Sustainability

We use various systems and take measures to reduce emissions and conserve resources.

March 7 is International Waste Separation Day. In this article, you can find out where it originated, what you can do and how the BAUR Group deals with waste.

Our kitchen professionals at Klüh are always planning great campaigns. In September, for example, everything in our canteen revolved around the topic of "climate-friendly eating".

Water protection is also a particular concern for us in the BAUR Group, which is why we have been sponsoring a section of the "Weismain" river for a long time.

We currently have five bee colonies in the BAUR Group and up to 50,000 bees live here each summer. Lukas, our beekeeper, reports for you.

The BAUR Group has stood for responsible action since its foundation. Sustainability was anchored as a corporate goal as early as 1999.

Tobias and Lena from the Otto Group's Corporate Responsibility department on fridges, questionnaires and their long journey along the supply chain.
Part 1 of the 3-part interview.

Read part 2 to find out how such a large company provides information about its supply chains, who actually checks the accuracy of the data and why nothing works without transparency.

In part 3, Tobias and Lena explain why ethical and environmentally conscious action must become the standard and why the new law is a good preparation for the leap into the future.

Here you can find out what is meant by "wild plastic" and how OTTO managed to develop the first wild shipping bag in cooperation with WILDPLASTIC.

With a pilot project, the BAUR Group is introducing a rental and leasing offer on baur.de for the first time. Find out how it will work in this interview.

Make space in your wardrobe or shoe cupboard and bring great joy to others: Find out how you can easily donate clothes with the "Platz schaffen mit Herz" initiative in this article.

Diversity is very important to us in the BAUR Group. Diversity and variety have various dimensions, which we would like to present in this article and arouse interest.

Juice was pressed from self-picked, regional apples and sold to our employees in combination with a sustainability package.

For many years, we have been organizing a fundraising campaign in the run-up to Christmas to benefit charitable organizations - in 2020 for the first time also contactless.

Plastic bottles, cans and even car tires: Every year, our trainees and dual students carry out a stream clean-up in Weismain and thus contribute to the topic of "responsibility for our environment".

Our B.Our team organized a bee donation campaign in the past and was able to raise €1,500 for a charitable cause. Find out more in the article.

We have been cooperating with the Bavarian Red Cross for many years to organize regular blood donation campaigns and thus save lives.

On the occasion of the day of action, we would like to contribute to improving Internet security and raise awareness of the issue with our campaign "S. o. S. - Surfing without worries".

Our increased digital communication and way of working - both privately and professionally - consumes a lot of CO2. This is precisely where our "Digital Spring Cleaning" campaign comes in.

With the support of our current trainees and many other colleagues, we digitized the b.welcome days 2020 - just as it should be for an online retailer. Find out more in the article.