Climate conference in Copenhagen: Avoiding catastrophic consequences of global warming

Bizerba is focussing on green IT recommendations

Balingen, 9th December 2009 - The climate conference in Copenhagen has begun and its goal is clear: Avoid the catastrophic consequences of global warming. According to the German Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety (http://www.bmu.de), the global temperature must not exceed a level two degrees above those of the pre-industrial era.

In order to slow global warming down, developed nations must be operating practically CO2-free by 2050. Just on its own, information and communication technology causes CO2 emissions on a par with those from air travel. For Germany, it is all about actively helping to shape a global structural change in the future and not losing contact.

Bizerba is therefore focussing on green IT recommendations: “For the cooling of the machines in our computer centre, air conditioning systems with Free-Cooling-Function use air from outside for cooling at the colder time of year. Additional cooling equipment only operates on hot days. Thereby, energy usage is markedly reduced," says Matthias Harsch, spokesman of the board of Bizerba. http://bizerba.com.

“Furthermore, every one of our 3,100 members of staff can make their own contribution to the protection of the environment by way of upholding green principles,” adds Harsch. "Through small actions, the energy balance is improved, for example through doing away with the standby mode on computers.” According to Harsch, the increasing use of video conferencing also makes lots of travelling obsolete and therefore makes a contribution to the protection of the environment.

About Bizerba:

Bizerba is an internationally-active, multi-facetted and market-leading technology company constructing professional system solutions for weighing, labelling, information and food service technology in the retail, food, commercial trade and logistics industries. Industry-specific hardware and software, high-performance network-compatible management systems as well as a wide range of labels, consumables and business services all make for transparent management of integrated business processes and high availability of features specific to Bizerba.

Bizerba has a global presence in over 120 countries – with 41 investments in 23 countries and 56 country agencies. Company turnover in 2008 added up to around €433m. The company, which employs around 3,100 members of staff, is based in Balingen; further manufacturing plants can be found in Meßkirch and Bochum (both Germany), Vienna (Austria), Pfäffikon (Switzerland), Milan (Italy), Shanghai (China), Forest Hill (USA) and San Louis Potosi (Mexico).

For enquiries:

Bizerba GmbH & Co. KG
Claudia Gross
Director Global Marketing & Communication
Wilhelm-Kraut-Straße 64
D-72336 Balingen
Telephone on +49 7433 12-33 00
Telefax +49 7433 12-5 33 00
email: claudia.gross@bizerba.com

nic.pr
network integrated communication
Patrick Schroeder
Coburger Straße 3
53113 Bonn
Telephone +49 228 620 43 82
Telefax +49 228 620 44 75
email: patrick.schroeder@nic-pr.de

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