Lowest possible
consumption of ressources
Further improvement in resource management is a matter of course for DEKRA. The focus here is on energy efficiency and greenhouse gas reduction. Significant progress has already been made in terms of energy efficiency in recent years.
In 29 countries, DEKRA already covered 100 percent of its electricity requirements with green electricity in 2024. The aim is to achieve this percentage for the entire DEKRA Group by 2025. The guidelines of the RE100 initiative provide orientation here. However, in order to not only switch to renewable electricity, but also to contribute to the expansion of renewables, new renewable energy plants have been installed at numerous locations, for example in Germany, Denmark, Finland and the United Kingdom. By 2025, each DEKRA region should cover at least 4% of its electricity consumption through its own production.
In addition to switching to 100 percent renewable electricity at all sites, DEKRA is also aiming to reduce the carbon footprint and energy consumption of its buildings on site, primarily through construction and operational measures. This includes improvements through
- energy-efficient lighting, heating and cooling technologies,
- energy-efficient IT infrastructures,
- optimization of building insulation,
- assessment of green roofs and facades,
- drinking water collection,
- on-site generation of renewable energy,
- intelligent consumption recording,
- monitoring of energy efficiency for continuous optimization,
- regular energy audits,
- consideration of energy consumption and energy efficiency when selecting new locations.
To support this, workshops were held with the various DEKRA regions to discuss energy efficiency measures and potential greenhouse gas savings, and an environmental dashboard on energy consumption and DEKRA's overall carbon footprint was developed for internal stakeholders.
Resource management and energy efficiency also play a major role for servers and cloud services. At the central DEKRA Data Center in Frankfurt am Main in Germany, the company's server experts therefore analyzed the server landscape together with the external partner and implemented a “Performance on Demand” system in 2022 that reduces energy consumption by up to 15 percent. By using artificial intelligence, the system now recognizes the minimum energy requirement of each server and distributes it accordingly. This means that not all servers are running at an energy level of 100 percent at all times. At the same time, DEKRA wants to further reduce paper consumption, increase the proportion of recycled paper used and promote paperless processes and digital collaboration. In terms of the use of recycled paper, the rate in Germany was already just under 96 percent in 2023. In addition, waste and recycling targets, the avoidance of disposable products, waste separation, the reduction of plastic use and responsible water and chemical management are intended to ensure the sustainable use of resources and the preservation of air and water quality.
