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mate, it is urgently necessary to<br />
significantly reduce the amount<br />
of CO 2<br />
. The most important tool<br />
for climate <strong>protection</strong> is the efficient<br />
use of <strong>energy</strong>.<br />
sist largely of carbon, which reacts<br />
with atmospheric oxygen.<br />
CO 2<br />
is itself the most important<br />
anthropogenic (caused by humans)<br />
greenhouse gas. Greenhouse<br />
gases in the earth’s atmosphere<br />
cause the <strong>energy</strong><br />
which the sun radiates to be radiated<br />
back with a time delay, resulting<br />
in a rise of the average<br />
global temperature.<br />
Since the start of industrialization,<br />
the CO 2<br />
content of the atmosphere<br />
has grown by over<br />
30%, half of it since 1970. A<br />
connection between the rise<br />
of the CO 2<br />
content <strong>and</strong> climate<br />
change, with extreme weather<br />
events such as storms, floods<br />
<strong>and</strong> droughts, is considered to<br />
be certain. To protect the cli-<br />
The sustainability concept.<br />
At the center of the concept of<br />
sustainability is the insight that<br />
social responsibility, commercial<br />
efficiency <strong>and</strong> <strong>protection</strong> of<br />
the natural environment belong<br />
together.<br />
In many companies, the concept<br />
of sustainability has become an<br />
important subject. Sustainable<br />
<strong>development</strong> corresponds<br />
to the needs of today’s generation,<br />
without endangering what<br />
is possible for future generations.<br />
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