The project we have chosen is one that focuses on the topic of 'renewable energies'. Greenhouse gases such as CO₂ are distributed evenly in the atmosphere, so the greenhouse gas concentration is roughly the same everywhere on earth. For the global greenhouse gas concentration and the greenhouse effect, it is therefore irrelevant where on earth emissions are caused or avoided. Emissions that cannot be avoided locally can therefore be offset by climate protection projects elsewhere.

However, we have specifically chosen a project in Asia, as the natural rubber contained in our main raw material 'used tyre flour' comes from the monoculture plantations in Southeast Asia. We are happy to provide some compensation for the region, even though we are not the primary cause and driver of this adverse local development.

In selecting the climate protection project, we trust in the experience and reliability of ClimatePartner. Their quality assurance ensures that it is a climate protection project certified and verified according to the Gold Standard or the Verified Carbon Standard (VCS). These standards ensure and also regularly confirm the climate protection effect of a project.

We will be working intensively on the topic of 'climate-neutral products' in the near future, because a climate-neutral company does not automatically have climate-neutral products, not even matteco GmbH.

We will therefore determine the actual concrete values of CO₂-emissions for our core products. For this purpose, all necessary data will be collected from us and our suppliers. This data will then be checked by ClimatePartner and used as a basis for further calculations. However, we are only satisfied with this in the first step, because we then deal specifically with the CO₂-reduction possibilities at our company and at our suppliers, because our very own interest lies in a sustainable reduction of our CO₂-emissions. Finally, the question arises again with which climate protection project we will compensate our CO₂-emissions.