Fortunately, tap water has long been a trend. There are drinking water dispensers in schools and the students have their drinking bottles with them, and managers also bring their drinking bottles to workshops. Many children do not even get used to the unhealthy sugar drinks. Tap water is more strictly controlled than bottled drinks and saves a lot of energy and packaging. Companies can set up water dispensers - if necessary also work with filters, for example to remove chlorine odors.

If you do not have a garage or courtyard entrance with your own socket, you are dependent on charging options in public space and at the workplace. However, the charging options, which were initially underutilized, must first be there, but then people switch to electric cars with a time delay. Providing guests and employees with enough charging stations here is a real competitive advantage.

What has recently been a successful model in some countries and cities is still a problem in Germany: to give cyclists priority over car traffic. The willingness to ride a bike, even in bad weather, is higher than ever. E-cargo bicycles make it possible to at least do without the second car. A company can do a lot from the bicycle shelter with charging possibility via the company bicycle.

Especially older e-bikes have to be charged more often and in many families the bikes are simply not in order because no one has tools or even a functioning pump. The employer could also set up a repair station here.

Garbage collection as an event also for the clubs with subsequent meeting, possibly sponsored by the local economy, helps to get nature clean and to raise awareness. Companies can sponsor or participate as a team.

It is hard to believe that the future of our diet depends on the use of pesticides and their influence on insects that have to pollinate our plants. Many pollinators are threatened with extinction and in addition to the purchase of organic, we can offer these insects flowers on our areas. In fact, some plants are neither bee-nor bird-friendly. On the other hand, fruit trees and most vegetables are already great opportunities to promote bees, bumblebees, etc. At the flower meadows there are one- and multi-year-olds.

This is about living and working in the region, about strengthening the community. The birdhouse from a social workshop or the PV system from the electrician on site (if he has further training). The award criteria of the municipalities must of course be legally secure. If the work is good, a discreet advertising sign can also draw attention to the craft business in return.

Many furniture cannot stand being moved or even disassembled and reassembled. They are primarily cheap and the business model is that after a few years we want to buy new furniture. Looking at how valuable the furniture is and then being able to repair it takes us a whole lot further on the way to a better world. It is also amazing what good pieces there are on the used market.

Firecrackers and fireworks are a problem in every respect: for wildlife, the environment and the people who make them. The particulate matter pollution is horrendous. And all this only because people, or mostly men, hope for attention and admiration through it. Municipalities can prohibit this.

Not just the EU is looking at ESG criteria - Ecological, Social and Governance (ESG) in companies. The governance covers not just diversity, equality and inclusion (DIE), but also risk management, transparency, and a lot more. We make DIE a part of BoB - the rest is rather a topic of a company's strategy for more sucess. Sometimes companies only have the opportunity to address one of the DEI's topics. If you do address all three you get three points!