Sustainability Report 2022: Nölken shows how businesses can be more sustainable

Challenges do not hold back sustainability efforts

“Despite a complicated and challenging 2022, we have not lost sight of our sustainability efforts”, states Daniel Nölken. The Managing Director is alluding here in particular to the Russian war of aggression in Ukraine and rising energy costs. These were a challenge for Nölken but not an obstacle to the implementation of its sustainability measures.

These were the highlights in 2022:

• 3 % of the fleeces are certified sustainable
• 100% sustainable certified palm raw materials
• Voluntary implementation of supply chain law initiated and whistleblower system established
• 4 % (Windhagen and Neustadt/Wied) and 56.7 % (Nowogrodziec) of the energy demand comes from renewable energy sources
• 2 % of the waste is recycled
• Despite increased production volumes, waste volumes have decreased

Not yet finished

The overriding goal is and remains the greatest possible reduction in emissions. With its measures, Nölken is already on the right track. “We endeavor to continue to improve ourselves”, says Christoph Lerbs, Sustainability Manager at Nölken. “But we can only do this together with our partners along the entire supply chain.”

For Nölken, such a comprehensive sustainability report is not mandatory. The business from Windhagen thus emphasizes its commitment when it comes to the issue of sustainability. You can read the entire sustainability report for 2022 at https://www.noelken.de/files/atw/02-nachhaltigkeit/03-nachhaltig-berichte/Noelken_Nachhaltigkeitsbericht_2022%20Final.pdf.

Any comments and inquiries regarding the sustainability can be sent to Nölken at the mailbox nachhaltigkeit@noelken.de.