Sustainability
NOT JUST A BUZZWORD
At rettenmeier®, we work with the natural raw material wood that has been available to humans for thousands of years. Technical progress and new requirements and uses have led to the development of an increasing number of timber products. The extremely increasing desire for natural and renewable wood as a raw material makes balancing the consumption and regrowth of the raw material so important - which is why we attach great importance to sustainable forestry.
ACTIVE CLIMATE PROTECTION THREEFOLD
1. Our raw material wood removes harmful CO2 from the atmosphere.
2. We then process it sustainably into CO2 storage and thereby extend the storage of the contained carbon – a low-energy house in wood construction, for example, relieves the atmosphere of around 80 tonnes of carbon dioxide.
3.Our rettenmeier® PREMIUM OF WOOD replaces other energy-intensive materials such as steel or concrete, which produce enormous quantities of CO2 during production.
The CO2 extracted from the atmosphere is stored in our products for many decades. Consequently, our solid wood products are one of the most important natural CO2 storage systems (trees take the climate-damaging gas out of the atmosphere through photosynthesis as they need it for their growth). As a result, we are slowing down the increase in CO2 by using wood as a raw material and demonstrably reducing the greenhouse effect.
SUSTAINABLE FORESTRY (PEFC)
We attach great importance to sustainable forestry. Our raw material comes almost exclusively from regional forests certified according to the PEFC standard. However, the required sustainability does not stop with the finished raw material, but extends over our entire product production.
GREEN LOGISTICS
In order to relieve our roads and the environment while still transporting our goods to our customers on time and in perfect condition, we see great potential in rail transport, which we are continuously expanding.
We also want to promote the use of CO2-neutral fuels in our road transport.