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STI
Marketing & Communication

Polarstern AG

Member since: 

November 2020
Polarstern is a sustainability communications agency based in Lucerne and Solothurn. True to the motto ‘inspiring, clear and honest’, they support companies and organisations with a wide range of services. They develop targeted communication strategies, create appealing corporate designs, fill publications with content tailored to the target group and serve relevant media with good stories at the right time.
Size
10-49

B Corp since

November 2020

Goal 1

Core Business
By 2025, we generate 85 % of our revenue from sustainability communication mandates, compared with 74% in 2022.*
* We define sustainability communication as any communication focussing on sustainable development. Mandates include sustainability reports, climate campaigns, websites on sustainability, social media posts with news on a best practices or the organisation of an event on a sustainability topic, among other things.

Goal 2

Core Business
By 2025, we generate 60 % of sales from high-impact mandates.*
* By high impact, we mean communication measures that encourage our customers’ target groups to act in favour of the SDGs: e.g. a climate campaign with behavioural recommendations, a website and newsletter with practical information on energy-efficient refurbishment for building owners, etc. Traditional sustainability reports are not counted.

Goal 3

Core business
By 2025, 100 % of our mandates integrate gender-appropriate language in accordance with internal guidelines.*
* To our guidelines: https://polarstern.ch/leitfaeden-tipps-tricks A level model is being developed that differentiates the degree of gender equality.

Goal 4

Internal Operations
By 2030, we reduce our tCO2eq emissions by 50 % (Scope 1 & 2) compared with 2023, and by 2025, we commit to the SME Climate Commitment.*
* By 2050, we achieve net zero (including Scope 3).

Scope of pledges

Polarstern SA operates in Switzerland. The pledges taken within the STI framework relate to the sustainability policy applying to all Polarstern SA operations carried out in Switzerland. The company is therefore accountable for their implementation within the limits of its scope of activity.