Environmental awareness at FAHNENGÄRTNER

We are a forward-looking company that takes a holistic view of sustainability. Our aim is to leave behind a vibrant and healthy environment for future generations. Underlying this is an ecological, economic and social responsibility that we are happy to embrace.

In doing so, it is particularly important to us to design our products and production processes to be as environmentally friendly as possible. For us, the environment also includes people, whom we place at the centre of everything we do.

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This is part of sustainability at FAHNENGÄRTNER

Half of the annual energy is self-generated

Photovoltaics and heat recovery are the main sources of energy. Our company cars also run on electricity.

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We can also demonstrate our success with a large number of awards and prizes.

Economy oriented towards the common good

We pay attention to a future-oriented, resource-conserving and people-oriented form of economy.

The focus is on people

Healthy employees (both physically and mentally) are important to us and we support them in their work-life balance.

Gerald Heerdegen - Managing Director FAHNENGÄRTNER

"For years now, all of our activities in production at FAHNENGÄRTNER have been aimed at giving sustainability and environmental protection a lot of space alongside economically important goals such as efficiency and economy. This is the only way that major environmentally relevant projects, such as a fully comprehensive heat recovery system or a photovoltaic system covering more than 1,500 m2, have had the chance to be implemented."

Gerald Heerdegen
Management Board

Sustainable products

We already use fabrics made from RC yarn (recycled polyester) in numerous products and also ensure that the recycled PET bottles used in our supply chain are genuine.

Example: POWERFLAG-RC:

The recycled polyester in the flag fabric of a POWERFLAG-RC measuring 100 x 400 cm is equivalent, in terms of calculation, to the amount of PET from 28 bottles.

Sustainable production

As well as offering products that conserve resources, we also focus on environmentally friendly production. By using solar energy and heat recovery, we are already generating up to 50 per cent of our own energy. We have also converted our vehicle fleet to electric power. This enables us to achieve a significant reduction in CO₂ emissions.

In addition to our self-generated energy, we rely on district heating supplied by a local biomass heating plant.

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We can also demonstrate the success of our CSR strategy with a large number of awards and prizes.

WIKARUS - The Salzburg Business Award (2016), Salzburger Umweltblatt (2017), TRIGOS (2020) and Leading Employer (2020) demonstrate our commitment in recent years and are significant milestones.

In 2022, we were nominated and awarded Company of the Year 2022 by the TBSL (textile, clothing, shoe and leather industry).

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Common good

We don't just want to leave a lean footprint on an ecological level. We live and act according to the concept of the common good to ensure humane coexistence and for the benefit of our next generation.

Practiced values such as social commitment, sustainable and environmentally conscious action as well as family-friendly, health-conscious, appreciative and talent-oriented employee management are important components of our corporate philosophy.

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Healthy employees

The physical and mental health of our employees is important to us. For this reason, the company-wide Xundi health program was launched in 2007. For over 15 years, the focus has been on joint exercise and company training programs. As an additional motivation, exercise for a good cause was also initiated, where employees' exercise is converted into donations for a good cause.

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