Ebalta: Certification of carbon neutrality

The company ebalta Kunststoff GmbH has been working for a long time to make a contribution against climate change. With the certification of carbon neutrality from January 2021, a decisive step has been taken.

Ebalta has received the certification of carbon neutrality by natureOffice inJanuary 2021. (Source: Ebalta)

Carbon neutral company means reducing one's own CO₂ emissions as much as possible and offsetting the remaining emissions. In order to make ebalta's previous CO₂ emissions visible, a carbon footprint was created according to standardised guidelines. The CO₂ emissions determined in the process were then reduced by saved emissions, such as the use of the company's own photovoltaic system or the recycling residues into briquettes. The ebalta company wants to continuously expand its CO₂ reduction. This year, for example, the entire company is to be supplied with 100 % green electricity.

Ebalta has set itself the goal of keeping its ecological footprint as small as possible and offsetting the remaining CO₂ emissions. To this end, ebalta prepares an annual environmental strategy in which production processes to be optimised and emissions and waste to be reduced are recorded. An essential part of the environmental strategy is the optimisation of the product range with regard to its composition. In this way, the products are to become part of a recyclable material cycle. The proportion of recycled and renewable raw materials will be continuously increased and standardised.

The direct and indirect emissions for energy production remaining in the carbon footprint were offset or compensated by the through investments in carbon offset projects.

The compensation was made by supporting the certified carbon offset project Hydroelectric Project in Kinnaur, India. This carbon offset project generates clean energy from hydropower and thus avoids emissions from fossil fuels. In addition to offsetting, ebalta also supports Project Togo, a reforestation project in which self-sustaining value chains are established. The donation from ebalta will be used to purchase an oil mill for the women's cooperative in Kotokopé, Togo. The company natureOffice GmbH, a member of the Alliance for Climate and Development, supported ebalta in carrying out the offsetting and certification of carbon neutral company.

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