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2013 Sustainability Report

EMAS-Index

EMAS is the European Management and Audit Scheme, an initiative developed by the European Union to enable organizations to improve their environmental performance.
ISO 14001

In 2008 VAUDE was the first outdoor company to attain EMAS and ISO 14001 certification for its environmental management system. Since that point, an independent verifier monitors our ambitious environmental program annually. This includes product goals as well as measures at the company headquarters, such as the use of 100% renewable energy or the use of recycled or FSC paper.

EMAS-Index

Environment Aspect

Direkt / Indirekt

Measured in

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Material

Direct, Indirect

  • Material efficiency (%)
  • Green Shape products (%)
  • bluesign products (%)
  • [EN1] Materials used by weight or volume
  • [EN2] Percentage of materials used that are recycled input materials

VAUDE Green Shape

bluesign®: the strictest standard worldwide
VAUDE Material Policy
Highly functional, yet ecologically compatible
As little packaging as possible
Making apparel from trees
The challenges of PVC-free
Organic cotton is better for people and the environment
99 percent recycled paper
bluesign® percentage is increasing
Higg Index
Only wool from "happy sheep"
Heat storage as light as a feather – one of nature’s marvels
Strategy against excessive chemicals
Spinning yarn from old PET bottles

Energy

Direct, Indirect

  • KWh per employee
  • KWh per ton output of finished goods OEB
  • [EN3] - Energy consumption within the organization
  • [EN4] - Energy consumption outside ot the organization
  • [EN5] Energy intensity
  • [EN6] Reduction of energy consumption

Energy conservation as an important goal
Energy - preferably renewable
100 percent renewable energy
Solar energy "made by VAUDE"
Fuel consumption in comparison
Heating with biogas
Mobility Lottery Incentive
44,335 km of bike commuting
Offset emissions
Customers’ responsibility
Reduced emissions from business travel
Upstream energy consumption

Water

Direct, Indirect

  • Cubic meters used
  • Liter per employee and workday
  • [EN8] Total water withdrawal by source
  • [EN9] Water sources significantly affected by withdrawal of water
  • [EN10] Percentage and total volume of water recycled and reused

Water – source of life
Water consumption in production
VAUDE ecolour – eco-friendly dyeing process

Biodiversity

Direct, Indirect

  • Square meters of sealed surface on the property
  • Square meters of sealed surface per employee
  • [EN11]: Operational sites owned, leased, managed in, or adjacent to, protected areas and areas of high biodiversity value outside protected areas
  • [EN12]: Description of significant impacts of activities, products, and services on biodiverstiy in protected areas and areas of high biodiversity value outside protected areas
  • [EN13]: Habitats protected or restored
  • [EN14]: Total number of IUCN Red List species with habitats in areas affected by operations, by level of extinction risk

Why biodiversity is important to us
Pioneer in Biodiversity Checks
Maintaining diversity of Obereisenbach´s nature
Supporting nature conservation projects

Emissions

Direct, Indirect

  • [EN15]: Dirct greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions (SCOPE 1)
  • [EN16]: Energy indirect greenhouse gas (GHG) emssions (Scope 2)
  • [EN17]: Other indirect greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions (Scope 3)
  • [EN18]: Greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions intensity
  • [EN19]: Reduction of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions

Climate-neutrality at the company headquarters in Tettnang
Greenhouse gas emissions in detail

Effluents and Waste

Direct, Indirect

  • Tons of residual waste (per employee)
  • Residual waste per ton output of finished goods OEB
  • [EN22]: Total water discharge by quality and destination
  • [EN23]: Total weight of waste by type and disposal method
  • [EN24]: Total numer and volume of significant spills

Waste and wastewater
Goal: reduce waste

Products and Services

Indirect

  • [EN28] Percentage of products sold and Their packaging materials that are reclaimed by category

Sustainable Design

Guaranteed highest quality
Customers’ responsibility

Transport

Indirekt

  • [EN30] Significant environmental impacts of transporting products and other goods and materials for the organization´s operations, and transproting members of the workforce

Climate-neutral mobility at VAUDE