We are committed to Climate Protection

We have been ClimatePartner certified since 2021 and have been committed to energy and environmental management in accordance with ISO standards 14001 and 50001 since 2016.

Together with the agencies under TEAMBBDO, we continue our long-standing and diverse commitment to environmental and climate protection. Our agencies include Batten & Company, BBDO, Interone and the Peter Schmidt Group. With more than 1,000 employees at seven locations in Germany, our clients and creative and innovative ideas, we continue to work consistently on the sustainability of our processes, products and services and are pleased with the milestones we have already achieved. We support international climate protection projects as well as initiatives and programmes in Germany. All our colleagues help decide which projects we get involved in.

What we have already achieved in the past few years

Since 2015, we have been analyzing and reducing our energy consumption and emissions with an ISO-certified energy and environmental management system. We set ourselves ambitious targets, which are reviewed annually, and develop specific measures to reduce them. These include a comprehensive energy conservation plan, a switch to green power, and a sustainable waste, travel and mobility policy. We have already been recognized for our commitment, for example in the "Mobil Gewinnt" competition organized by the German Federal Ministry of Transport and Digital Infrastructure. Take a look at our achievements:

In 2016 we established an energy and environmental management system in accordance with ISO standards 50001 (energy) and 14001 (environment). Since then, we have been working to continuously reduce energy consumption and CO₂ emissions. This makes us one of the few ISO-certified agency groups in the market.

Even before the pandemic, we reduced our air travel by more than a third.

Almost all of our offices use green electricity.

Since 2019, we have been sustainably expanding and converting our transportation options, both for employee commuting and for business trips. We have launched a comprehensive plan to convert to electrify our company cars. We promote employee mobility by supporting site-specific measures such as the expansion of charging and bicycle storage infrastructure, company bikes, JobRad bikes and the use of public transport.

A comprehensive energy-saving program is still helping us to reduce our energy consumption after almost 10 years.

In 2021, we rolled out a new waste concept that focuses waste prevention and waste separation.

We pay attention to the purchase of sustainable products in our offices. Since 2023, we have been taking a very close look at our supply chain and preparing an LKSG report.

Through certified climate protection projects, we continue to invest in CO₂ reduction and offset unavoidable emissions. To this end, we calculate our corporate carbon footprint on an annual basis with ClimatePartner.

This is based on the strict guidelines of the Greenhouse Gas Protocol and covers all three scopes (Link einbauen) including commuting and home office. In 2023, our agency group TEAMBBDO generated 1,236 tonnes of CO₂e. According to ClimatePartner, this is already a very good level compared to the rest of the industry.

We are pleased that we have made so much progress in the area of sustainability in recent years and that we have been able to successively reduce our environmental footprint," says Stephanie Pahmeyer, Director Sustainability.

Our Commitments and Awards

We have joined the United Nations Global Compact and are committed to its 10 principles.

In 2015, we introduced an energy and environmental management system in accordance with ISO standards 50001 (energy) and 14001 (environment). This system is audited annually by external partners.

Our global parent company Omnicom joined the Science Based Traget Initiative (SBTi) in 2023.

We are rated annually by the international CSR rating platform Ecovadis and are happy to share our scorecard with our clients.(PDF)

In 2019, our mobility concept won one of the main prizes in the "Mobil Gewinnt" competition organised by the Federal Ministry of Transport and Digital Infrastructure.

Our global parent company, Omnicom, joined the Carbon Disclosure Project (CDP) in 2013 and received a B rating from Climate Change in 2023.

Our Sustainability Experts

Since 2015, our Sustainability Team, led by Stephanie Pahmeyer, has been taking care of our overall environmental commitment. In addition, more than 40 of our colleagues work as greenkeepers in the individual agencies, implementing measures directly on site, setting new standards and developing ideas for an even more sustainable agency life.

At the beginning of 2021, we also installed a CSR board to strategically develop the topic at executive level. We organise sustainability events for our employees. Our agencies also coach and train their employees on the topic of sustainability and train experts who then support their clients as sustainability advisors.

Our Principles

We have established our vision of a sustainable agency world, our principles and commitments in a group-wide energy and environmental policy.

It is our responsibility to ensure that our business is compatible with people and the environment. We have summarized our commitment in a Human Rights Statement.