Members

What is the main activity of our organization?
ATS Automation is an industry-leading automation solutions provider to many of the world's most successful companies. With an extensive knowledge base and global capabilities, ATS delivers custom and repeat automation, automation products and value-added services to address the sophisticated manufacturing automation needs of multinational customers in markets such as life sciences, consumer products, electronics, food, beverage, transportation, and energy. Founded in 1978, ATS employs over 6,000 people at 20 build sites and over 50 offices in North America, Europe, Southeast Asia and China.

Why did the organization join the association?
ATS´s goals is to lay the foundation for a sustainable automation future that next generations will rely on – for the wellbeing of our planet and fellow human beings. As we learnt about Estainium while working with Siemens, this was the perfect opportunity to address this issue with a strong partner network and a structured starting point.

How do you wish to collaborate with Estainium?
We are happy to provide insights into our company as automation specialists, as well as share processes, technical climate-related data and sustainability activities. We are also actively collaborating with Estainium to develop and jointly execute sustainability initiatives within and outside the working groups.

What does your organization would like to get out of Estainium?
As Estainium establishes itself as an attractive and strong network with a high level of penetration and a solid base of members, we are aiming to be part of a pioneering network and becoming one of the leading sources for established industry KPIs, standards and initiatives with regards to decarbonization.

What is the main activity of our organization?
BayWa is a globally active group with the core segments of Energy, Agriculture and Building Materials, as well as the development segment Innovation & Digitalization. As a global player, it develops leading projects and solutions for the basic human needs of food, energy and building.

Why did the organization join the association?
BayWa is actively working on digital regional and international sustainability solutions, and constantly looking for partners with a common vision.

How do you wish to collaborate with Estainium?
We believe connectedness creates success. That’s why we want to leverage networks and partnerships with other stakeholders to collaboratively create innovative sustainability solutions.

What does your organization would like to get out of Estainium?
Our aim is to gain new insights, to forge new partnerships, and to make a real contribution to solve urgent current ecological challenges.

What is the main activity of our organization?
Callirius brings private capital directly to climate impact through a digital marketplace giving climate solutions access to new funding sources and enterprises & investors access to high-impact nature-based climate projects, through active sourcing and impact strategy & advisory. To ensure decarbonization effectiveness, we define high quality based on a scalable data-driven, science-backed, and well-regulated framework.

Why did the organization join the association?
Due to our shared vision of decarbonizing our global economy, starting from the German industry, we joined ESTAINIUM to join forces towards it, as we believe this is critical to scale up individual aligned efforts.

How do you wish to collaborate with Estainium?
Share best practices, and knowledge (financing, VCM and NbS as our focus), seek collaboration and use synergies for corporate decarbonization and climate contributions for unabated carbon emissions, including commercial but also policy and thought leadership collaboration.

What does your organization would like to get out of Estainium?
Our mission is to drive more decarbonization by bringing more private capital into nature-based climate solutions. For this, we see ESTAINIUM as a powerful network to find financing partners and thought leaders to enable and strengthen our mission.

What is the main activity of our organization?
CEEZER offers one central platform to screen, purchase, and manage carbon credits for quality. The platform enables large enterprises to partner with high-quality carbon projects and manage their negative emission portfolios guided by science and data.

Why did the organization join the association?
We believe that the challenge of climate change can only be tackled together, hence we are happy to join to collaborate, exchange ideas and drive initiatives.

How do you wish to collaborate with Estainium?
We will participate in the working groups and are happy to share best practices on the carbon markets as well collaborate on VCM quality data / frameworks.

What does your organization would like to get out of Estainium?
The hands-on industry perspective as well as validation of hypothesizes and a fruitful discussion.

What is the main activity of our organization?
We provide a software solution that enables companies to easily exchange Product Carbon Footprints (PCF) with their suppliers and customers. This primary PCF data allows companies to set and monitor decarbonization targets with their suppliers to achieve net zero.

Why did the organization join the association?
We believe that companies want just one solution to satisfy all the requests for PCF information. Only with standardization of methodologies and technical standards this requirement can be achieved. Estainium’s mission is to drive this and we want to support these efforts.

How do you wish to collaborate with Estainium?
We want to be part of the definition of these standards and we want to have joint projects with other Estainium partners to demonstrate the benefit of the Estainium approach.

What does your organization would like to get out of Estainium?
We want to make our solution Estainium compliant and to have joint marketing activities to promote the Estainium approach.

What is the main activity of our organization?
Faber-Castell helps people to unleash their creative abilities. The world-renowned brand owes its significance to high quality standards and a value-driven, sustainable corporate culture. Family-owned for nine generations, Faber-Castell is a global player in the production and marketing of high-quality writing and drawing instruments as well as in the development and manufacture of innovative and decorative cosmetic products.

Why did the organization join the association?
We have been reporting on our group-wide sustainability activities since 2009 and by publishing our relevant key figures, we ensure transparency year after year. As we are selling our products in over 120 countries, we take the responsibility for the lifecycle of our products seriously and want to reduce their product carbon footprint.

How do you wish to collaborate with Estainium?
• Bring insights from the consumers and the consumer goods industry
• Bring insights from owning and managing a forest in Brazil since the 1980s
• Serve as an example case to discuss and test ideas

What does your organization would like to get out of Estainium?
• Get insights on latest product carbon footprint standards and developments
• Get access to tool for calculating the product carbon footprint for the whole lifecycle
• Learn from company best practices regarding reducing product carbon footprint

What is the main activity of our organization?
As a research institute with focus on Digital Transformation we seek to shape the future of business and society. Our interdisciplinary team and experts with diverse experience in business, society and politics are challenging established thinking structures and forms of science and business to develop contemporary models and solutions for the on-going transformation process.

Why did the organization join the association?
Our project partners within research and practice are increasingly addressing requirements on the topic of sustainability and digitalisation. We want to provide solutions in the context of industry as part of the expert network of Estainium.

How do you wish to collaborate with Estainium?
Collaboration within the working groups and increasingly also by pooling the results between our working groups is of particular concern to us.

What does your organization would like to get out of Estainium?
Use of our Estainium insights for our research projects, publications and external impact in the field of "sustainability".

What is the main activity of our organization?
FAU is the largest university in northern Bavaria and one of Germany’s leading institutions for education and research in engineering sciences. Throughout its 279 year history, FAU has grown to encompass all scientific fields and is currently attended by 39.000 students.

Why did the organization join the association?
FAU joined the Estainium association to learn about challenges regarding product carbon footprint measurement and reduction first and to offer support in researching potential solutions.

How do you wish to collaborate with Estainium?
FAU is interested in conducting research projects – either publicly funded or in direct partnership – with other association members. Additionally, consultation and technical development within the regular frame of the association, i.e. working groups, is a way of collaboration FAU is interested in.

What does your organization would like to get out of Estainium?
FAU aims to increase ecological sustainability and transparency in producing industries through targeted collaboration. Furthermore, FAU would like to gain insights into current practice to include in its educative activities.

What is the main activity of our organization?
• Research with focus on production systems, manufacturing processes and materials
• Management Consulting

Why did the organization join the association?
• Refocusing of research activities regarding to sustainability aspects
• Contribute to the defragmentation of the market by developing standards and approach models for the standardization of activities

How do you wish to collaborate with Estainium?
• Support the development of an approach for a holistic marketplace that has a high practical value
• Like to share our industrial experience in the development activities

What does your organization would like to get out of Estainium?
• Approaches to creating transparency in the industrial environment
• Establishing a network of partners for new research activities

What is the main activity of our organization?
Merck is the science and technology company composed by a vibrant team of specialists in Electronics, Healthcare and Life Science. We share a love of science and a passion for technology.

In Healthcare, we put patients at the center of all our efforts with a clear purpose to create, improve and prolong lives.

In Life Science, we offer high-quality products and solutions both for research and the manufacturing of chemical and biological drugs.

In Electronics, we discover the next generation of high-tech materials and solutions for your demanding applications, while offering specialty chemicals and solutions that enrich people’s lives in many ways.

Why did the organization join the association?
We need strong partners in order to drive sustainable development within our company and beyond and to better meet societal challenges. We therefore collaborate with a wide array of organizations, companies, federations and networks.

How do you wish to collaborate with Estainium?
Merck is collaborating with the working groups by providing content and reviewing the main deliverables of each working group.

What does your organization would like to get out of Estainium?
As a sustainable company, we create long-term value through our operations while seeking to balance environmental, social and governance aspects – for us, for our stakeholders and for society at large. In 2020, we began embedding sustainability even more firmly as an essential component of its Group strategy. By 2040, we will achieve climate neutrality and reduce our resource consumption. Joining ESTAINIUM means participating in dialogues and initiatives, consult with other organizations and industries while closely monitoring new global trends and challenges.

What is the main activity of our organization?
We provide services and solutions to enterprises who are transitioning to be Industry 4.0 compliant.

Why did the organization join the association?
We would like to share our thoughts on how to accelerate the PCF data exchange along the complex supply chain network from the perspectives of "data exchange infrastructure" and "PCF standards consistency".

How do you wish to collaborate with Estainium?
- Interoperate with other members in the Estainium network to develop new use cases.
- Jointly analyze and align PCF related standards/protocols, especially the PCF data model.

What does your organization would like to get out of Estainium?
- Shared knowledge of PCF data model and its compliant standards.
- Validation of our data exchange solution by interacting with other members.

What is the main activity of our organization?
NTT DATA offers full stack, end-to-end services, including consulting across applications, managed ICT, and data center networks. Our mission is to use information technology to create new paradigms and values, which help contribute to a more affluent and harmonious society.

Why did the organization join the association?
One of NTT DATA’s initiatives was to create a carbon tracing platform on which the companies across the supply chain can securely exchange their emissions data. Also, we had a carbon sink solution and wanted to expand the network in this domain.

How do you wish to collaborate with Estainium?
We’d like to make sure that the Estainium network becomes widely accepted and has interoperability with other dataspaces. Also, we’d like to share our carbon sink knowledge and accelerate rulemaking, especially in the forest absorption domain.

What does your organization would like to get out of Estainium?
We’d like to use the knowledge gained in Estainium to support client’s supply chain decarbonization and further sustainability management utilizing our capabilities. Also, we’d like to use Estainium for networking of sustainability enthusiastic members.

What is the main activity of our organization?
Senken is a climate finance exchange for tokenized carbon credits. Our platform allows corporations and investors to conveniently buy, hold, sell and retire carbon credits to effectively support the transition to a low-carbon economy.

Why did the organization join the association?
We've found Estainium to be a great network of industry experts who are open to input from startups to collaborate on solutions that help the industry meet its climate goals transparently and effectively.

How do you wish to collaborate with Estainium?
Participate in thought leadership for digital carbon market topics, as well as hands-on Estainium MVPs (e.g. connecting our already onboarded tokenized carbon credits with a first PCF accounting service like SiGreen to show the potential of an End-to-End solution).

What does your organization would like to get out of Estainium?
Contacts and industry expertise to develop our platform according to market needs. Proof of concepts to show how collaboration between industry, academia & startups can create value.

What is the main activity of our organization?
Siemens is a technology company focused on industry, infrastructure and transport. From more resource-efficient factories, resilient supply chains, and smarter buildings and grids, to cleaner and more comfortable transportation. By combining the real and the digital worlds in digital twins, we empower our customers to transform their industries and markets, helping them to transform the everyday for billions of people.

Why did the organization join the association?
Siemens wants to overcome the challenge of decarbonization of the entire supply chain. We want to connect our PCF Management Solution (SiGREEN) with the Estainium Network. To benefit of the entire solution strong partner are need to overcame this challenge.

How do you wish to collaborate with Estainium?
Siemens wants to be present in all of the working groups driving the technology. Siemens is donating the technology stack for the network. With all members we want to drive the Standard and Norms discussion across industry.

What does your organization would like to get out of Estainium?
Siemens wants to use the Estainium Network to connect SiGREEN, understand and drive the market place discussion to use the option to offset carbon emissions by using certified projects. The more interesting the working group solution gets, the more we as Siemens can benefit from it.

What is the main activity of our organization?
Sustainaccount automates the accounting of carbon and environmental footprints in the manufacturing of products, in the provision of services, and of carbon that is stored within products themselves. We integrate product related footprints with corporate activities and build the bridge from product to corporate level accounting.

Why did the organization join the association?
Thanks to its open ecosystem approach, ESTANIUM brings the right partners together that contribute to solving the climate and ecosystem crisis.

How do you wish to collaborate with Estainium?
We are bringing thought-leadership into the association and wish to develop solutions together with the partners that individual players can not achieve alone.

What does your organization would like to get out of Estainium?
Meeting interesting people, developing and spreading ideas, growing the network to exploit the potential for collaboration.

What is the main activity of our organization?
PROVIDING TESTING, INSPECTION AND CERTIFICATION SOLUTIONS WORLDWIDE

Why did the organization join the association?
To contribute to an ecosystem of like-minded players with the goal towards decarbonization of industrial value
chains.

How do you wish to collaborate with Estainium?
Bringing in know-how on certification and co-development of standards and verification approaches. Verification is an essential but often neglected activity in bringing end-to-end solutions for sustainability to life.

What does your organization would like to get out of Estainium?
TÜV SÜD relies on generally accepted standards and rules to offer value-adding services to scaling solutions. These can be worked on and piloted together with the ecosystem.

What is the main activity of our organization?
Weidmüller is a family-owned company and global player. As experienced experts we support our customers and partners around the world with products, solutions and services in the industrial environment of power, signal and data. We are at home in their industries and markets and know the technological challenges of tomorrow. We are therefore continuously developing innovative, sustainable and useful solutions for their individual needs. Together we set standards in Industrial Connectivity. Weidmüller employs nearly 6000 people with a turnover of >1Billion €.

Why did the organization join the association?
Acting in a sustainable way including the climate & environmental protection is a part of our company DNA. Thus we are happy to go for decarbonization with a powerful, independent, open and cross industrial network.

How do you wish to collaborate with Estainium?
In general to help building-up an independent and open network / ecosystem across industries, academia, certifiers and NGOs to promote the climate & environmental protection. Concrete bring in our expertise in the working groups, carry out case studies and bring the results into our daily business.

What does your organization would like to get out of Estainium?
Weidmüller as a part of the strong Estainium network is one of a leader to create transparency and establish standards, KPIs and the technology for exchange ESG data. With this we will transform our products and solutions to a lower carbon level. Additionally, we will fulfill the requirements of our customers.

What is the main activity of our organization?
The provision of tax and legal services, financial and digital advice to multinational clients are our main areas of expertise. With our approx. 1,500 German experts and the WTS global network, WTS is one of the market leaders in providing advice to multinationals.

Why did the organization join the association?
For us, economic success and socially and ecologically responsible action belong together and form the basis of our business success. Sustainability is an essential component of our corporate culture, which shapes our daily work and our dealings with each other and our business partners. For this reason, we support ESTAINIUM with our expertise in climate regulation.

How do you wish to collaborate with Estainium?
We actively participate in Working Group 3 and contribute to the publications of the Working Group. In doing so, we see ourselves as translators between the technical and digital possibilities and the legal global framework.

What does your organization would like to get out of Estainium?
As a company, we want to understand how content and digital solutions can be created and what new opportunities arise from this. For us as experts in international regulations, especially in the field of sustainability, this results in new discussion points, among others vis-à-vis the OECD but also vis-à-vis governments.