Environmental Responsibility

Caravanning and the responsible use of resources have always been closely linked. An intact and healthy natural environment is the most important prerequisite for unique leisure experiences — therefore, we see it as our duty to preserve it and actively protect it in our fight against climate change.

As an industry leader, we see it as our obligation to lead the way in reducing CO₂ emissions and conserving natural resources. Our guiding principle is: avoid – reduce – compensate. We have already made good progress on our path to a CO₂-free future:

Between 2018 and 2020, we were already able to more than halve CO₂ emissions at our production sites in Europe.
By 2030 at the latest, we will have reduced our CO₂ emissions by a further 50%.
By 2050 at the latest, we as a company are aiming to have a completely climate-neutral value chain.
On our path to climate neutrality, we offset our unavoidable CO₂ emissions through certified projects with the highest quality standards.
Innovations such as alternative propulsion systems, lightweight construction, connected travel and autonomous motorhomes are our current research priorities for an environmentally friendly caravanning experience.

Wood chip plant

By using wood waste for fuel in our biomass plants, we reduce greenhouse gas emissions for heating our production buildings by about 30 percent annually. In the coming years, we will continue to significantly cut our carbon emissions and halve our emissions again.

Heat recovery

For thermodynamic reasons, the generation of compressed air creates heat as a byproduct, which is largely lost as waste. Through heat recovery, we can harness and utilize this energy at our sites – for heating, for example. Much like with a heat pump, the amount of usable energy (from compressed air and heat) could even be greater than the generated electrical energy.

Water treatment

Leak testing our vehicles is an integral part of our quality control process — to do this, we use large quantities of water. At our plant in Neustadt, Saxony, we use a treatment system to ensure that we can reuse this water again and again in a closed-loop system. This means that no more precious drinking water is wasted.

Electricity from renewable energies

By switching to green electricity, we have already been able to reduce 60 percent of our CO₂ emissions. By installing rooftop solar plants and electrifying our vehicle fleet, we will further expand our use of electricity from renewable sources.