Sustainability
As a wechange cooperative, we stand for sustainable digitalization. We see digitalization as a tool that serves people's needs and that is why we align our products with those needs. We are guided by the principles of sustainability in order to act within planetary boundaries, promote social justice and support political participation. We have broken down for you on this page exactly what we do to achieve this and what sets us apart from most other companies.
Hosting with 100% green electricity
Profits remain in the company
Made and hosted in Germany
Partners at eye level
No tracking
Ecological sustainability
- We host our websites and portals on powered by 100% green electricity Servers
- In our work we pay attention to Data economyto avoid unnecessary data transfer and save energy
- We work decentrally and thus save many journeys
- We have an office space in a self-organized coworking spacewho shares our values and operates ecologically
- We use hardware as long as we can and buy hardware when possible "refurbished" a
- We use so little print material as possible and have it produced ecologically and CO2-neutrally
- At our team events and other occasions we only serve vegetarian food, mainly vegan and organic food
- For business trips, the Train always the prioritized means of transport
- We also pay attention to office supplies sustainable suppliers
Economic sustainability
- We are a Cooperative and thus the company belongs to the members
- We have our money with a sustainable cooperative bank created
- Profits remain in the company and are used to invest in the further development of the platform instead of flowing out of the company to partners or shareholders
- Our motto is “cooperate instead of compete“ – preferably with companies that are also organized as cooperatives
- The further development of our platform takes place solidarityNew features financed by a portal partner then benefit all other portals, not least the freely accessible platform wechange.de
Informational sustainability / data protection
- We produce and work with Open-source software, which is particularly sustainable due to its independence from individual companies. The platform deliberately avoids the integration of services and tools from large providers such as Google or Facebook in order to Security and privacy Instead, only open source third-party tools such as Nextcloud and Rocket.Chat are used, which exclusively on our own servers This ensures that no connections are made to external servers and non-transparent tools that could potentially intercept data
- We are ISO27001-certified and meet increased requirements for data protection and information security
- We use no third-party cookies, advertising banners, trackers or marketing toolsThis protects users' privacy from unwanted data tracking and profiling by third parties and minimizes the platform's attack surface
- We regularly Updates and patches. Continuous security updates and rapid response to discovered vulnerabilities guarantee up-to-date protection
- Our servers are located at a trustworthy provider in Germany and the backup servers in the EU, so no data leakage to the USA or other non-EU countries
- We adhere to user rights in accordance with GDPROur privacy policy defines clear user rights, including the right to information, the right to erasure and the right to rectification of data
- We only work with verified third-party providers, that we need for the functioning of our platforms and list them precisely in the privacy policy
- We do not use Meta, Google, TikTok and Twitter (X) in our communication channels and use decentralized open source alternatives such as on Mastodon
- We organize our internal work with our own platform and are independent of monopolists like Microsoft and Co.
- We work transparent and enable everyone to make an informed decision about using our platforms. The open source code enables the community to identify vulnerabilities and quickly fix them
Social sustainability
- Our services and products support all users in their own social impact to multiply and strengthen their community.
- We have the Common good orientation enshrined in our statutes
- Everyone in our team works in Part-time and remote, which allows temporal and spatial flexibility
- Our Employment contracts are adapted to individual needs and at the same time designed to be as fair and supportive as possible.
- We are socially and politically engaged in Associations and clubs and with petitions such as #GenoDigitalNow
- We have opted for a sociocratic corporate model with high employee participation, for example, employees elect a board member from their ranks
- We pay transparent and fair wages based on the collective agreement for the public sector
- We develop and maintain a freely accessible Platform to promote civil society engagement, which is financed through solidarity
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