Von Dorsch

✓ Our office is equipped with energy-saving LED technology, and we use modern and energy-efficient technology whenever possible for all of our productions.

✓ Our office runs on green electricity.

✓ We use a paperless, digital accounting system.

✓ We have promotional items produced under fair production conditions by local suppliers.

✓ We use a digital workflow.

✓ We systematically reduce our consumption of resources such as electricity, water, heat, paper and fuel.

✓ We rent and rent out rather than buying new – but will readily purchase used equipment as needed.

✓ We separate waste and recycle.

✓ We print things out only when necessary and use recycling paper in our office.

✓ Props and costumes are recycled and reused.

✓ During our production activities we offer fairly traded, vegetarian/vegan catering along with regional and seasonal products as available. We expressly call upon studio renters to follow our example.

✓ We drink and serve organic drinks and tap water and in the office.

✓ We drink only fairly traded organic coffee.

✓ In place of dairy products, we serve organic oat milk.

✓ Whenever possible, we use reusable bottles and dishes.

✓ We use up all our food, separate waste and avoid waste altogether when we can.

✓ We order our drinks for the office from Lebendiges Land in Demeter and organic quality as regionally as possible.

✓ In order to reduce unnecessary, expensive and unhealthy food from the delivery service and the resulting waste, we provide food for all employees to cook themselves in our kitchen. Of course, regional in Demeter and organic quality from Lebendiges Land.

✓ We travel by bicycle within the city to the extent that our daily routines allow us to do so.

✓ Our company vehicle is an electric vehicle with a trailer coupling

✘ We always stay in hotels that have their own sustainability certificates or environmental policies.

(✓) We transport our team and materials in an emission-friendly and effective manner.

✓ We travel within Germany by train (unless we have too much equipment to transport).

✓ We make up for unavoidable flights with a climate protection certificate.

✓ We use public transportation when we can, car sharing, and environmentally friendly vehicle types when traveling by taxi.

✓ Hardware is switched off when not in use.

✘ Central server room for controlled ventilation (cold/warm hosting) and avoidance of electrosmog.

✘ 28°C (82.4°F) server operating temperature -> reduced energy consumption for cooling.

✘ No stand-alone PCs or other fan-operated devices in the offices or studios.

✘ Mostly self-hosting instead of cloud hosting.

✓ Sustainable web hosting. Our website is hosted by visuellverstehen in Flensburg, a common good economy-certified advertising agency.

✓ Our mail server is powered by wind energy and hosted by windcloud 4.0 in the region.

✓ Use of rechargeable batteries instead of batteries.

✘ Our website traffic is programmed to optimize emissions.

We work and communicate with our partners and clients fairly, on a basis of trust, with respect, and in a professional manner.  We expect you to treat your employees fairly and to exemplify and maintain an open-minded, anti-sexist and anti-racist attitude in your dealings within your establishment. We give preference to regional service providers with a transparent supply chain. Depending on the size of the production, we may engage green managers or appoint a responsible team member for the purpose of selecting and implementing appropriate measures from our sustainability guide. We are committed to the economy for the common good and in that spirit have co-founded the “new economy” in Flensburg. We are working towards obtaining common good economy certification.