Sustainability & Climate Awareness at Eurohike

 Many employees in our company use the public transport network or environmentally friendly means of transport such as cycling or walking. And there are already some team members who like to cycle early in the morning. Another option for an environmentally friendly commute is car sharing - here, too, many colleagues are well connected with each other and look forward to a nice chat on the way to work. We use an app solution for even more efficient planning and coordination. To ensure that we all stay active and on the move in our free time, we also have the option of borrowing Eurobike bicycles free of charge, providing plenty of resource-saving activities in the fresh air.

Our transport pool is also already taking steps towards greater sustainability and opportunities to expand electromobility in our logistics. The company's own electric vehicles can also be charged on our premises. In recent years, working from home has also become an important part of our working model, which helps to massively reduce emissions on the journey to work. For those who commute by car, the car park in front of our office building in Obertrum am See has been ecologically designed with numerous newly planted trees, which visually integrate into the natural landscape in the green paradise of the Salzburg Lake District in the best possible way. Every single tree has done something good for the environment!

We recycle everywhere in-house and carefully separate plastic, paper and residual waste. Our organic waste is composted and fed back into the cycle as fertiliser in the high beds in our company garden. A particularly environmentally friendly measure was implemented a few years ago with the "paperless" office. Our workstations are equipped with state-of-the-art equipment and ergonomics. Our employee clothing is produced sustainably and fairly to ensure that ecological standards are also met in this area. When purchasing cleaning products, we therefore prioritise environmentally friendly products and use water-saving taps in our company to reduce water consumption.

In our daily office routine, we also prioritize sustainable variety with a focus on quality and regionality when it comes to our culinary choices. We source organic apples from Thomas Wallner, a local organic farmer in Seeham, yogurts in a jar from "Buachberger's Mili" in Mattsee. On Tuesday and Thursday we enjoy a warm lunch: once a week from our neighbour, the  Trumer Schmankerlhof, and once from Café Vielfalt in Hallwang. Wednesdays are "juice day" in our company: We squeeze fresh and healthy juices from fruit and vegetables. In the office kitchens, we have switched to fair trade coffee and enjoy our breaks in our green oasis of well-being. We also have raised beds in the garden where we grow vegetables such as cucumbers, tomatoes and herbs for snacking! 

We have been using a photovoltaic system to generate electricity for more than ten years and a solar system is used to heat water in the company. With three battery storage units, we can also utilise this energy source on days with little sunshine and thus benefit from the sun's energy. We use energy-saving lighting throughout the building and prefer to use daylight wherever possible. We make sure we use energy carefully every day and always switch off lights and electrical appliances as soon as they are no longer needed.