Category: Sustainability

Klasmann-Deilmann has embarked on the world’s largest project cultivating peat moss. In close collaboration with the University of Hannover, a total of 10 hectares of land formerly used for peat extraction are to be prepared by the end of 2016. Over the past few weeks, more than three hectares have already been ‘inoculated’ with peat moss. The aim of this undertaking, funded by the federal state of Lower Saxony, is to develop a renewable resource for substrate manufacture. To this

The Klasmann-Deilmann Group has published its fourth annual Sustainability Report. Due to higher production volumes, total emissions have increased slightly. At the same time there was a decrease in emissions per cubic metre of substrate produced. With their 2014 Sustainability Report and climate footprint at both corporate and product level, Klasmann-Deilmann is continuing on its path towards transparency and dialogue. Managing Director Norbert Siebels said, “We are reinforcing our claim to be the most sustainable company in the substrate sector.”