MORE THAN PURE TRANSLATION ... FOR THE SAKE OF OUR ENVIRONMENT
Sustainability is a prerequisite for us
Responsibility for the environment – part of everyday life at PURETRANS.
In 2010, PURETRANS became a member of Climate Alliance, the largest municipal climate protection network in Europe. The objectives of Climate Alliance are to reduce environmentally harmful emissions and to protect the rainforests. Climate Alliance members are required to incorporate specific climate protection measures into their operations. Individual climate protection targets are specified and compliance with these targets is monitored externally. There are currently more than 1,000 such Climate Alliance businesses in Upper Austria.
PURETRANS and its Climate Protection Measures
On sunny days, the two solar power systems on the roof of our office building supply our offices with the electricity we need to operate. Any surplus electricity is fed into the public grid as 'green power'. If the systems do not generate sufficient power, we purchase certified green electricity.
Our employees and customers can use an electric charging station to charge their vehicles directly with the electricity we generate ourselves.
We source our hot water from a solar heating system. On cold winter days, we heat the offices using a wood chip heating system.
The heat is generated from the waste material disposed of by a small neighbouring farm. When we renovated our office building, we placed a particular focus on the use of sustainable building materials produced in accordance with ecological criteria and containing as few chemical toxins as possible.
In our everyday office work, we use eco-friendly office and fair-trade equipment. When purchasing technical equipment, we look for products which have been produced in an environmentally responsible manner and which use as little electricity as possible.
(from the left: Norbert Rainer, Regional Coordinator of the Upper Austrian Climate Alliance, Johannes Purer, and Ulrike Schwarz, Member of the Upper Austrian State Parliament)
