SUSTAINABILITY & RESPONSIBILITY

The increasing global environmental, social, and economic challenges make it more important than ever to balance ecology, social responsibility, and economics. As an internationally active logistics company, we also bear a great deal of responsibility. Responsible and sustainable business practices have always been a guiding principle for the Geis family of entrepreneurs.

We see this above all as a continuous process of improvement and efficiency enhancement—with the goal of constantly developing our services, reducing the consumption of natural resources, and expanding the trusting relationship with our employees, customers, and partners. Sustainable values in terms of customer satisfaction, professionalism, profitability, environmental awareness, and integrity are the cornerstone of the Geis Group’s development.

OUR STRATEGY

With our new sustainability strategy, which is an integral part of our corporate strategy, we have set ourselves very ambitious goals—and put together comprehensive packages of measures to achieve them. Our sustainability strategy focuses on the three dimensions of ecology, social issues, and economics, and is aligned with the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).

Harmony between ecology, social issues and the economy

The goal is to balance environmental responsibility, social commitment, and economic efficiency.

Creating added value and reducing CO2 emissions

At the Geis Group, we create added value for our customers and our individual companies while reducing our environmental footprint. This idea is at the heart of our sustainability strategy and the ambitious goals associated with it.

Promoting innovation and digital implementation

Innovation and creating more value with fewer resources are key factors when it comes to sustainable business practices. Geis sees digitalization in particular as an essential element in making processes more efficient and thus saving resources.

Alignment with the objectives of the German federal government, the EU and the Paris agreement

In doing so, the Geis Group also aligns itself with national and supranational objectives such as the climate neutrality plans of the German federal government and the European Union as well as the Paris climate protection goals.

Alignment with the sustainable development goals

Geis also incorporates the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals into its sustainability management and focuses on ten of the seventeen selected goals that are particularly closely linked to its own areas of business.

“Clean transport and clean logistics: that’s what we want to make a reality at the Geis Group. Our goal is to become a climate-neutral company in Scopes 1 and 2 by 2040. We want to reduce CO2 emissions by 65 percent by 2030.”

SABINE GEIS

Head of Sustainability
of the Geis Group

OUR MISSION ZERO

Aware that economic goals can only be achieved in the long term by treating the environment with the utmost care, the ecological use of raw materials has always been an important part of the Geis Group’s corporate policy. Since 2005, we have been operating a comprehensive environmental management system within the company—certified according to the ISO 14001 environmental standard. Since 2006, we have also been involved in the Bavarian Environmental Pact and are active in the Hesse Environmental Alliance and the Lower Franconia Environmental Support Group.

In our daily work, this means, for example, using low-emission vehicles, identifying energy-saving potential in all areas, and aligning the entire supply chain with ecological principles.

We have bundled our measures into a sustainability strategy and set ourselves an ambitious goal: Mission Zero, a milestone in our roadmap to sustainable transformation. With this mission, we want to become climate neutral across the entire group of companies by 2040.

Solar power systems at our locations

We use renewable energy to generate electricity at many locations, for example in Nuremberg and Bad Neustadt, where the plant has a peak output of around 1.3 megawatts. We use most of the electricity we generate ourselves, for example for electric charging stations for cars, forklifts, and bicycles.

Coburg: Prototype of a new generation of buildings

Coburg is the prototype of a new generation of buildings at Geis, featuring a hybrid timber construction with wooden roof trusses, a wooden façade for the office building, and a partially green hall façade. The roof is fully equipped with a solar power system, and the office building has a green roof. The project also features large skylights, rainwater harvesting for the truck wash, and a large storage tank for the company’s own electricity consumption, including office heating.

Green energy supply for all German locations

We are also focusing on our existing properties: at the beginning of 2021, we switched all our German locations to green electricity. For example, a large system with a peak output of 4.5 megawatts is in operation on seven roofs at our Nuremberg location, and another at our terminal in Brno, Czech Republic.

Great potential for new drive technologies

We are also making progress in the field of new drive technologies, where we expect significant developments in the coming years. Such technologies can play an important role in the Geis Group’s “Mission Zero”. We are already using electric and LNG vehicles for specific customer projects on defined routes.

New carbon-neutral products

To ensure that you also benefit directly, we have developed new carbon-neutral products in line with our sustainability strategy. These enable you to handle your logistics services in a climate-neutral manner in all three business areas. To do this, you can either use our portfolio of “green transport” with alternatively powered, climate-efficient vehicles, such as LNG or electric trucks, or achieve climate neutrality for your shipments through carbon offsetting. We rely on certified climate protection projects that meet the highest standards – from forest protection to the use of hydropower.

BOOK & CLAIM for transport emissions

With the “Book and Claim” procedure, Geis customers can offset their CO2 savings through the use of HVO 100 in Scope 3 of their carbon footprint. The procedure contributes to promoting decarbonization in road freight transport.

OUR FOCUS AREAS

We have already made good progress on our path to climate neutrality. With our commitment to sustainability, we want to create real added value for the environment, our employees, and our customers.

ECOLOGY

Environmentally friendly transport, carbon-neutral logistics properties, resource efficiency.

SOCIAL

Talent recruitment and retention, occupational safety and health protection, diversity, and equal opportunities.

ECONOMY

Innovation and digitalization, quality and reliability, suppliers and compliance, and sustainable business practices.

OUR FULL SUSTAINABILITY REPORT

A serious sustainability strategy is complex. That is why we have recorded all the details and background information in detail in our sustainability report. The complete report is available for download.

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