Sustainability
In our day-to-day business, we go the extra mile to solve social problems on a basis of partnership and social entrepreneurship.
Promote social entrepreneurship
The newly built company headquarters of AfB gGmbH in Ettlingen near Karlsruhe is climate neutral.
Our Responsibility
We acknowledge our responsibility to consider our business decisions and actions in terms of their economic, social and environmental impact.
AfB social & green IT
Social & green stands for our sustainable social and ecological value creation: we give used IT hardware a second life after data erasure and refurbishment.
We have designed the entire process to be barrier-free, since as an inclusion company we employ people with disabilities.
IT remarketing preserves resources and the climate and reduces the amount of waste. At AfB, it also contributes to greater inclusion in the job market.
Connecting IT and CSR
Employees and customers are demonstrably more loyal if a company is sustainably committed.
As an IT partner of the AfB you are committed to inclusion and climate protection. You are welcome to use this for your communication and CSR reporting.
A job in a social enterprise
You are interested in working in the IT industry? Are you looking for a job with sense and added value?
Learn more about your opportunities at AfB - Europe's largest non-profit IT company.
Promote social entrepreneurship
We want to support successful, non-profit companies in finding solutions to the challenges of our society.
Ambassador of digital inclusion
Ambassador of digital inclusion
We want our employees to be content and successful ambassadors for digital inclusion.
Reduce electronic waste
Reduce electronic waste
We want to continue to develop our business model and cut back even more on electronic waste.
Continued development based on partnership
Continued development based on partnership
We want to develop cutting-edge approaches that are scalable and based on partnership.
Transparent reporting
Transparent reporting
We want to report on economic, social and ecological achievements with full transparency.
Act climate-positively
Act climate-positively
Through our creation of value, we aim to verifiably reduce damage to the environment.
Our environmental goals
We live sustainability and constantly optimise our processes in order to reduce our environmental impact as much as possible. We show transparently what environmental goals we have set ourselves and what steps we are taking to meet them.
Green electricity
We already use over 77% green electricity at all ten AfB locations in Germany. Our goal is to use only green electricity at all locations in Germany by 2024. The changeover is planned for the near future.
Reduction of transport emissions per collected IT device
We emit 0.23g CO2 eq. on average when we pick up an IT device. Our goal is to reduce these emissions to 0.2g CO2 eq. per IT device. To achieve this, we plan our transports to be as environmentally friendly as possible.
Save water
The production and transport of bottled water causes many CO2 emissions and uses plastic. That is why we use sustainable tap water dispensers in all AfB branches in Germany. "a tip: tap" has therefore awarded our company headquarters in Ettlingen as tap water friendly.
In addition, our AfB shops are members of Refill Deutschland.
Increase remarketing quota
The reuse of IT devices has been proven to save resources compared to new production. That is why we are constantly optimising our processes so that we can achieve the best possible remarketing rate for us. In 2021, we have remarketed 68% of the IT devices processed in Germany (59% across Europe).
Reduction of travel emissions per employee
We sensitise our employees to attend as many appointments and events online as possible. In this way, we were able to reduce travel emissions per employee from over 500 kg to 310 kg CO2-eq. in 2021.
Returns rate reduced to 7%
By optimising our packaging, we ensure the safe shipment of our orders and thus reduce the number of devices that are damaged in transit. In addition, our customer service advises our customers in case of queries and problems. Both measures contribute to a reduction in returns. By 2021, we have achieved our goal and reduced the returns rate to seven percent.
