Sustainability – a corporate value

Storopack is a global leader in systems and services involving flexible, temperature-controlled, and tailor-made protective packaging for products of all kinds. Storopack also develops and manufactures bespoke technical molded parts for customers. In addition to conventional materials such as Styropor®, customers can choose from a broad selection of sustainable materials, including recycled and renewable, for their packaging and molded parts.

The family business is committed to corporate citizenship in all its activities and to playing an active role in promoting it. The company’s mission, ‘Perfect Protective Packaging’, is also its top priority in terms of sustainability. After all, manufacturing and transporting a replacement for products that have been damaged in transit consumes resources unnecessarily and thus harms the environment. To make the use of plastics more sustainable, Storopack also participates in various initiatives to crack down on plastic waste. For example, it is a member of the global Alliance to End Plastic Waste, which aims to rid the environment of plastic waste and develop innovative ideas for expanding the recycling infrastructure. 

“When it comes to conserving resources, the equipment at our global sites is a significant factor,” says Thomas Mühleisen, Head of Corporate IT at Storopack. “That is why we have taken a range of internal measures to optimize our environmental footprint and manage energy efficiently.” The company has already reduced its CO2 emissions and energy consumption through a range of modernization measures, and carries out regular audits to check whether any further improvements are possible. 

And this is where CHG-MERIDIAN comes into play. Thanks to carbonZER0®, the ‘green’ financing option from CHG-MERIDIAN, Storopack can make its IT investments more sustainable.

The service compensates unavoidable carbon emissions that are generated during the production, transportation, use phase, and end-of-life phase of IT assets leased from CHG-MERIDIAN by a financial climate contribution.

It was easy for Storopack to order the service as an add-on, leaving CHG-MERIDIAN to take care of everything, including making the offset payment to certified climate projects. As proof of the CO₂ emissions saved, Storopack receives a certificate, which can be viewed digitally in tesma, CHG-MERIDIAN’s technology and service management platform, along with the information for which assets financial climate contributions have been made.

CHG-MERIDIAN passes the financial climate contributions on to four projects that are helping to protect the climate in different ways: solar power (Namibia), wind energy (Indonesia), rainforest conservation (Peru), and hydroelectric power (Sri Lanka). All these projects have been certified in accordance with internationally recognized standards and contribute to sustainable development in their countries.

For Storopack, the potential carbon savings were a key factor in the decision to lease more than 1,200 laptops, tablets, PCs, and smartphones from CHG-MERIDIAN. “Like many of our customers, Storopack is pursuing sustainability targets and is mindful of the environmental impact of its equipment when it comes to IT procurement too. The overall carbon footprint of the IT equipment is a key consideration. In carbonZER0®, we have created a simple yet comprehensive solution for more sustainable investment in IT equipment,” says Frank Mölm, Senior Key Account Manager at CHG-MERIDIAN.