"Avoid, reduce and compensate" is the goal of the medium-sized electroplating company, which galvanizes, pickles, passivates, deburrs and coats a wide variety of workpieces. The company drew up its CO2 balance sheet with the support of zeero, the Center for Energy, Efficiency and Resource Optimization of the Ennepe-Ruhr GmbH business development agency. All direct and indirect CO2 emissions were scrutinized for this purpose, from Scope 1 to 3. Initially for the Hagen production site - further investigations into processes and products are to follow.
"We wanted to know where we stand today and what we can do. At our scale, a carbon footprint is not mandatory, but it still makes a lot of sense," says OTH Managing Director Gensowski. "Based on the data we now have, we can take efficient measures in the future to reduce emissions in a targeted manner and compensate for any that remain.