Commitment at the Product Level

Consumers benefit from tesa
Responsibility for the environment concerns us all – at tesa, we are convinced of it. That’s why we consistently pursue our environmental commitment at product level. Among the pioneering solutions are our eco-friendly tesa ecoLogo® range of products. In addition, tesa products directly help consumers to save energy.

Our top-seller and the market leader in this area, tesamoll®, for sealing windows and doors, can reduce heating energy consumption by up to 35 percent and can cut costs by over 100 euros.

With its tesa ISO SYSTEM®, tesa also offers homeowners the option of simple and effective do-it-yourself interior roof insulation.

Public debates on the topic of climate change, dwindling resources and environmental protection have led to growing consumer demand for sustainably produced products. We are responding to this trend with the sub-brand tesa ecoLogo®, and starting in 2012 we will be the first adhesive tape manufacturer to offer more “green” products for masking, fixing and repairing for the construction and DIY markets. Eco-friendly, solvent-free production and the use of predominantly organically based materials and recycled packaging are the main environmental benefits that DIY enthusiasts can use to protect the environment. In 2010, this was preceded by the introduction of the first tesa ecoLogo® products in the office segment, where the eco-friendly tesa adhesive tapes and glue sticks, correction tapes and adhesive rollers are now among our top-selling product.
As a result, the paper, office supplies and stationery industry association awarded us the 2011 sustainability prize in the current reporting year.

Special attention to the issue of sustainability generated tesa in Germany with a contest called "Stick a sign!" ("Kleben Sie ein Zeichen!"). This was associated with the public call to submit regional sustainability projects and to apply for individual project subsidies of between 2,000 and 5,000 euros. The primary goal was to back smaller, regional creative ideas with a major impact. In the end, there was a choice of 80 different projects on the online campaign page www.zeichen-kleben.de , and some 37,000 people participated in the vote. In total, tesa provided 50,000 euros for the 12 best projects. The projects supported included the introduction of a sustainability label for regional projects, the construction of a water system in the playground of a daycare center and a musical about the climate staged by an elementary school. Considering its overwhelming success, the competition will be held again in 2012.