Red-listed plant species identified How many plant species grow on Klasmann-Deilmann’s peat moss sites? And which are officially classed as threatened? A doctoral student at Leibniz University Hannover’s Institute of Environmental Planning (IUP) is addressing these questions. She carried out surveys comparing the flora on these sites with that at semi-natural peatland locations and post-extraction sites under restoration, and came to a highly unexpected conclusion. The objective of peat moss (Sphagnum) farming is the sustainable use of former commercial peatfields.
Category: Sustainability
Electromobility in Geeste
Electric car and charging station Sustainability is also a criterion when it comes to business trips and commuting to and from work. The company has now provided an electric car and a charging station in the staff car park, so that employees at our head office in Geeste now have the option of using renewable energy on business trips or for the journey home from work. The management at Geeste had been considering providing staff with an electric car as
Carbon footprints for individual nurseries and crops
Klasmann-Deilmann has developed a calculating tool for determining the carbon footprint of a horticultural company. This measure discloses not only emissions relating to energy consumption, seed, fertilisers and pesticides, as well as packaging and growing containers, but also the proportion arising from substrate use. The calculating tool also converts a nursery’s emissions into a figure for a given cultivated crop. A number of important findings are presented here. It was in 2013 that Klasmann-Deilmann first calculated a corporate carbon footprint
Peat mosses at the Innovation Center
Fascinating plants Peat mosses now grow in a peat basin outside our Innovation Center in Geeste. However, they did not appear entirely of their own accord, but with a little help from Jan Köbbing (Head of Sustainability Management) and Dorothea Rammes (Land Use + Sustainability Management). They planted a mixture of different species of peat mosses here, sowing a total of 1100 plants of six different species and making sure that the individual species were given their own ideal hydrological
Scientific study: Peat extraction causes lower emissions than expected
Klasmann-Deilmann commissioned and conducted a study that involved monitoring of emissions from peatland over a two-year period in accordance with scientific criteria. It emerged that raw-materials extraction results in a considerably smaller quantity of greenhouse gas emissions per annum than assumed so far. The figure for average emissions that the company had previously used, based on data from the literature, was 10.73 t CO2e per hectare, per annum. In actual fact, however, the mean annual emissions associated with black peat
Two trainees qualify as climate pilots
Climate check at the company People who know how to save energy or use it efficiently and who pay attention to the climate as consumers and with regard to food and mobility can help to protect the climate. The earlier people become aware of this topic, the better. That is why Klasmann-Deilmann is again taking part in the campaign to have trainees qualify as climate pilots. This year’s trainees are Julia Roling and Nick Poschmann and they will conduct an
Alliance for Sustainability: “We’re part of it!”
Klasmann-Deilmann is committed to ecological, economical and social sustainability “Wir sind dabei” (English: “We’re part of it!”) That’s the ID banner of Lower Saxony’s Alliance for Sustainability. What’s more, Klasmann-Deilmann is now also entitled to make this claim, as our commitment fulfils all the criteria. At the end of 2017, Lower Saxony’s Alliance for Sustainability (NAN) launched the project “We’re part of it!” as a means of identifying sustainable companies in Lower Saxony. Companies in Lower Saxony may use the
Our blog in 2017
Twelve highlights With 2017 drawing to a close, now’s a good time to look back over an eventful year. Here are 12 highlights we’ve selected that we reported on in our blog. Students launch drone project An apprenticeship should provide sufficient scope for challenging oneself and focusing on stimulating assignments. In a study project, Niklas Albers and Lars Wortelboer, who have now completed their combined vocational and degree programme but are continuing to work for us, explored the processing of
Reducing emissions, assuming more responsibility
Klasmann-Deilmann presents its Sustainability Report Klasmann-Deilmann GmbH has now presented its 2016 Sustainability Report, a publication in which the company regularly provides information about key developments in nature conservation and climate protection, the use of resources and the sustainability management targets specified by the Group. “We take our corporate responsibility for ecology, economy and social issues very seriously and are continuously working to achieve further improvements in many areas,” comments Managing Director Norbert Siebels. “Our Sustainability Report ensures the necessary
Cradle to gate – cradle to grave
Product Carbon Footprint Klasmann-Deilmann has already published its “Corporate Carbon Footprint” (CCF) three times, in which it reports the emissions generated by the Klasmann-Deilmann Group as a whole. The company also reports the carbon emissions of selected individual products in its “Product Carbon Footprint” (PCF). When reporting the figures for 2015, the PCF was calculated within two different “system boundaries” for the first time: taking into account all factors which are relevant for climate change, we now calculate the carbon