Our Commitment to Climate Neutrality

Our Goals

We have our sights firmly set on a sustainable future

Every single contribution to environmental and climate protection counts. Therefore, we at ista have set ourselves clear targets to conserve resources, use energy efficiently and so improve sustainability in our company.

We will be CO₂-free (net zero) by 2030 – by acting in a resource-saving manner in all areas of our business (scope 1–2 and selected scope 3 categories).

By 2030 at the latest we will only use electricity from renewable energies.

Environmental protection at our sites

We take responsibility –  for protecting the environment and conserving resources at our sites

We are committed to a sustainable planet by saving energy and conserving resources in our business activities.

• At our sites, we take many different approaches to saving energy:
  For example, we replace bulbs with energy-efficient alternatives or install motion sensors for the lighting.
• Where we can no longer reduce electricity consumption, we opt for electricity from sustainable sources. By the beginning of 2023, we will be purchasing electricity from renewable energy at 95% of all German locations.
• We use energy-efficient buildings and ensure the energy-efficient refurbishment of the properties, for example by improving the insulation on the buildings at various sites and installing new lighting systems.
• We digitalise as many processes as possible. To this end, we have increased electronic document management at our locations so as to avoid print-outs.
• We act on ideas from our employees for greater environmental and resource protection in the company. For example, at the suggestion of its employees, ista Belgium launched the "ista Green" initiative to make daily office life more sustainable. Among other things, they bought reusable drinking bottles and replaced plastic bags and cleaning agents with environmentally friendly alternatives.

Environmetally friendly mobility

We keep on the go, but sustainably – for climate friendly mobility

We would like to make our employees' mobility as sustainable as possible:

• We are steadily increasing the number of electric vehicles in our company fleet: we have already replaced part of our fleet with electric and hybrid vehicles. Their share will continue to grow and our aim is to switch our fleet entirely to electric cars in the next ten years.
• We offer many alternatives to conventional means of transport: we promote environmentally friendly mobility – for example with company tickets or car-pools.
• We use video conferences, online meetings, digital workshops etc. to avoid travel, wherever possible, and largely replace it by digital alternatives to save emissions.

Energy Management

We manage our sustainabilty  – for intelligent management of environmental and climate protection

At international level it is the Sustainability Delegates who manage the activities of their country's branches. In Germany, the cross-location ista energy team coordinates our internal energy efficiency measures and continues to develop our energy management activities. We devise many ways to help our employees take action within the company to protect the environment. We organise join-in campaigns and activities to raise awareness of sustainability and motivate our employees to use water and electricity carefully and avoid waste. We also use certified environmental management systems to manage and continuously improve our efforts to protect the environment. They are certified to ISO 14001 at our branches in Spain, the UK, Romania and Turkey. The ista branches in Germany have also had an energy management system to ISO 50001 since 2016.