Based on our vision of 'zero waste solutions - zero waste solutions' and guided by our sustainability strategy, we are developing new comprehensive concepts for a circular economy. Together with our customers, employees and partners, we are working on solutions that help protect the climate and save resources. Our aim is to be a learning company.

2020: Interview Prof. Günther Bachmann i Markus Müller-Drexel
Climate protection is more important than ever. What contribution can the circular economy make? And how can we make its impact more pervasive? These topics are discussed by Prof. Günther Bachmann, sustainability expert, and Markus Müller-Drexel, Managing Director of Interzero Dienstleistungs GmbH. Listen to the recording in German:
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Here you can see our current action plan aligned with the sustainability strategy:
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Innovation is the driving force behind successful transformation processes. Counting the risk of failure, we test every new idea that brings us closer to a circular economy. This is the only way we can make decisive changes to the linear economy.
We support our clients in their sustainability efforts and in introducing these issues into their non-financial reporting, using the potential of digitalisation of services.
We are extending the life of the product, tapping new markets and expanding business models - by implementing these mechanisms we have helped to increase profits by at least 20 per cent.
To ensure a more efficient use of resources along the production-retail line, we are developing new solutions to design packaging better suited to recycling.
We believe that the future use of resources must be based on the principle of 'zero waste - no waste'. This is why we are working on new solutions for closing the raw material cycle every day.
In order to rid the planet of plastic waste in the future, we are constantly developing new upcycling solutions for plastics. We also focus on improving the quality and quantity of the secondary raw materials we produce and offer to manufacturers.
If global warming is to stay below the 2°C limit, the link between global resource consumption and economic growth must be broken. Hence our drive to create solutions for a circular economy and our intention to generate savings of at least 5 million tonnes of resources and 800,000 tonnes of CO2e (carbon dioxide equivalent) per year.
In order to achieve a significant reduction in environmental impact, particularly in urban areas, we take an integrated approach to preventing waste and achieving a significant increase in recycling rates.
Our employees and their capabilities lie at the heart of our expert position as an environmental services provider. In order to make sure that they perform their work for customers to the highest standard every day, we need to ensure their health, safety, motivation and professional development.
We want to promote the physical and mental health of our employees and achieve sick leave and employee turnover statistics significantly lower than those typical of the industry. Therefore, we provide a safe, value-oriented and innovative working environment that supports personal development.
We want to provide opportunities for involvement to absolutely all employees, regardless of their position within the company and regardless of their age, gender, background, religion or social status. We therefore ensure that opportunities are equal for all (potential) employees within our company.
In order to develop a comprehensive closed-loop economy, we need to share our experience and knowledge - not only with our customers, but also with representatives of various industries and society as a whole. This is the only way to raise environmental awareness and generate the economic benefits of effective closed-loop management.
We believe that it is our duty to promote sustainable lifestyles and consumption patterns. In this context, we act as an intermediary to ensure that knowledge about the circular economy reaches the education sector, politics, business and civil society.
We want to develop and disseminate (internationally) standards and solutions for a circular economy suitable for each industry. To this end, we work closely with our partners, stakeholders, suppliers and customers.
At the same time, we give our employees the creative space to participate in or co-create solutions for a circular economy themselves.
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We are taking concrete steps to implement our climate strategy 50% fewer emissions at our sites by 2025
Our services help customers reduce greenhouse gas emissions and save resources. But our own operations also contribute to CO2 emissions. Our aim, therefore, is to reduce emissions at our own locations and, by doing so, contribute to the target set at the 2015 UN Climate Conference, namely to limit global warming to well below two degrees Celsius. To this end, we design our internal processes and operations to be as resource-neutral and efficient as possible. We have used calculations of our carbon footprint to formulate a climate strategy and specific targets:
- 50% emission reductions at each site (Scope 1 and 2) by 2025
- Continuously identify opportunities for optimisation in logistics and seek to reduce logistics-related emissions
- Annual savings of at least 5.5 million tonnes of resources and 800,000 tonnes of carbon dioxide equivalent from the services we provide