SEAT Annual Report 2011 - Volkswagen AG

Rubbish collection system in Stockholm. SVARTPUNKT AB/ STOCKHOLM, FIRST GREEN CAPITALStockholm was the first city to bedesignated European Green Capitalby the European Commission in 2010.The Commission singled out the city’sambitious project in transport andemissions, embracing ambitious goalssuch as making itself a fossil-fuel-lesscity by 2050. Stockholm has cut CO 2emissions by 25% since 1990.aiming to cut CO 2emissions – 40% by2020, and as much as 80% by 2050.Hamburg invests heavily in thedevelopment of environmentallyfriendlypolicies, thanks to which thecity has already successfully cut backits CO 2emissions to 15% below thoserecorded for the 90s.Again, this Scandinavian city has one ofthe most innovative waste managementservices in the world, urban refusebeing transported through undergroundconduits via vacuum-powered systems forlater recycling of biodegradable material./ HAMBURG, INDUSTRIAL ANDECO-FRIENDLY METROPOLISStockholm passed on the title ofEuropean Green Capital to Hamburgin 2011. The city – the second mostpopulated in Germany after Berlin–has Europe’s second-largest port,making goods transport the region’smain economic driver, but withoutany deleterious effect on air quality.In the selection process for the title ofEuropean Green Capital, Hamburg gottop marks in eco-friendliness. Over thenext few years, this German city hastaken on board ambitious commitmentsWind turbines in Hamburg’s Energieberg Georgswerder. ROBERTO HEGELER36 | ANNUAL REPORT 2011 | EFFICIENCY