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We believe that an economy based largely on exploiting resources and labour in low-wage countries cannot function in the long term. One alternative is the common good economy, which we actively support in our region.

The common good economy establishes an ethical economic model. As an alternative to the current understanding of the economy, it is based on the values of human dignity, ecological responsibility, solidarity, social justice, democratic co-determination and transparency.

The well-being of people and the environment becomes the primary goal of economic activity.

At regular intervals, we draw up a common good balance sheet that quantitatively measures our efforts to work for a better world. We prepared the last common good balance sheet in 2022 and achieved a common good score of 322 points.

You can find out more about the approaches of the common good economy and its fields of action at www.ecogood.org.

Our economic model is currently extracting more resources from earth than are being replenished. In addition to that society is currently emitting more greenhouse gas than our planet can cope with.

That is why we as ENGL have been pursuing a greenhouse gas reduction strategy for many years now. We measure our CO2 footprint annually and derive reduction targets from this, for which we define specific reduction measures and monitor them regularly.

We offset 100% of the proportion that we cannot yet avoid through audited projects that save CO2 elsewhere.

When calculating CO2 emissions, we rely on a professional service provider to whom we grant full access to internal data in order to calculate a precise CO2 footprint.

We are currently cooperating with TurnToZero for this purpose.

It is said that humans will only be able to survive for another 4 years if bees become extinct one day. The bee is probably the most important living creature on this planet and the manpower of the collective “beehive” is probably incomparable. Fascinated by these circumstances, we have set up beehives on our company terrace and lovingly look after them. „Bienenbau” is german and stands for beekeeping. With dedication and passion, we try to give our bees the best possible situation to make them feel comfortable.

Thanks to this measure, we have managed to raise the proportion of women in our company from one employee to over 80,000 in a very short period of time 😊.

Not all CO₂ emissions are directly visible, but we strive to minimize even the invisible ones as much as possible.

Visible emissions, like smoke from chimneys or car exhaust, are obvious and easy to recognize. However, a large portion of CO₂ emissions is generated invisibly, for example, through energy consumption in buildings, the production of goods, or the operation of digital infrastructure.

To reduce invisible emissions, we rely on renewable energies, energy efficiency, and ensure that these texts you are currently reading do not harm the environment through their provision on the Internet.

The green web host GreenWebspace has developed a very exemplary product that we are happy to support.

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