Operational and product-related environmental protection as a means of conserving ecosystems is important to us and expected from us. Our goals: to avoid or reduce negative effects on the environment (soil, water, air), preserve biodiversity and careful use of finite resources.
We use fossil and other non-renewable resources sparingly and provide products that contain renewable resources – from proven sustainable farming and forestry. That’s because we want to preserve biodiversity and avoid any conflicts with food production.
We mainly use raw materials that are available in sufficient quantities and whose deposits are far from being exhausted. Mineral raw materials are extracted in compliance with renaturalisation rules. Water is not polluted or only polluted to such an extent that it can be treated with little effort. We also use regional raw materials wherever possible in order to keep transport routes as short as possible.
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The richness of a diverse natural environment inspires us at Sto to develop products modelled on it and to work to preserve biodiversity. This is why we came up with the ideas for Lotusan®, the facade paint with Lotus-Effect® Technology, or StoColor Dryonic®, the water-repellent facade paint that we developed based on the model of the fog-drinking beetle.
Beaches should only consist of sand and not microplastics: That's why we are committed to closed cycles and regulated recycling, for example for Sto plastic packaging. We keep potentially environmentally hazardous substances out of our products, or we ensure that our products are particularly low in emissions.
We think about environmental protection when developing our products. The best example: StoColor Photosan - the facade coating automatically and effectively reduces nitrogen oxides and ozone pollution.
At the Sto locations, active environmental protection is part of the programme: Contact persons for environmental issues are available there, as are environmental processes that meet local requirements. We are also establishing environmental management systems everywhere, e.g. in accordance with ISO 14001, to ensure even greater environmental awareness.
Sto promotes reforestation: with the StoTherm Wood ecological external wall insulation system, for example, we benefit from the raw material wood and thus help to strengthen this resource in an ecologically and bioeconomically sensible way. We are also committed to actively protecting bees and insects and sponsor flowers at selected locations.
