Hager Group Invests in Sustainability in Vendenheim

As part of its decarbonisation strategy, Hager Group is reinforcing its environmental commitments by launching two major new initiatives at their logistics site in Vendenheim: a biomass heating system and two new electric charging stations for freight trucks.

Vendenheim is now the first Hager Group site to directly integrate a biomass facility, two years after the Bischwiller production site was connected to the Sonnenhof Foundation's biomass network.

The biomass heating system, which is more environmentally friendly, uses wood residues from local forestry operations (Vosges Mountains and the Black Forest) to fuel the boiler. This heat is then converted into hot air and distributed through the heating system, thereby preventing 140 tons of CO₂ emissions per year.

Remaining committed to environmental and local sustainability, the ashes from combustion are reused at a local composting facility. The site’s former natural gas heating units have been dismantled and will eventually be resold and recycled.

In parallel, Hager Group’s largest logistics platform has been equipped with two electric charging stations for freight trucks. This initiative supports the decarbonisation of freight transport and promotes more eco-friendly logistics solutions. With these stations, 100 tons of CO₂ emissions will be avoided as early as 2025, and at least 260 tons annually from 2026 onwards. Alone, these two stations will help cut 6% of the total road traffic emissions generated by the Vendenheim site.

Together, these two projects will result in more than 400 tons of CO₂ avoided each year - equivalent to the energy consumption of fifty households.

In total, over €680,000 has been invested in these infrastructures, with €240,000 in financial support from the Grand Est Region and the French State.

According to Matthieu Alexandropoulos, CSR Director at Hager Group:

“These investments are essential to support our sustainable growth ambitions. It's by multiplying this kind of concrete initiative that we will achieve our decarbonisation goals while meeting our customers’ expectations.”

This initiative is part of Hager Group’s environmental strategy to cut its direct greenhouse gas emissions by 50%, and its indirect emissions by 25%, by 2030. Thanks to collective efforts across all its sites, the Group has already reduced its overall emissions by 14% between 2021 and 2023.