Customers seek this issue actively.<\/p>\n
Lea Steilen, Trainee Sustain\u00adability Manage\u00adment<\/cite><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n But how do you go about devel\u00adoping a climate strategy? \u201cThe first step we took was to hold work\u00adshops and discuss this issue with the managing direc\u00adtors of the indi\u00advidual Group compa\u00adnies,\u201d says Leung. The next step involved appointing so-called \u201cCarbon Managers\u201d for each Group Company. Their job is to collect and eval\u00aduate rele\u00advant data from the indi\u00advidual compa\u00adnies, like on CO2 emis\u00adsions. Because we can only take appro\u00adpriate action if we can iden\u00adtify where and just how much CO2 is being emitted by each company. The strategy should be in place by the end of the busi\u00adness year, i.e., on March 31. However, it is not intended to be a rigid frame\u00adwork, as Steilen says: \u201cWe are aware that external circum\u00adstances can vary greatly from one Group Company to the next. That\u2019s why we want to allow as much flex\u00adi\u00adbility as possible in imple\u00admenting the indi\u00advidual climate protec\u00adtion measures.\u201d While other compa\u00adnies rely, say, on offset\u00adting their CO2 emis\u00adsions by purchasing \u201cpollu\u00adtion licenses\u201d, the Uhlmann Group is clearly committed to avoiding the green\u00adhouse gas wher\u00adever possible. \u201cWe want to do it right first time,\u201d says Steilen.<\/p>\n To achieve this, the team is looking at three areas, known as scopes: Scope 1 covers emis\u00adsions that occur directly within the company \u2013 for example, those from our vehicle fleet. Scope 2 relates to indi\u00adrect emis\u00adsions, such as those caused by the gener\u00ada\u00adtion of purchased energy. Finally, Scope 3 deals with emis\u00adsions that occur in upstream or down\u00adstream processes, for example in the purchase of mate\u00adrials, in logis\u00adtics and in the oper\u00ada\u00adtion of machinery. \u201cThe biggest chal\u00adlenge is to collect the Scope 3 emis\u00adsions,\u201d says Leung. \u201cSo at present we are analyzing the value chain and deter\u00admining where and exactly what emis\u00adsions are gener\u00adated. We will then use these to develop an appro\u00adpriate emis\u00adsions reduc\u00adtion plan.\u201d<\/p>\n And what can the indi\u00advidual enti\u00adties do to support this? \u201cA large part of our work is about raising aware\u00adness among employees, because every depart\u00adment must play an active role in the trans\u00adfor\u00adma\u00adtion. Carolyn Leung joined Uhlmann in October 2021. As Sustain\u00adability Manager, she can draw from the expe\u00adri\u00adence gained at other compa\u00adnies where she worked in a similar role. Her job and that of the extended sustain\u00adability team is to use the climate strategy to make Uhlmann more sustain\u00adable in all Lea Steilen started off at Uhlmann as a trainee in September 2021 after completing her bachelor\u2019s degree in Envi\u00adron\u00admental and Busi\u00adness Manage\u00adment. Her strategic focus is on assessing the carbon foot\u00adprint of our prod\u00aducts.<\/p>\n The Uhlmann Pac Systeme Sustain\u00adability Manage\u00adment team reports to Matthias Kaiser, Director Port\u00adfolio Strategy, Marketing & Sustain\u00adability.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Carolyn Leung and Lea Steilen are on the hunt for harmful green\u00adhouse gases, and are devel\u00adoping a climate strategy for the entire Uhlmann Group. [\u2026]<\/p>\nCollecting data<\/h3>\n
\nBased on the emis\u00adsions, ambi\u00adtion levels are then set for the indi\u00advidual sites and the company as a whole. This is done in tandem with the company manage\u00adment. Project Manager Leung and Lea Steilen them\u00adselves each have a dual func\u00adtion: \u201cFirstly, we ourselves are the Sustain\u00adability and Carbon Managers for Uhlmann Pac-Systeme. And secondly, we also manage the climate strategy project for the entire Group,\u201d says Steilen.<\/p>\n![](\"https:\/\/pactuell.com\/de\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/Klimastrategie-Team-680x398.jpg\")
Ambi\u00adtious goals for climate protec\u00adtion<\/h3>\n
Raising employee aware\u00adness<\/h3>\n
\nTo reduce upstream and down\u00adstream emis\u00adsions, for example, it is essen\u00adtial to work closely with suppliers and system\u00adat\u00adi\u00adcally analyze supply chains,\u201d explains Leung. \u201cAs a company, we are also respon\u00adsible for the emis\u00adsions that are gener\u00adated by the supplier \u2013 from the extrac\u00adtion and processing of raw mate\u00adrials right down to the trans\u00adporta\u00adtion and delivery of goods to our sites. Inci\u00adden\u00adtally, the way we design our own prod\u00aducts can have a sustain\u00adable impact on lowering emis\u00adsions in the supply chain, in manu\u00adfac\u00adturing and during oper\u00ada\u00adtion.\u201d<\/p>\nCommit\u00adment to sustain\u00adability at Uhlmann<\/h3>\n
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