For MedNet, sustainability is a philosophy that shapes our business activities with a holistic view of our customers and employees: We want the world to remain a place worth living in and therefore take our share of responsibility, especially for future generations. With this in mind, we have committed ourselves to acting in a climate-neutral manner.
MedNet has been certified as a climate-neutral company since 2022. We have committed to recording emissions, reducing them and offsetting any remaining emissions by investing in clean energy, using energy more efficiently or supporting climate protection projects.
To this end, MedNet has put together a project team under the leadership of Dr. Silke Flotho-Westrup, Quality Manager at MedNet. MedNet'scarbon footprint is calculated annually based on the Carbon Footprint calculator in accordance with DIN EN ISO 14064-1 and in compliance with the Greenhouse Gas Protocol (GHG) Corporate Accounting Standard.
On this basis, our interdisciplinary team continuously develops and implements measures, e.g. the use of renewable energy through the purchase of green electricity. Measures such as the purchase of climate-neutral electrical appliances, the offer of job bikes and home office days as well as the project for climate-neutral transportation contribute to reducing emissions.
The climate protection projects selected by MedNet not only support a number of the UN Sustainable Development Goals, but also promote economic growth and improve the living conditions of local people.
The majority of the Nigerian population cooks with solid fuels on traditional stoves and open fires, resulting in significant air pollution and the highest number of deaths from indoor air pollution in the world.
The project involves the production and distribution of efficient charcoal stoves to replace the existing cooking stoves. The project will help thousands of families and small and medium-sized enterprises in Nigeria and reduce the country's greenhouse gas emissions.
With an expected operating life of at least 40 years, the Las Pizarras project will make a significant contribution to sustainable electricity generation. It comprises the construction of a run-of-river power plant on the River Chancay and the feeding of the energy generated into the national electricity grid (SEIN). In addition, the power plant will reduce the environmental impact by avoiding 68,132 tons of carbon dioxide equivalents (tCO2e) annually.
The aim of the project is to generate sustainable electricity through the construction of photovoltaic systems. The renewable energy generated in this way is intended to replace energy generated from fossil fuels, which is predominantly fed into the Indian power grid. This reduces the emissions that would be produced by conventional power generation accordingly.
The project aims to generate renewable energy by burning poultry waste and biomass. The waste from the local poultry industry, which was previously disposed of in landfill sites, is used to generate sustainable electricity with the help of a generator. This avoids emissions in two ways: The sustainably generated electricity can replace the electricity previously generated from fossil fuels and avoid the associated emissions. Secondly, methane emissions are avoided, which were produced during the rotting of the poultry manure previously left on the fields. In addition, the new waste disposal system improves hygiene and living conditions in the surrounding villages.
