xal.com/sustainability
XAL’s sustainability goals
As a company, we see ourselves as part of a larger whole
to which we are committed – now, and for a future worth
living. Sustainability has always been a focus of our work:
Our products contribute to improving our customers' car-
bon footprint through energy efficiency as well as to their
well-being through ideal light conditions.
Most recently, we have significantly boosted our focus on
sustainability through concrete targets, numerous meas-
ures, and measurable data: Our Corporate Carbon Foot-
print supports us in the targeted planning and implementa-
tion of environmental measures on the way to our goal of
CO2-neutral operation at all our locations by 2030 at the
latest. They include the construction and use of our own
photovoltaic systems, climate-conscious business travel
management, and the switch to e-mobility.
Our activities in climate protection as well as social
sustainability and ethical corporate governance can be
tracked transparently and comprehensibly in our Sustain-
ability Report. In doing so, it was important for us to follow
international standards. The Greenhouse Gas Protocol
and GRI were the basis for this first report – subsequent
reports will of course consider the latest developments
in European reporting standards (CSRD, ESRS). To map
our products’ ecological footprint over their life cycle and
create the basis for environmentally conscious decisions,
we have prepared environmental product declarations
per ISO 14025 and EN 15804 for several products – and
this portfolio is being continuously expanded. We use the
results to make our products ever more sustainable.
We have been a member of the UN Global Compact Initi-
ative since 2020, integrating the principles into our inter-
actions with each other, our environment, our supply chain
management, and our resource strategy. We believe that
our actions and our products’ life cycle must be traceable
and transparent, which makes alignment with clear stand-
ards essential. Accordingly, in addition to ISO 9001, we
are certified to the ISO 14001 environmental management
standard. We also rely on independent providers to evalu-
ate our corporate social responsibility: Ecovadis regularly
assesses our corporate social responsibility holistically
and based on objective criteria with a focus on the envi-
ronment, labour and human rights, ethics, and responsible
procurement.
Michael Engel, CEO of XAL Holding GmbH
“ By 2030, we will have reduced our
Scope 1 and 2 emissions to zero.”
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