B+T Sustainability Strategy 2024
Under the motto "Let's go green now", the B+T Group launched its campaign to achieve its climate targets in the middle of last year; its own commitments to climate-neutral production are more ambitious than the legal requirements.
Efforts to increase sustainability and reduce the CO2 footprint have always been at the top of B+T's list of priorities. After all, the declared aim of the company's management is to preserve creation for this and future generations. 2024 will therefore be entirely under this motto for B+T and will be celebrated with an employee event at the end of January. Because it is clear that the goals can only be achieved if each individual helps and makes their contribution. As a manufacturing company, energy consumption is immense and therefore one of the first starting points for change. Measures to reduce energy consumption have already been implemented in the past. These include, for example, strategic order planning based on consumption in order to avoid electricity peaks or to make efficient use of gas during hardening. However, an important decision was made at the end of last year to minimize CO2 emissions: Energy procurement was switched to CO2-neutral energy as of January 1, 2024, for both electricity and gas. In this way, the CO2 footprint for 2024 will be reduced by around 76% with the same consumption as in the previous year.
A lot has also happened at B+T in terms of e-mobility. The majority of pool vehicles are now either fully electric or hybrid. Only a few company cars remain as pure combustion engines, which will also be replaced at the next opportunity. The planned switch to hydrogen-powered vehicles or fully electric vehicles in the truck fleet will probably not take place before 2024. One of the main pillars for achieving the climate targets continues to be digitalization. The successfully implemented networking and digitalization of production processes, as well as the permanent monitoring of consumption, provide the key figures needed to identify potential for saving climate-damaging gases. However, there is still work to be done in all areas. As a supplier to the automotive and medical technology industries, B+T supports its customers' goal of decarbonizing the entire life cycle of products and services in the supply chain. "Customized and sustainable solutions for your success" is the new motto of the B+T Group.