Employee mobility at VAUDE is already climate neutral. Nevertheless, we are continuing to reduce emissions: 25% by 2024. To achieve this, we are also focusing on e-mobility.
Curbing climate change and becoming independent of fossil raw materials
We are at a turning point in time: Climate change is one of the central challenges facing humanity. Stopping global warming is an obligation for us all. The war in Ukraine is also making it clear that we must end our reliance on oil.
Employee mobility at VAUDE is already "climate neutral"
Since 2011, we have been recording all emissions originating from business travel, our vehicle fleet and commuting, and we pay a carbon offset to the myclimate project. More about this here
We therefore know that employee mobility is one of the largest items in our climate balance sheet every year. We have a great need for action on this issue in order to keep reducing emissions from employee mobility.
We have therefore set ourselves a science-based climate target for emissions from our vehicle fleet:
VAUDE commits to reducing absolute Scope 1 greenhouse gas emissions by 45% by 2026, starting from the base year 2019.
Explanations and facts about the VAUDE carbon footprint here .
E-mobility is the future - despite some criticism
Electric cars don’t emit CO2, pollution or particulate matter while driving, unlike vehicles with combustion engines. Nevertheless, the sustainability of electric vehicles always depends on the source of the electricity that you use to charge them. They’re only more eco-friendly when you use electricity from renewable sources! Of course, this also applies to hybrid vehicles. Since these usually don’t offer much of a range while running on electricity and consume significantly more in combustion mode than pure combustion engines, they are not an option for VAUDE.
Even if there is still criticism of the electrification of the auto industry, it is definitely the lesser evil compared to mobility by burning fossil fuels. You can find more info on the environmental friendliness of e-cars (ADAC) here.
Electric cars only since 2021
This is why we are converting our entire fleet to electric vehicles. Since 2021, no passenger cars with combustion engines have been purchased. Our electric vehicles are charged with 100% green electricity during working hours at our company headquarters. More about the power supply at VAUDE here.
VAUDE provides a wallbox charger to all employees authorized to use company cars for charging at home.
In recent years, the range of purely electrically powered cars has increased significantly; their driving range and interior space are sufficient for most needs. The lack of a complete nationwide charging infrastructure (especially when it comes to fast chargers) is problematic. And the extremely long delivery times – VAUDE also has to bridge these with conventional passenger cars.
Our experience with e-mobility has been positive overall. Of course, as with all transformation processes, there are also some surprises and adventures - from not being able to find charging stations, to the suspense about which charging card or app is valid where, to nice conversations with complete strangers in the parking lot about the new technology.
VAUDE is fully behind e-mobility, and we are doing everything we can to support our company car drivers in quickly becoming friends with it and sharing their experiences with others.
Almost half of our company fleet is already electrified:
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We draw from the entire available range of models so we can enable our VAUDE employees to choose the right vehicle for their purposes, creating a high level of acceptance for the new type of mobility.
VAUDE has set just two "guard rails":
Zero grams of CO2 emissions
Costs (gross list price or leasing rate)
E-vehicles in the stock
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Half of VAUDE vehicles are now electric. Unfortunately, we do not currently have complete data for electricity consumption. In some cases, the charging stations on the company premises do not have their own meters, and we lack complete receipts for charging on the road. We are therefore not presenting the electricity consumption in this Sustainability Report and are working on being able to present complete data in the next report.
The consumption of vehicles with combustion engines is presented below.
Fuel consumption for the company fleet
Basis Year GRI 2013
Basis Year Mobility Goals 2015
Year 2019
Previous Year 2021
Current Year 2022
absolute
to 2013
to 2015
absolute
to 2013
to 2015
to 2019
to 2020
absolute
to 2013
to 2015
to 2019
to 2020
to 2021
Number of company vehicles (yearly average) [pc]
65
75
60
-8%
-20%
75
15%
0%
25%
15%
72
11%
-4%
20%
11%
-4%
Total kilometers driven by company vehicles [km]
2,368,262
2,330,397
1,930,104
-19%
-17%
170.6308
-28%
-27%
-9%
20%
1.568.720
-34%
-33%
-17%
10%
-8%
fuel consumption [liters]
170,955
173,061
129,698
-24%
-25%
99.993,36
-42%
-42%
-23%
36%
108.199,60
-37%
-37%
-17%
47%
8%
Average consumption per vehicle per 100 km [kWh/100 km
7,22
7,43
6,72
-7%
-10%
5,86
-19%
-21%
-15%
14%
6,90
-4%
-7%
0%
34%
18%
The Corona pandemic was also noticeable in the fuel consumption of the VAUDE company fleet. While in 2020 fewer business trips and, above all, significantly fewer kilometers driven privately with company cars led to the lower consumption shown in the graph, fuel consumption starting rising again in 2021 as a result of the return to "normality".
Fuel consumption VAUDE
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Due to a correction of the formulas, the data from the last years were also updated here.
New system for privately used company cars
A major challenge for VAUDE is to offer employees who are entitled to a company car attractive alternatives to our models (which can also be used privately). Business travel should be by train whenever possible.
Thus far, unfortunately, it looks more like the opposite.The preferential tax treatment of company cars using the company car allowance ("1% rule") and complicated regulations on the taxation of non-cash benefits make virtually all alternatives significantly less attractive financially. No wonder that a large proportion of new passenger car registrations each year are company cars.
It will be interesting to see whether the federal government's coalition (the SPD, Greens and FDP) will finally set a consistent course for a transportation revolution.
Background information and figures on mobility can be found here on the website of the German Federal Ministry for the Environment.
At the same time, we are pursuing the following goals in the restructuring of our company fleet:
Reduction of number of vehicles
Reduction in the number of kilometers driven
Driver training for greater safety and lower fuel consumption
Fuels in the supply chain
All facts and figures given here refer to the VAUDE company headquarters at Tettnang-Obereisenbach. With no data, we are unable at present any concrete figures for fuel consumption for our upstream supply chain.
It is clear, however, that transport and the resulting strain it places on the health of people and the environment creates global problems (for example, smog in Beijing). We are all facing the same challenges in the transportation of goods and people. Read more about our merchandise logistics.
