic of sustainability in our day-to-day business.
We are committed to greater sustainability
Foundation of the „Sustainability“ focus group
As the hub of a network of thousands of IT companies, we have a great deal of leverage to make a difference. We use this in the iTeam focus group „Sustainability“, in which we discuss problems, opportunities and solutions. True to the motto: „A lot helps a lot“, more and more partners should develop an awareness of the issue of sustainability and pass it on to their customers, who in turn talk about it with as many people as possible.
Climate-friendly shipping with Deutsche Post
With „GoGreen“, Deutsche Post offers a climate-friendly shipping option that we are only too happy to use to make a further contribution to sustainability. The CO₂ emissions generated during transport are offset by investments in internationally recognized climate protection projects. The GoGreen program is used for press products and advertising mailings such as Dialogpost, Postaktuell and Postwurfspezial.
Carrying out an external energy audit
We want to know exactly! In 2022, we therefore had an external auditor determine the current status of our energy consumption and the opportunities for optimization in this area. The results of the energy audit at SYNAXON were carefully documented. We were able to gain some important insights from this, which we are gradually reviewing and incorporating into our sustainability strategy.
Compensation
Ecosia
Compensation
PRIMACLIMATE
Planting trees to restore the ecosystem and biodiversity – that is Ecosia’s mission. However, this has nothing to do with greenwashing. The company only addresses socially and ecologically sustainable organizations that want to make a tangible contribution to global reforestation. To this end, Ecosia has partners worldwide who meet the highest ESG and sustainability standards in order to become active where it is most important and effective.
Ecosia has been planting trees for over ten years, monitors them and replants trees at its own expense if they die within the first three years. As proof, Ecosia hands out an impact report that summarizes where the trees were planted and what impact they will have on the SDGs (Sustainable Development Goals).
PRIMAKLIMA is pursuing an ambitious goal with the preservation and increase of forests. The non-profit organization has been actively involved in climate protection since 1991, has a DZI donation seal and is part of the „Transparent Civil Society“ initiative. The association has thus committed itself to disclosing what goals the organization is pursuing, where the funds come from, how they are used and who makes the decisions.
Compensation donations are used for VCS/CCBS-certified reforestation projects in Uganda or a forest conservation project in Indonesia in order to ensure the sustainable development of the project sites in addition to climate protection. The plantations are older and pre-financed, so CO₂ has already been demonstrably sequestered. Our emissions are therefore offset immediately by the donation and not in the future.