Pillars of the sustainability strategy

 

ecology

AMATA uses environmentally friendly and resource-saving technologies in all areas. The consumption of all resources should be optimized in such a way that further savings potentials are regularly found and the environment is protected in this way.

The core of the measures implemented so far was the introduction of an IP-controlled central building technology, which went into operation in 2020. Additional areas will be successively connected to this central office. In a first step, the analysis should be improved so that the control can be optimized on this basis.

 

economy

AMATA attaches particular importance to sustainable management in order to achieve the goals set and to secure the existing jobs. Resource-saving management contributes significantly to this. 

To this end, we maintain a regular, open culture of communication with our stakeholders and deal with our customers in a transparent and responsible manner. With this in mind, we also maintain our long-term partnerships. For both ecological and economic reasons, we save electricity, water, heat, printer paper and the like wherever possible. 

 

company

AMATA is committed to social interaction and a stable society worth living in, which always pays attention to the observance of human rights. The focus is on our employees, who, as a fundamental resource of our company, make a significant contribution to the positive image and long-term success. As a family-friendly employer, we support and encourage our employees wherever possible. When selecting products and services, we ensure compliance with statutory social standards.

 

Governance/Risk/Compliance

For our self-image, we have introduced a compliance agreement, in which all employees are regularly instructed and which is the elementary basis of day-to-day activities. It is determined by complying with legal requirements, regulatory standards and fulfilling our corporate values. 

Company management, risk analysis and compliance are the most important tasks of the management, especially with regard to the sustainability strategy. Due to short official channels and regular exchange, deviations are promptly identified and remedied. The interests and concerns of the employees are taken seriously, the potential of risk warnings and criticism from inside and outside is used. There is an error culture at AMATA that sees errors and criticism as opportunities and tackles their causes. Compliance thus guarantees the company's successful sustainability.

 

Our compliance policy contains the basic rules for our behavior towards our customers, service providers and within the company. The management has undertaken to inform the employees about the regulations, rules and laws and to set an example for the values and rules contained therein.

 

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Goal and vision of the sustainability strategy

 

The goal and vision of our sustainability strategy can be presented on two levels:

 

On a higher, abstract level, we aim to change and sustainably improve things through our work. Above all, this includes activities that we make possible by assuming economic risks. We want to use it to start discussions and activities that would otherwise not have taken place.

 

On a subordinate, practical level, we want to make hosting events as sustainable as possible. This relates above all to the consumption of resources, especially energy, which we want to significantly reduce and make more environmentally friendly. It initially includes the areas for which we are responsible, such as heating, but we also want to make suggestions to our customers as to how they can solve upstream and downstream issues as sustainably as possible. This ranges from the logistics of visitor movements to the disposal of materials, which hopefully will not be necessary if material can be rented on site.

 

Our goal is to further reduce the resources consumed by our actions in the future and - as far as possible and sensible - to produce them ourselves and CO2-neutrally.

 

Energy is the most important resource that we consume. This applies today to electricity and natural gas. From an ecological point of view, our sustainability vision is based on using 100% renewable energy in all aspects. We currently use natural gas to operate the dark radiator heating, which is not available as a 100% regenerative form of energy. The resulting CO2 emissions are offset by a compensation fee from our partner Atmosfair. 
 

It is therefore our goal not to generate any emissions in the first place and therefore not to purchase any natural gas, but to convert the entire technology to solar power. We have already received various offers for the installation of a photovoltaic system over the entire 1,800 square meters of the roof area of the engine plant. The new power distribution system installed in 2021 is already geared towards this. The aim is to install the photovoltaic system in the next two years. 

 

We have been looking for partners from science and research for a long time to develop a pilot project for storing thermal heat together with us. In the Motorwerk there are huge wall and floor areas on or in which heat from events taking place could be stored. As part of our sustainability strategy, we regularly hold relevant discussions and are always open to suitable ideas. 

 

With all these issues, we are gradually approaching the goal of our sustainability strategy, namely to solve issues that we are compensating for today by using our own energy and other new technologies in the future.

 

In this context, we are also discussing the approach of making rental furniture for our events sustainable in such a way that less material has to be transported for events in our house. We talk to our stakeholders about how furniture that we produce ourselves and that is constantly available on site could be changed in such a way that it could be used for a wide variety of purposes, how prints on canvas can be replaced by projections and how one can literally turn white furniture black in this way could get. Furnishing the foyer was already a first attempt to design and implement multifunctional furniture by a creative artist and carpenter. 

 

For several years, the management has been trying to initiate a shuttle service purely using electric buses, which unfortunately has failed due to the available resources in this area. The Berliner Verkehrsbetriebe (BVG) had to withdraw after a short discussion on this topic, since the existing electric buses are only sufficient for daily operation, shuttle bus operators currently do not have any electric buses in use. 

Despite all the setbacks, we continue to work on our strategy of making the entire process of transporting guests and material to us, on our premises and away from us sustainable and resource-saving.

 

Our sustainability goals for the coming period in numbers:

 

• Reduction of external electricity purchases by 50% by the end of 2023 

• Reduction of water consumption by 50% by the end of 2023 

• Waste avoidance at events by 50% by the end of 2023

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