Responsibility for the environment

For us, responsible entrepreneurial action means always considering future generations as well. Storck as a family business is operating successfully based on this vision in what is already the fourth generation. Using natural resources responsibly and continuously implementing measures for sustainable environmental and climate protection is a matter of course for us.

Environmental and climate protection at Storck

To make production as environmentally friendly as possible, we are reducing the use of natural resources every year and carefully measuring and managing our consumption. We are investing in modern buildings and efficient plants, and optimising processes throughout our company.

Approaches and priorities

Saving energy

Cooking is an essential element of confectionery production. Production is therefore energy-intensive – and so are the many steps in making chocolate, which we perform in-house starting with the delivery of cocoa beans. We roast and grind the beans, warm and conche the cocoa paste. The finished products in turn require refrigerated storage. We therefore consume considerably more energy than we would need if we purchased ready-made preliminary products. This makes the economical and efficient use of energy all the more important to us.

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Reducing emissions

In addition to the efficient use of energy, reducing greenhouse gas emissions is a guiding principle for Storck. We systematically look for ways to reduce the proportion of fossil energy sources in order to lower emissions. That is why we are continuously expanding our own energy production.

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Reducing water consumption

Water is an indispensable resource for the production of our products. It is a confectionery ingredient and also important for many production processes. We use this resource with care – economically and responsibly. Through a combination of many different measures, we have significantly reduced our water consumption.

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Optimisation of packaging

Storck has established a dedicated “Packaging Technology” department that works on optimal packaging to meet our needs. Members of this department not only consider the question of product quality and safety, but also sustainability aspects such as the quantity of material and recyclability.

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Reusing recyclable materials

Waste is produced by the production processes at our sites. Our goal is to minimise the volume of waste. We sort materials carefully and cooperate with specialised service providers, thereby recycling most of the food waste and other recyclable materials in the interest of a sustainable recycling economy.

Maintaining and improving natural habitats

Storck has four production sites in Germany: in Berlin, Halle (Westphalia), Ohrdruf in Thuringia and Taunusstein, Hesse. We consciously consider nature and, in particular, protected habitats in the further development of our production sites. None of our sites infringe on protected or high biodiversity areas.

 

Protecting watercourses is especially important to us. At the Halle production site, for example, we implemented renaturation measures on a section of the Laibach, a brook that borders our site. Our plant expansion offered the opportunity. The brook’s near-natural design and ecological improvement went far beyond our obligations in the context of the plant expansion. Appealing habitats for various plant and animal species have quickly emerged along the restored Laibach.

 

Along a section that was previously unnaturally straight, we returned another brook, the Warmenau in neighbouring Werther, to its original, highly meandering bed. This additional compensation measure for our plant expansion on the site created a valuable habitat for fish and amphibians. Through initial planting along the banks, we provided for the development of a natural floodplain forest.

A flight over the renaturalized Laibach

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The Stork Foundation

The foundation established by the family of owners in the early 1990s, “The Stork Foundation – storks for our children”, is dedicated to the lasting protection of the large birds’ habitats. Since the 1990s, the foundation has acquired fallow land areas in the Drömling region at the border between Lower Saxony and Saxony-Anhalt in order to subsequently restore them. This engagement has paid off: the number of white stork breeding pairs has doubled to almost 60. In the meantime, the Drömling region has been designated as one of currently 17 UNESCO biosphere reserves in Germany.

 

The foundation is also active in what are known as the “Sudewiesen” of the Elbe valley floodplain forests in the Lüneburg district. Heck cattle and ponies graze in the semi-open pasture landscape with shallow bodies of water today. They keep the land open, thereby maintaining a perfect habitat for storks who find plenty of food in the pastures and around pools that were created.

 

For over 30 years, the Stork Foundation has been dedicated to the stork that, more so than most animals, symbolises an intact environment. Both in the Drömling region and in the Sudeniederung, the foundation’s engagement helps ensure the survival of the stork for future generations.

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Human Rights

Sincerity, integrity and fairness have guided Storck’s corporate actions. We respect the dignity and personality of individuals, their rights and their need to look after their own interests.

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Supply chain & raw materials

We treat our suppliers, the people and the environment at the origin of our raw materials with respect and responsibility. This is even more important to us given our awareness that human rights and environmental standards can be compromised in the complex supply chains in the countries of origin.

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