Category: Sustainability

Klasmann-Deilmann promotes fundamental research Klasmann-Deilmann’s sphagnum farming project promotes fundamental research. Inoculating drained peat bogs with peat mosses and the associated re-waterlogging raises the success rate of restoring these sites. To mark the launch of a project by three doctoral candidates, Klasmann-Deilmann and the young scientists presented the project to the German Federal Environmental Foundation (DBU) at the project site in Geeste. The project team is made up of Klasmann-Deilmann employees, members of Hannover University’s Institute of Environmental Planning and

Environmental management system undergoes successful changeover 15 September 2018 is the changeover deadline for businesses with regard to certification of their environmental management systems. By then, the latest version of the ISO 14001 standard – entitled ISO 14001:2015 – needs to have been integrated into these systems. Klasmann-Deilmann has already taken this step. The ISO 14001 international environmental management standard lays down globally recognised requirements for an environmental management system (EMS). An improvement process that forms an important basis for

By way of preparing for the regional youth science competition ‘Jugend forscht’ in Lingen in February 2017, four pupils from the Gymnasium Marianum secondary school are conducting experiments in our lab and greenhouse in Geeste. They want to know: what’s the hype about “effective micro-organisms” all about? And what impact do air pollutants have on plants? Equipped with a wooden ruler, Alexander Basenius leans over his trial crop – a batch of basil plants – at Klasmann-Deilmann’s greenhouse in Geeste. After an

International Peat Congress in Malaysia In August 2016, the 15th International Peat Congress took place in Malaysia. Gerald Schmilewski was elected new President of the International Peatland Society (IPS). The IPS holds an International Peat Congress every four years, and the Executive Board and President are elected at the same intervals. This year, Gerald Schmilewski, who is member of the “Sustainability Management” division at Klasmann-Deilmann, was up for election and was appointed new President. The International Peat Congress provides a

Subsidised by Klasmann-Deilmann Silute Aukstumala is one of the best known areas of raised bog in the world. It was the first bog to be scientifically researched, notably by the botanist Carl Albert Weber. With the financial support of Klasmann-Deilmann Silute, an educational nature trail has been laid out in this partly unspoilt moorland which was opened this summer. On this 1.2 kilometre-long trail, visitors to the Silute region can explore the raised bog of Aukstumala. Information is provided at

Fifth Sustainability Report published Emissions monitoring, alternative substrate components, short-rotation forestry and Sphagnum farming: in its fifth Sustainability Report, Klasmann-Deilmann highlights its capability in many areas which are currently the focus of environmental-policy debate. The company’s climate footprint improved slightly year-on-year, despite an increase in product output, to 270,593 t of CO2 equivalent. Converted to annual production, this corresponds to average emissions of 79.56 kg per cubic metre of substrate, down 2.96 kg/m³ on 2014. At the same time, the

CSR, GRI, SGS and MEO Klasmann-Deilmann documents its own social, environmental and business commitment in its annual Sustainability Report. The first Report was for the 2011 financial year, and this year it comes out for the fifth time. This makes Klasmann-Deilmann the first company in the substrate industry to have its sustainability performance externally assessed. Each Report – and they have, since 2013, complied with Global Reporting Initiative guidelines – records and evaluates the previous year’s activities. What has been

Sustainability is a key priority for Klasmann-Deilmann, and the company is continuously working on improving its carbon footprint. The photovoltaic installation on the roof of one of the production buildings in Groß Hesepe contributes to this goal. In the past year, it generated more than 136,000 kilowatt hours of electricity. This is sufficient to supply around 40 homes with power and reduces CO2 emissions by more than 80 tonnes. The company’s own photovoltaic system, which is a further component of

Interview wird Michael Diekamp Short rotation forestry (SRF) plantations involve the cultivation of renewable resources and are an important element of Klasmann-Deilmann’s sustainability strategy. In Geeste, the company manages a plantation of this kind on a trial site, with the wood crop used to provide energy to the ‘Werk Nord’ plant in Sedelsberg. SRF now exists on a large scale in Lithuania, providing a sustainable energy source. But why exactly are these plantations climate-friendly, and what is their impact on

Sustainability at Klasmann-Deilmann Woodchip-fired heating plants generate heat in a climate-friendly manner, wood being a renewable resource. Although carbon dioxide (CO2) is produced when woodchips are combusted, the only CO2 released is that which was previously bound during wood growth. Even if the emissions resulting from wood harvest and transport are included, the quantity of greenhouse gases given off is a mere fraction of that which enters the atmosphere when oil and gas are burned. For comparative purposes: 35 grams