What we do in the company

ImmoScout24 is part of the Scout24 Group, which manages sustainability centrally for all participating subsidiaries. Comprehensive information on Scout24's sustainability strategy can be found here.

We are committed to responsible corporate governance. We have therefore developed a cross-location climate strategy to reduce our ecological footprint in the long term. Our goal is clear:

  • short-term: maintain -60% of absolute CO2e emissions compared to the base year 2018 across all scopes by 2025,
  • medium-term: reduce at least -69.8% of Scope 1 + 2 and -50.4% CO2e of Scope 3 emissions by 2030 compared to the base year 2018 and
  • long-term: reduce a total of 90% of our absolute emissions of Scopes 1, 2 and 3 by 2045 compared to the base year 2018.

To achieve our targets, we will continue to follow the approach: avoid, reduce, offset. As planned, we will begin offsetting all remaining emissions in certified climate protection projects in 2025.

We have implemented the following measures since the strategy was introduced:

Climate protection & energy consumption

As a non-manufacturing company, our greatest leverage for environmental and climate protection lies in our own energy consumption. In order to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, we purchase 100% green electricity wherever contractually possible. In Germany and Austria, 8 out of 10 of all locations are already covered. Until 2030, we want all offices to purchase green electricity.

Since the 2021 reporting year, our carbon footprint has also included the greenhouse gas emissions generated by our marketplaces on the product side. Website hosting, our data transfers and the use of the marketplaces via our users' end devices contribute to this.

Employee mobility

All our employees are encouraged to avoid business trips wherever possible. Instead, we are increasingly relying on video and web conferencing. We have equipped all of our locations with video conference rooms and provide our employees with the appropriate technical equipment. If business travel cannot be avoided, we are increasingly relying on rail travel instead of air travel. Our travel policy from 2021 stipulates that business trips within Germany, where the destination can be reached within a maximum 4.5-hour train journey, must also be completed by this means of transport. Our own vehicle fleet already consists of 86% electric cars.

Resource consumption

Even as a non-manufacturing company, our goal is to conserve resources - if possible. Our resource consumption mainly relates to the use of paper and IT equipment, and everything associated with them. We already use products based on recycled materials to a large extent - such as sustainably produced or recycled paper. To keep paper consumption as low as possible, we have configured to stall personalized print queries and configure black-and-white prints as a default on our printers. When it comes to our IT equipment, we make sure that we use energy-efficient devices and dispose of them properly. 

Waste & Recycling

We avoid waste as far as possible and ensure that waste is separated and disposed of in accordance with the law. In addition, we work with our partner AfB Social and Green IT, for example, which professionally recycles and, where possible, refurbishes discarded IT equipment at its Berlin and Munich sites. We offer some of the refurbished devices to our Scout24 employees for private resale. Extending the useful life of the devices not only saves resources, but also reduces CO₂ emissions.