Climate protection
Economy and ecology in harmony
In addition to enormous cost savings and efficiency gains, our customers save a lot of paper and toner by using StepOver’s electronic signature solutions and thus have a positive effect on climate protection. Furthermore, StepOver has been actively committed to climate protection since 2008. As well as measures to avoid emissions, the funds provided by StepOver have enabled more than 1.85 million square meters of forest to be planted over the years. Since 2024, we have also been calculating the emissions generated in our business operations according to the Greenhouse Gas Protocol and DIN EN ISO standard 14064-1 and StepOver is offsetting these with a climate protection contribution for certified climate protection projects.
Climate protection and emission avoidance with StepOver products
An important goal of StepOver is to offer our customers an opportunity to actively participate in climate protection with the solutions we offer. By using our electronic signature solutions, large quantities of paper and toner can be saved. Furthermore, the emission-generating transportation, storage or destruction of these consumables is also eliminated. Our signature pads are designed for extreme durability, rated to 30+ million signatures and repairs are easy to handle and cost-effective. Even years after a product series has been discontinued, we offer repairs for our devices.
StepOver has optimized its business operations so that as few emissions as possible are generated. Even when we cannot avoid sourcing from Asia for individual parts such as semiconductors or displays, we use recyclable components from local production whenever possible. The procurement of components in the immediate vicinity of the Stuttgart site (e.g. PCB assembly, injection molding) ensures short transport routes.
At our company headquarters in Stuttgart, we use green electricity and smart heating and climate control devices. For example, individual room thermostats help us to heat only the rooms that are currently in use. Options such as working from home or replacing business trips with video conferences reduce travel distances and the associated CO2 emissions.
We are constantly working on identifying and implementing further measures, means and methods to avoid environmentally harmful emissions. The aim is to further reduce the CO2 compensation requirements in relation to the goods produced and the number of employees. As part of this, we optimized our packaging system in 2024, saving further resources by eliminating padding material.
Climate protection contribution for certified climate protection projects
With a donation of 10 square meters (approx. one tree) per signature pad, StepOver has been offsetting the CO2 emissions generated by the production of the components for our signature pads (display, housing, chips, etc.) since 2008. By calculating the “Corporate Carbon Footprint” according to the Greenhouse Gas Protocol (GHG Protocol), we have committed to going one step further since 2024 to offset all unavoidable emissions in our business operations. The GHG balance sheet prepared by StepOver (with the support of an external expert) was drawn up in accordance with DIN EN ISO standard 14064-1 and the Greenhouse Gas Protocol and includes all three scopes listed therein (Scope 1, Scope 2, Scope 3).
StepOver therefore not only offsets direct emissions (e.g. from heating the building) but also indirect emissions, for example in the area of employee travel to and from work, upstream logistics, waste generation and business travel.
StepOver offsets emissions from all three scopes in accordance with the GHG Protocol
Scope 1 contains the direct greenhouse gas emissions from combustion processes in stationary and mobile plants directly at the facility’s location. These include heating systems and motor vehicles. It also includes emissions from physical or chemical processes, e.g. leakage and diffusion of refrigerants from cooling systems.
Scope 2 comprises indirect greenhouse gas emissions from the purchase of grid-bound energy. This mainly includes emissions associated with the generation of electricity.
Scope 3 includes all other indirect greenhouse gas emissions from upstream and downstream activities. As a manufacturing company, the external procurement of production materials for components in particular is a key driver of Scope 3 emissions. Other contributors to the corporate carbon footprint include the climate impact of business trips, emissions from employees’ commutes and emissions from logistics processes caused by the goods and services procured.
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