We are climate neutral
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We set an example for climate protection and see ourselves as a fashion label with an unconditional responsibility to act: For us, this means being CO₂-neutral. In cooperation with the experts from ClimatePartner, we determine the CO₂ emissions of our company's business activities at the Cologne location and the production of our entire collection every year and offset them via a climate protection project. Through this carbon offset, we give back to our earth what we take from it elsewhere as a producer and as a fashion label.
These include the GOTS certificate, the BSCI Code of Conduct, the SA8000 standard and auditing by the Fair Wear Foundation.
In addition to the certificates, consistent values play a decisive role in the selection of our partners. We regularly visit our partner companies in order to maintain personal contact and to be able to form our own picture on site.
These include the GOTS certificate, the BSCI Code of Conduct, the SA8000 standard and auditing by the Fair Wear Foundation.
In addition to the certificates, consistent values play a decisive role in the selection of our partners. We regularly visit our partner companies in order to maintain personal contact and to be able to form our own picture on site.
We support the expansion of renewable energies
THE PROJECT IN ARUBA
Offsetting the identified emissions of our F/S 22 collection is done through the promotion of wind energy in the Caribbean. The power supply on the Caribbean island of Aruba depended mainly on diesel and other fossil fuels. With two major disadvantages: They have to be imported expensively from abroad. And they cause considerable amounts of CO2 emissions.
The climate protection project, on the other hand, is doing pioneering work by using the island's natural energy resource: the wind.
A wind farm with ten turbines and a total capacity of 30 megawatts was built on the east coast in Vader Piet. Annually, 126.1 gigawatt hours are generated here, up to 15 percent of Aruba's total electricity production. In this way, the project saves around 152,783 tonnes of CO2 per year, which electricity from fossil fuels would cause. And it strengthens the independent energy supply on Aruba. As Aruba's first wind farm, Vader Piet is also considered a significant pioneering project for renewable energies in the entire region.
Project standard
Gold Standard VER (GS VER)
Technology
Wind energy
in the Vader Piet region, Aruba
Annual volume
150,000 t CO2
Verified by Earthood Services
Private Limited
WHY IS THE EXPANSION OF
RENEWABLE ENERGIES IMPORTANT?
Compared to the energy sources currently used, wind energy causes the lowest emissions per kWH of electricity generated over its entire life cycle (production, operation, disposal).
Over 70% of all greenhouse gas emissions are caused by the use of coal, oil and natural gas - mainly to meet energy needs. This includes not only electricity, but also the energy we use to manufacture products, move around or heat ourselves.
The climate problem is therefore primarily an energy problem!
About one-fifth of emissions come from agriculture and land use. Emissions are so high in this sector mainly due to the demand for animal products - because factory farming and feeding drives up the levels. The graph below shows the contributors to global greenhouse gas emissions in 2018 (Source: Nelles, D. and Serrer, C. (2021). The climate solution. Machste dreckig - machste sauber.).
WHAT MAKES EMISSIONS?
Average emissions per kWh of electricity produced given in grams of CO2e per kWh.
(Source: Nelles, D. and Serrer, C. (2021). The climate solution. Machste dreckig - machste sauber.)
