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From the supply chain to our company headquarters, we also see it as our responsibility to do our part against climate change and for a more sustainable world. That is why ARTEBENE has made it its mission to support climate protection projects and to reduce its own CO2 emissions.
Because we care about the environment: Since 2019, we have been calculating the CO2 footprint for ARTEBENE every year and making a financial contribution to the climate. Together with ClimatePartner, we work on solutions and measures to avoid and reduce these CO2 emissions and implement them directly in individual projects. We determine the unavoidable emissions (e.g. shipping our products, sales force support, disposal, etc.) and calculate our financial climate contribution, which goes to various climate protection projects.
Every person leaves a carbon footprint, including us at ARTEBENE. It indicates how many CO2 emissions we cause in a certain period of time and how sustainably we live our lives. In case of ARTEBENE, emission sources such as its vehicle fleet, heat production, energy, water, inbound and outbound logistics, employees' travel distances to work, flights, upstream stages of energy and water production, office paper, waste disposal as well as train travels have been determined and evaluated.
Climate protection projects pursue additional actions to protect the climate and, thus, contribute measurably to a reduction of CO2 in the atmosphere. They fight global warming and reduce greenhouse gas emissions provably. In addition, they advance sustainable development in project countries and support further targets such as fighting poverty and hunger, improving the quality of drinking-water, expanding local infrastructure, distributing clean and affordable energy and many others.
Microcredits for solar lights & water filters, India: To offset our unavoidable emissions, we have decided to support the microcredit project for solar lights and water filters in India. The project gives micro-entrepreneurs in rural India access to microloans for solar lights and water filters and creates supply chains in remote regions. The women use the new products for business (e.g. solar lights to extend the opening hours of a shop) and private use (e.g. to provide their families with clean drinking water). With the money saved on fuel, the women can pay back the loans. They meet regularly in self-help groups to support each other and ensure that everyone is satisfied with the products and uses them. Each group has a leader who takes care of customer service in case products need to be serviced or repaired. Some women work as "clean energy demonstrators" and educate people in the neighbouring villages about the benefits of the new products. In this way, they enable even more women to take the first step on the road to clean energy.
The climate protection project microloans for solar lamps and water filters in India makes an important contribution to the following UN Sustainable Development Goals, to which we are committed:
Our brand claim is: Delight your day. That's what we as ARTEBENE want to do – to brighten up your everyday life, enrich it and contribute to small moments of happiness.
We have also been committed for years to social justice along our supply chains. We are particularly passionate about strengthening the role of girls and women in society. We strive to use resources responsibly, protect the environment and improve our products continuously.
Are we perfect? No. But we have set out on a journey. What counts is the willingness to do better. We see it as confirmation of our commitment that we came out on top in the final assessment for the German Sustainability Award - against several competitors and with many other great brands.
The German Sustainability Award is presented jointly with the Federal Ministry for the Environment, the DIHK and the WWF to the pioneers in 100 sectors. Further information can be found at https://www.nachhaltigkeitspreis.de/en/ .
