"We are pleased to be making a contribution to the environment and future generations. We are actively committed to sustainable production and are the first promotional product retailer to offer our customers the "climate-neutral product with myclimate" service," says Maja Bürkli, Head of Sustainability and Purchasing at bb tradeing.ch
The factors material, weight, packaging, the respective production process and the transport involved were included in the complex analysis and calculation for each advertising material group. By clicking on the "Calculate climate neutral" button, customers can easily factor climate neutrality into their quote and order. For around two thirds of the items in the range, the contribution to climate neutrality is one per cent, for the remaining third it is three to a maximum of five per cent of the order value. When ordering 1,000 printed mouse mats, for example, the surcharge for climate neutrality is only one per cent of the order value and therefore less than the transport costs from bb trading.ch to the customer.
The contributions are channelled into the myclimate project "Cooking with corncobs instead of coal" in China. There, in the provinces of Hubei and Guizhou, clean, biomass-fuelled gas cookers are replacing traditional coal cookers in rural households. Replacing coal with biomass reduces CO₂ emissions and improves local air quality, thereby also improving the health of women and children. In addition to climate neutrality, bbtrading also offers customers other environmental standards or FSC.