A green light for green energy
Over 10,000 sq.m. of solar panels will have been installed on the roofs of buildings in Amstetten, St. Georgen and St. Martin by the end of 2023. Thus around 9% of electricity required each year at the Amstetten site can be covered with solar power.
In addition to the current systems that produce around 1 MW peak, 2.3 MW peak will be added by the end of 2023. When the system is finally completed, this will produce an estimated 3,270 megawatt-hours of electricity a year for Doka's power network. This is equivalent to the annual electricity consumption of one thousand four-person households.
In terms of the Umdasch Group’s sustainability strategy, this is doubly good news. Firstly, solar power reduces electricity consumption at the Amstetten headquarters taking the existing and the new systems together, thus cutting CO2 emissions by 1,450 tonnes a year. Secondly, the system has economic advantages because it reduces electricity costs. Even the existing photovoltaic system has cut electricity costs, as already reported. It actually saved €40,000 from January to September 2021.
Christian Hofstetter I Head of Department Energy & Building Technologies
“We generate electricity from a sustainable source and all the solar panels on the Amstetten HQ reduce our CO2 emissions by 1,450 to CO2 equivalents/year.”
Lower CO2 emissions naturally also mean that Doka’s Corporate Carbon Footprint is smaller. The Corporate Carbon Footprint recently produced by Doka clearly shows the areas where CO2- emissions arise when all sites are in operation. Bought-in electricity accounts for a considerable part of the carbon footprint. The situation already looks completely different for the end of 2023. This is because a further 6% will be added to the 3% of the electricity requirement produced by the company to date.
Together we drive momentum
As part of the Umdasch Group, we at Doka aim to not only be economically successful, but also fulfill our ecological and social responsibilities as well as our responsibility as an employer. Therefore, we regularly set impulses within and outside our company and drive international initiatives that make our common working and living environment more sustainable.
This is one step in the right direction, which is also likely to be successful in other branches. The Umdasch Group would now like to press ahead and use this renewable source of energy worldwide. At present, surveys to ascertain the potential and feasibility analyses are under way at many sites. An illustration of this is the Doka branch at Niederhasli in Switzerland, where a photovoltaic system has already been installed on the office building and panels on the building roofs will follow this year.
Doka and Umdasch Group are committed to sustainable development.
This is why we subscribe to initiatives that are aligned with the United Nations’ “Sustainable Development Goals”.
An excellent combination of work and family life
Satisfied employees offer tremendous potential! Doka does its bit to create happy families with Umdasch Nest. At our Amstetten site the little ones are well looked after in our company’s own crèche, including in the years before they are old enough for the kindergarten.
A deliciously cool start to the employee engagement survey
Improvements depend on honest feedback. This is why the Umdasch Group introduced a global engagement survey so that all employees have an opportunity to make their views known.
Responsibility is part of the deal for the Umdasch Group
The Umdasch Group has set itself the goal of linking knowledge, business and values and thus fulfilling the responsibility that both the Umdasch Group and its companies have to society.
Step by step to more fitness!
Sports not only have an immense impact on your health, they also have a positive effect on well-being. Doka Saudi Arabia has acknowledged this and launched a three-month fitness challenge.
Doka brings self-directed development into the Spotlight
Doka and the Umdasch Group have set themselves the target to support employees in our complex and fast-moving world of work in the best way we can to achieve flexible and needs-based development that is useful for them. The route we have chosen is tailored learning offers for independent development.
New land with NEULANDT
NEULANDT’s portable precast plant N3P is on its first mission to Abidjan on the Ivory Coast. N3P allows for the industrial production of precast elements directly on the construction site. This creates added value at a local level and high process efficiency. The results are sustainable, affordable living spaces, as well as a better social infrastructure.
Powder coating 4.0
The cutting-edge powder-coating system has been in operation near the Amstetten headquarters since 2021. What can such a system achieve? Every single step of production can be optimised for sustainability, using the latest robot technology, digitalisation, automation and state-of-the-art technology. It protects the environment and people.
Seven Climate Rangers show the way
Seven Doka employees completed the Climate Ranger Academy to develop their knowledge on climate protection and mainstream this knowledge within Doka's business environment. This is because transformation will only be successful if sustainability is reflected in the strategy, the business’s own core processes and in its everyday processes.
Sustainability wins prizes
What is the idea behind the Umdasch Group’s Sustainability Prize? It is to promote projects that work towards a sustainability strategy and these projects are within the company itself. What started in 2020 is now an annual event. Employees are very enthusiastic and motivated.
A green light for green energy
Over 10,000 sq.m. of solar panels will have been installed on the roofs of buildings in Amstetten, St. Georgen and St. Martin by the end of 2023. Thus around 9% of electricity required each year at the Amstetten site can be covered with solar power.
A clever move!
Doka’s transport logistics in Amstetten are attracting attention with their strong, sustainable focus on expanding intermodal traffic. Consignments are transported in combination with railways. More and more Doka countries are joining.
Doka Sweden’s vehicles are going green
Doka Sweden’s trucks are producing 80–90% fewer greenhouse gases by using a different sort of green fuel. HVO100 fuel is leading the way in the sustainability stakes, as it is primarily made of waste fats such as cooling oils or animal fat.
Carbon footprint for around 7,000 products
From the procurement of raw material and production through to delivery to distribution centres and branches worldwide, use on construction sites, repair and cleaning and, finally, the recovery and recycling phase of the product. Around 7,000 products have been examined right down to the last detail. Or, to be more accurate, to calculate their carbon footprint.
The end of paper!
Doka Amstetten is achieving in practice what was earlier thought to be unimaginable. There was great enthusiasm as they discovered and appreciated the advantages of paperless manufacturing. If an appropriate device is used, digitalisation brings very important advantages, especially in production. Everything is right up to date – with just a couple of clicks.
A career abroad? Yes!
Three months’ work experience in the USA changed her life. For the Hungarian Yard Manager, too, Doka was the gateway to the world. A third was in the Ivory Coast for his project.