As in previous years, we have recorded the emissions from our business travel for 2024 and documented how we compensated for them.
For 2024, our emissions from business travel totaled 3.172 tonnes of CO₂e. This figure consists of 2.799 tonnes from the current year and 0.373 tonnes carried over from 2023. For compensation purposes, the value was rounded to 3 tonnes.
How we compensated
1 tonne was offset through the Grotmoor project in Schleswig-Holstein.
The remaining emissions were compensated – as successfully practiced in previous years – through the Gold Standard project “Planting Biodiverse Forests in Panama.”
A small residual amount of 0.172 tonnes of CO₂e will be added to our list for next year and offset together with the 2025 compensation.
Why we do this
In line with our environmental management system and our ISO 14001 certification, which we obtained at the end of 2023, we are committed to reducing the environmental impact of our business travel. We aim not only to travel efficiently but also to take responsibility for the emissions that cannot be entirely avoided. Annual compensation is therefore an integral part of our environmental management approach.