Environment & Climate
Our Climate Strategy 2.0
In 2020, for the first time, we compiled a carbon footprint for 2018 based on the Green House Gas Protocol (GHG Protocol) - in the mandatory areas of Scopes 1 and 2 as well as the optional Scope 3. Based on the carbon footprint determined, we developed a cross-site climate strategy for the German companies Immobilien Scout GmbH, Scout24 SE and FLOWFACT GmbH. Our approach: avoid, reduce, compensate. The previous goal of our climate strategy was to reduce our absolute emissions by 60 percent by 2025 compared to the base year 2018 and to compensate for the remaining unavoidable emissions by investing in certified climate protection projects. By 2020, we had already succeeded in reducing our emissions by around 60 percent to 2,423 metric tons of CO2 compared to 6,123 metric tons in 2018.
This is why in 2022 we are reviewing our climate strategy: We want to track our emissions more closely, integrate new sites and set ourselves ambitious targets for further reducing our carbon footprint.
What we achieved so far
Flights
According to our new travel policy, business trips within Germany are only to be taken by plane if the journey cannot be completed within 4.5 hours by train.
Print products
As of 1 January 2021, our Berlin and Munich offices only procure print products that have been produced in a climate-neutral manner.
Vehicle fleet
We are converting our fleet to electric vehicles. At the end of 2021, 89% of the fleet consisted of electric cars.
Catering
Lunches at our Berlin office have been entirely vegetarian three times a week since 1 January 2021.
Data centres
We completed the migration of our data centres to a cloud-based solution in 2020.
Green electricity
We want all of the power we purchase for all Scout24 Group sites to come from renewable sources in future. At our Munich and Cologne sites, we have been sourcing 100 % green electricity since 2018, and in Berlin since the beginning of 2020.
Download
Here you can download an excerpt of all key indicator tables for energy and emissions from the Sustainability Report 2021 as a PDF file.
