Environmental Sustainability

As part of our environmental responsibility within the data center ecosystem, we implement sustainability initiatives across all areas of our operations.

Creating sustainable solutions with our clients

As a global transport, logistics, and technical services specialist for hyperscale data center operators, we go beyond moving goods from A to B. In an industry where reliability, uptime, and security are critical, we deliver efficient global supply chains while advancing decarbonization across our operations.

From reducing greenhouse gas emissions and deploying energy-efficient technologies to minimizing waste and adopting lower-emission alternatives, we work closely with our clients to develop solutions that balance operational performance with environmental responsibility.

Our Environmental Sustainability Goals

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Achieving our Net-Zero 2030 Goal

We have aligned our sustainability goals with our key clients. We are committed to reducing our company greenhouse gas emissions to achieve our ambitious net-zero target by 2030 and have established our Green Logistics strategy to guide this transition.

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Purchase of 100% Green Electricity Worldwide

Since the beginning of 2024, we have sourced 100% green electricity for our offices, warehouses, and depot charging infrastructure whenever on-site photovoltaic systems are not generating enough electricity to meet demand.

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Offsetting of Greenhouse Gas Emissions

From 2030 onward, unavoidable emissions will be offset through a portfolio of voluntary climate protection projects that bind CO₂ emissions from the atmosphere long-term, effectively neutralizing our remaining emissions.

Our Activities

We generate our own solar energy at multiple sites, procure 100% green electricity worldwide, and continuously improve energy efficiency across our operations. Our buildings meet high certification standards, and we maintain transparent reporting on environmental impacts.

We already achieved one of our most important goals: Since the beginning of 2024, we have only purchased electricity from renewable sources for our sites worldwide. We only consider electricity generated from solar, wind or hydro sources to be renewable. We take a local market approach to procurement, preferring direct contracts to the purchase of Renewable Energy Certificates (RECs). We also already produce our own solar power at various locations around the world.

In the U.S, we have joined the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) Green Power Partnership programme. The Green Power Partnership is a voluntary programme that helps increase the use of green power among U.S. organisations to promote the U.S. market for green power and the development of these sources to reduce air pollution and other environmental impacts associated with electricity use.

Our warehouses offer great potential for generating our own solar energy. Currently, over 19 photovoltaic systems are already in operation at Arvato and ATC sites worldwide. In addition, further projects are at various stages of the planning phase.

Energy demand in warehouses (particularly for electricity and heating) is increasing, especially as automation grows. Improving energy efficiency therefore means using resources more responsibly. We reduce consumption by installing LED lighting as standard and using motion detectors in our offices and warehouses. Additional measures include improved building insulation and intelligent control of heating in heavily used warehouse areas. We are also exploring the use of waste heat from our automation systems for heating.

The decision to construct a new building is accompanied by various challenges in terms of sustainability. For this reason, we have defined in an internal Arvato "Sustainable Building Policy" which building standards we are committed to in order to be able to achieve the climate-neutral operation of a distribution centre. Internationally recognised certifications such as LEED, DGNB or BREEAM underscore this approach. Sites already certified or in the certification process are now located in Austria, Germany, Ireland, the Netherlands, Spain, Türkiye, the United Kingdom and the USA.

To continuously make logistics site operations more environmentally friendly, some of our distribution centres have already implemented ISO 14001 (environmental management). At ATC we are in the implementation stage for both ISO 14001 and 50001.

The basis for effective climate protection is transparency regarding all relevant direct and indirect emission sources as well as sound analysis and reporting. Within Arvato since fiscal 2017, data collection and climate accounting has been carried out across all sites with the help of our 'green.screen' energy and environmental platform. It is also the backbone of our annual environmental data analysis, in which more than 100 employees worldwide participate. As we include more and more detailed data points in our analyses, we are continuously developing emissions transparency and accounting options within the platform. ATC is currently on-boarding to the group reporting platform Green.Screen and will be included in the corporate ESG & CSRD reporting for 2025.

Green Logistics by ATC

We have developed our Green Logistics Strategy with a focus on understanding our global data center clients' needs to deliver decarbonisation of their supply chains.

This includes piloting and implementing low- and zero-tailpipe-emission fuel technologies, as well as embedding environmentally responsible practices across logistics operations, warehousing, and supply chain management.

Since 2022 we are using hydrotreated vegetable oil (HVO100) as a drop-in replacement for fossil diesel, reducing on-road emissions by up to 94%.

We have implemented the first depot charging infrastructures at our facilities and introduced battery-electric heavy goods vehicles (BE-HDV) for final-mile transportation. Approximately 30% of our fleet has transitioned to zero-tailpipe-emission (ZEV) vehicles, and we are on track to increase HVO100 usage to more than 80% by 2025.

Meaningful change requires proactive action. We embrace innovation and stay open to new ways of working to drive sustainability. By investing in innovation and continuously developing advanced solutions, we drive sustainability across our industry and create long-term environmental impact.

Arvato Climate & ESG Report

As part of Arvato, ATC’s climate and sustainability reporting is published at the Arvato level. Since 2024, reporting has been expanded from a standalone Climate Report to a comprehensive ESG Report.

Climate Report 2021 Climate Report 2022 Climate Report 2023

ESG Report 2024

Environmental Sustainability