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For its campaigns and realised ideas in environmental protection Karstadt has received a long list of prizes and awards:

 

 

2007
  • Climate protection award of the Bavarian State Government for involvement and measures in climate protection

2006
  • Accepted into Umweltpartnerschaft ('Environmental Partnership') of the Free and Hanseatic city of Hamburg
  • Green Electronics award of Deutsche Umwelthilfe (German Einvironmental Aid) with agreement of the German Federal Environment Ministry and the German Environment Agency (UBA) for exemplary consumer information about returning old electric and electronic devices to stores
  • Presentation of the letter of recognition by Interessengemeinschaft FÜR gesunde Lebensmittel ('Interest group for healthy foodstuffs') for the support of organic food and TransFair
  • Future award 2006 by the IZT Institut für Zukunftsstudien und Technologiebewertung (Institute for Future Studies and Technology Assessment) for the support of fair trade
  • Distinction from the German UNESCO Commission as an official project of the UN world decade 2007/2008 for sustainable development for the following campaigns:
    - Ecological start at school
    - Food from ecologically compatible farming
    - TransFair products
    - Energy efficiency in private households
  • Accepted into Umweltallianz Sachsen (Environmental Alliance of Saxony)
  • Accepted into Umweltallianz Sachsen-Anhalt (Environmental Alliance of Saxony-Anhalt)
  • Accepted into Umweltallianz Hessen (Environmental Alliance of Hesse)

2005
  • Awards from the Integrated TV & Video Association for the media created for customer information and staff training respectively: "Bio-Lebensmittel" (organic food) and "TransFair food"
  • The campaigns "Ökologischer Schulanfang" (Ecological start at school), "TransFair" and "Bio-Aktionswochen" (organic food weeks) received awards from the German UNESCO - an official project of the UN world decade 2005/2006
  • These campaigns also received awards in the MIMONA competition 2005: "Motivating staff to promote sustainability"
  • In the first organic trade competition the organic market of the Karstadt store Dresden received the "Silberne Selly 2005" award
  • A top position (2nd) in the ranking of the sustainability reports of future and Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung (Institute for Economic Research)

2004
  • Accepted into "partnerschaft umwelt + unternehmen" des Landes Bremen
  • Accepted into "Umweltpakt Bayern" (Environmental Pact of Bavaria)

2003
  • Distinction in the North Rhine-Westphalian competition "Nachhaltigkeit kommunizieren, Mediabörse" ('Communicating sustainability, Mediabörse')

2002
  • European packaging award for the extraordinary commitment to concerns of packaging, ongoing training in packaging and environmental protection
  • Environmental protection award of the industry 2001/2002 from the Federal Association of the German Industry (BDI) for environmentally conscious company management

2001
  • The environmental protection commissioner is awarded the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany by the Federal President for his engagement in environmental protection and his voluntary work in associations and institutions

1999
  • ASU environmental award for outstanding achievements in environmentally conscious company management from the Association of Independent Entrepreneurs ASU ('Arbeitsgemeinschaft selbständiger Unternehmer e.V.')
  • Innovation award "Mehrweg" ('re-usability') from Verein pro Mehrweg and Stiftung Initiative Mehrweg
     

1998
  • RePa-NRW-Prize for an exemplary use of recycled paper awarded by the Ministry of the Environment of the state of North Rhine-Westphalia
  • B.A.U.M. environmental award for many years of outstanding work in the association for the promotion of holistic environmental protection

1997
  • Environmental award of the trade for the ecological product range offered in the food department as well as continuity of environmental measures over the last years from Albrecht Verlags KG
    1996
  • Environmental award from Commerzbank and "Impulse" magazine for the overall concept of environmental protection

1995
  • Karstadt again receives the innovation award for packaging for re-usable transport systems as well as ecological optimisation of disposable packaging

1994
  • Environmental award of Albrecht Verlags KG, this time for initial and further training of staff
  • Environmental protection award of the industry 93/94 from the Federal Association of the German Industry
    BDI for environmentally conscious company management

1993
  • Innovation award for ecological optimisation of packaging from Duales System Deutschland AG
  • Environmental award from Albrecht Verlags KG for the logistics and the use of re-usable transport packaging in the trade
  • B.A.U.M. environmental award for practical achievements for preventive and holistic environmental protection in companies

1992
  • Environmental award from Albrecht Verlags KG for the company's overall concept
  • "Golden" and "Silver" pyramid for the overall concept of staff sensitisation from ITVA, the largest association of audiovisual communication