After the European elections and before the summer holidays, there is a lot to report again. We are repeatedly asked about certifications for the climate neutrality of our products. WEROCK continues to grow, and with it the actual greenhouse gas emissions generated by production and logistics. The exact calculation of emissions is complex and can take up the time of a full-time employee. WEROCK is still too small for that, and we prefer to round up generously until we are big enough for it.
We are pleased that the issue of environmental protection is increasingly coming into focus at the EU level. Of course, not without the typical bureaucratic hurdles that are implemented in national law. From the reporting requirement for packaging, the amendment of the EU Waste Shipment Regulation, the amendment of the Electrical and Electronic Equipment Act (ElektroG) to take account of the increased proportion of lithium batteries, to the new “European Directive on Corporate Sustainability Reporting” – the German-European regulations keep entrepreneurs on their toes. For medium-sized companies like us, this ties up necessary resources and increases operating costs, which we ultimately have to pass on in our sales prices. The new directive on sustainability reporting also stipulates that we will no longer be able to call ourselves “climate-neutral” in the future because there is no corresponding audit report. So we are faced with the dilemma of either limiting communication about this or somehow finding a pragmatic solution. This has nothing to do with climate protection anymore. So if you suddenly stop reading these reports or no longer find any reference to the climate neutrality of our products, it’s not because we’re no longer pursuing our mission of “Green Industrial IT”, but because we haven’t found a practical solution for sustainability reporting without having to pay too much for external consultants.