Commitment to environment

The greatest contribution towards sustainable business management is made by those companies whose business models are based on conserving resources. This is precisely what TAKKT does. In comparison to other sales channels, the mail order sector is the more environmentally-friendly option and generates fewer CO2 emissions. Firstly, this is because we transport goods straight from the manufacturer to the enduser with no intermediate commercial stages. Secondly, because customers do not travel to the retailer – or to several retailers – to buy what they need. And thirdly, because our catalogues are made from renewable and CO2-absorbent raw materials. In addition, the growing proportion of online-only business also helps to protect the environment. All this means that TAKKT makes an active contribution towards climate protection every day via its core business.

TAKKT‘s fundamentally sustainable mail order business model – to deliver products to customers via the shortest and most efficient route – though the most important, is far from being its only contribution towards climate and environmental protection. This is demonstrated by the following examples from the individual divisions:

Topdeq:
The majority of all furniture from the Topdeq range (almost 80 percent) is FSC-certified.

KAISER + KRAFT and gaerner:
The catalogues for both brands have been approved by Dr Schorb at the ifeu Institute: “The innovative use of energy efficient power-thermal energycoupling during catalogue printing provides a reduction of up to 52 percent CO2 in comparison to standard energy requirements.“

Hubert recycles more than 200 tons of paperboard containers each year and uses recycled paper as filling instead of styrofoam.

KAISER + KRAFT Europa uses primarily large freight carriers with modern, environmentally-friendly vehicle fleets. When sourcing goods for its own use, the Group also makes every effort to conserve resources and protect the environment. For example, almost a quarter of the electricity used at the headquarters in Stuttgart is generated from renewable sources. A waste sorting system has been installed as a matter of course. The photocopier paper is chlorine-free and stationary paper is also FSC-certified.