Insights

Over the course of two weeks in November, 195 participating countries wrestled with the future of the global climate – and achieved several results. How should the climate summit be assessed?

 

The spirit of Paris

Breitsamer Fairtrade honey meets the same quality criteria as the Bavarian honeymaker’s domestic honey line.

We are asked by clients time and again about carbon offset projects in Germany, Austria, or Switzerland. However, most carbon offset projects are located in emerging market or developing countries in Africa, Asia, or South America.

Europe’s largest B2B mail order company for office, workshop, and warehouse equipment has rendered its printed advertising materials entirely climate neutral: KAISER+KRAFT, a company of the TAKKT Group.

The department store chain Galeria Kaufhof’s sustainability strategy specifies the objective of reducing carbon emissions per square meter of retail floor space in Germany by 15 percent. The aim is to decrease emissions from 113 kg per m2 in 2014 to 96 kg per m2 in 2022.

There continue to be obstinate prejudices against voluntary climate protection. The mechanism of climate neutrality – i.e. compensating unavoidable carbon emissions via carbon offset projects – often finds itself at the pillory. In many times it is based on ignorance about the mechanism of climate neutrality and its significance for meeting our climate objectives.