The Deutsches Tiefkühlinstitut e.V. (dti) is the first association to join the “ZNU goes Zero” initiative. The association office in Berlin is to be made climate neutral by the end of 2022. This means that all greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions are either avoided entirely or reduced as far as possible with suitable measures, according to a press release. Unavoidable emissions are then compensated for by decommissioning CO2 certificates. The ZNU goes Zero initiative comes from the Center for Sustainable Corporate Management (ZNU) at the University of Witten-Herdecke, and 28 companies are already involved in it.
By participating in the initiative, the dti is setting an example in the frozen food industry and the world of associations to set out on the road to climate neutrality. Some members of the dti are also working with ZNU goes Zero on the net climate neutrality of their locations and have set themselves the goal of operating in a net climate neutral manner at all locations by the end of 2022.
Through targeted measures, the dti will save CO2 emissions in the next year and switch to certified green electricity. Not only the direct emissions of the association are to be reduced, but also indirect emissions of the service providers, which are recorded in the climate balance with selected so-called Scope 3 criteria. In order to achieve net climate neutrality, recognized certificates are being decommissioned to compensate for unavoidable CO2 emissions.
The dti has been cooperating closely with the Center for Sustainable Development (ZNU) at the University of Witten-Herdecke since 2020 and is committed to more sustainability and climate protection. Together with the ZNU, for example, the dti and its members started a pilot project this year for the scientifically based, practical recording of food losses in food processing.