Climate initiative
The 11er climate initiative explained …
Climate change is a major problem facing our generation and is therefore one of our biggest challenges too. We at 11er rely on fertile soils, clean water and pure air to grow our potatoes. That is why we have always aimed to produce our potato specialities as naturally as possible. In order to preserve this for future generations, it is a matter of course to take a stand against climate change.
Since 2013, we have been calculating our CO₂ emissions and analysing where the main drivers are and how we can reduce them. This forms the basis for the measures we have already implemented and the ones we are planning for the future.
Avoidance and reduction of CO2 emissions
For many years, we have produced our potato specialities as naturally as possible – but there is always room for improvement. The goal of our initiative is to avoid and reduce CO₂ emissions along our value chain. Overall, we aim to reduce at least 25% of our CO₂ emissions by 2025 through our own efforts in avoidance and reduction.
We laid the foundations for our sustainability efforts back in the 1980s by building a biogas plant on our company premises. Since then, we have made great progress and continue to build on these achievements.
We have already achieved this
Reduction of carbon dioxide, savings and investments
Thanks to a variety of measures, we have cut our carbon dioxide production by over 40,000 t since 2004. Through continuous investments in the area of environmental management, we have laid the groundwork for further savings on the path to active climate protection. Furthermore, we have been able to save a great deal of energy, a total of around 200 million kWh since 2004. This corresponds to the annual energy demand of 40,000 four-person households. The energy input per kg of raw potatoes has dropped too. Today we consume around 41% less energy to process 1 kg of raw potatoes than we did in 2001.
CO2 avoidance & reduction
As a manufacturer of frozen potato specialities, we rely on fertile soils, clean water and pure air. Which is why it goes without saying for us that we oppose climate change in whatever way we can and support climate protection.
Our environmental management on site
This is where you will find information about various projects that are being implemented directly on site. The measures in these projects also come together in the “11er Climate Initiative” and help us avoid and reduce CO2.
The 11er energy cycle
We have reached a new milestone on our path towards circular energy management with the newly built biogas plant. The biogas plant converts the biogenic residues from our production into biomethane with a natural gas quality which is then used to transport our potatoes from our potato store in Bavaria to Frastanz. This saves around 3,300 tons of CO2 every year.
Around 1,400 cars with an average annual mileage of 15,000 km could be run for one year on the biomethane produced from our potato wastes. Excess biogas is fed into our local natural gas grid in Vorarlberg.