CO₂ & Climate

The automotive engineering partner RLE INTERNATIONAL aims to achieve climate-neutral economic performance in the mid term.

"We want to act responsibly now and not wait until a regulation is agreed for the whole of the EU," says Ralf Laufenberg, Managing Director at RLE INTERNATIONAL GmbH, explaining the unusual commitment.

Climate neutrality is the term used to describe the compensation of emissions produced by saving the same amount somewhere else. For climate protection purposes, it is irrelevant where emissions are produced and where they are avoided. For this reason, emissions of greenhouse gases can be neutralised in one place by climate protection measures in another.

To compensate the CO₂ emissions of the company fleet, the engineering partner is supporting a biomass energy project in Brazil
that has been verified by the World Wildlife Fund (WWF)[1]. In this way, RLE INTERNATIONAL completely compensates the greenhouse gas emissions for every kilometre driven. In addition, the medium-sized company intends to purchase only pool vehicles driven by bio-fuel made from regenerative materials in future, which are climate-neutral.  

In the area of power supply, the vehicle and component developer also prefers climate-neutral solutions. The facilities in Cologne and Overath are already being supplied by eco-friendly power from wind, hydro, solar and biomass power stations from Greenpeace Energy. The branches in Rüsselsheim and Stuttgart are to convert to environmentally-friendly energy by the end of the year. At the same time, RLE INTERNATIONAL is going to check all German workstations for power efficiency this year with the aid of energy consultants, and train employees in important environmental subjects.

As a service provider to the automotive industry, RLE INTERNATIONAL sees itself in a particularly responsible position. Environment technologies and their application in vehicle construction are just some of the main focuses of the industry. Vehicles producing low levels of CO₂ and lightweight vehicle design (e.g. diatom structure / bionics) are the challenges to be faced in the near future – and we would like to make a significant contribution.