GOOD PRACTICE EXAMPLE
| Country: | GERMANY |  |
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| Product group: | green power | |
| Name of the institution: | WELEDA |
Overview
Private company
Weleda is the world's leading producer and marketer of natural health and body care products. Ecological awareness is part off all parts of the company’s philosophy, demonstrated for example in its 100% procurement of green electricity.
Institutional details
| Address: | Möhlerstr. 3-5 73525 Schwäbisch Gmünd |
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| Contact person: | Dierk Kuvecke |
| Function: | Technischer Betriebsleiter |
| Phone: | +49 (0) 71 71- 91 96 30 |
| Fax: | +49 (0) 71 71- 91 95 21 |
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| Website: | www.weleda.de |
| Number of employees: | 700 |
WELEDA is a well-known and worldwide operating company. It develops and sells complementary medicine, nutritional supplements and cosmetics and has oriented itself to the needs of doctors and patients looking for anthroposophy medicine. Weleda operates on all five continents with 1400 employees, 700 thereof in Germany. Its guiding principles are accompanied by the commitment to environment protection and sustainable management.
Procurement process
At Weleda AG, procurement is organised centrally in a section.
Measures
According to the company’s philosophy, Weleda is completely provided with green energy. For purchasing their green electricity by using the label “RECS” as criteria - a system for approval of renewable power production and issuing, trade and redemption of certificates for renewable energy.
Success
The decision for using annually almost 4 million kWh green energy lead to 2.400 tons CO2 savings each year.
