Green Forest Fund - for the preservation and reforestation of German forests
Sortimo has donated 202m² of primeval forest to the Green Forest Fund
We offset the carbon emissions of your Blue Weekend online purchases by preserving our forests through the Green Forest Fund.
Everyone who ordered during Blue Weekend in early May 2022 can have a particularly good feeling because these orders are CO2-neutral. We even go one better and donate a total of 202m² of German primeval forest.
With our primeval forest donation, the Green Forest Fund acquires existing forests in Germany and protects habitats for animals and plants in the long term.
The donated primeval forest is located in Lenzen/Sterbitz. With the forest number W3976 you can check here exactly where the primeval forest is located.
Take a look at the certificate of our primeval forest donation here:
The not-for-profit association acquires suitable land and then plants trees there. The resulting forests are protected so that they cannot be used for logging. They thus provide a long-term habitat for a variety of animals and plants, improve the air, and help to fight climate change. Sortimo will compensate for the emissions generated by orders over the Blue Weekend through this association.
Social responsibility: We promote the regional economy by producing from a single site and remaining loyal to our regional suppliers.
Corporate governance: The target is ambitious – we are on course for climate-neutral, CO2-neutral production at our Zusmarshausen site in order to develop a CO2-neutral range of products and services. This target will be achieved on the basis of four pillars: low-carbon product design, energy efficiency, renewable electricity and carbon reduction. It goes without saying that, for many years now, we have strictly adhered to all Code of Conduct-related issues in our selection of suppliers and subcontractors, as well as the guidelines on sustainable procurement with regard to labour and human rights plus anti-corruption.
Sustainability: Sortimo exclusively produces in Zusmarshausen, which enables the entire value chain to be mapped in a resource-optimised manner. We avoid long supply and production chains and use sustainable materials to keep CO2 emissions to a minimum. Sortimo's buildings have been adapted to the natural environment and fitted with photovoltaic systems, so that some of the company's production is already supplied by solar energy. The Sortimo Innovation Park in Zusmarshausen represents the first success on the way to CO2-neutral production. This is because the charging park provides for sector coupling to a common energy management system, and enables "Sortimo blue electricity" to be produced and stored in the long term.
Corporate Social Responsibility at Sortimo
Social responsibility: Safety is an essential aspect that has a major impact on our product development. Our product range enables us to significantly protect human life. Sortimo van racking systems are designed to the most exacting safety levels: Crash tests under real conditions: in short, Sortimo products guarantee maximum protection even with a full load. We also attach great importance to ergonomics in our product design for the sustainable health of our customers and the prevention of accidents at work.
Corporate governance: Sortimo products and services help our customers to achieve greater organisation, and also a digital view of orders, traceable at any time. They also have a complete package of solutions for their mobile day-to-day working life, from organisational aids, digital inventories and marketing instruments, and ultimately to improved productivity and profitability.
Sustainability: Sortimo products and services automatically help to reduce unnecessary materials in the load space and provide an ideal overview of all working equipment. This saves weight and back-and-forth travel, enabling our customers to reduce their carbon footprint without further effort. Sortimo is also an expert consultant for electric mobility in the service and trade sector, and is actively driving forward change with its expertise.
The following aspects dovetail in product development:
> Quality for maximum durability
> Transfer to a second life cycle
> Safety for your life and the lives of all road users
> Ergonomics for a healthy working environment
> Functionality for a seamless working day
For added:
> Economic efficiency
> Safety
> Environmental protection
Sortimo is on hand to advise you on the change to electric mobility. We have acquired unique expertise in this field and can advise on:
> Optimising use of the load space
> Reducing weight through workplace organisation
> Switching to electric mobility
Let us reduce your Total Cost of Mobility, increase your productivity, and minimise your CO2 emissions.
This is the only way to successfully look into the future together!
We'd be happy to advise you!
Our standard product range includes a large proportion of recycled and sustainably produced materials.
On request, we can also select
> 100% recycled materials <.
This is the case with the KEP Rack, our first CO2-neutral product