OUR GREEN DATA GUIDE

Find out how to save even more data in our Green Data Guide.

OUR GREEN CODING GUIDE

Learn more about sustainability in programming with our Green Coding Guide

SUSTAINABLE FRIDAY

Every Friday, our team provides new input from the world of sustainability

VAST GREEN

As a responsible company in the digital marketing sector, Vast Forward has set itself the goal of implementing a holistic sustainability strategy.

We want to make a sustainable, measurable contribution against the framework of generally accessible, scientific findings and as support for the transition to a low-carbon economy.

In doing so, we are taking on a number of new challenges, which we are addressing through measures such as tracking our digital supply chains in a transparent process.

This path is exciting and, as we see it, absolutely necessary if we are to make a real difference beyond offsetting, which continues to be a widespread method that unfortunately cannot yet be completely replaced. After all, we are an organization that thrives on the people in the team and only as a team can we take the path to a more sustainable future.

AKTUELLES VON VAST GREEN

Feb 2025

Compensation Bärenherz

There’s no quick fix for sustainable business practices. Instead of greenwashing or symbolic carbon offset payments, we focus on direct donations. Sustainability is an ongoing journey for us, and the social aspects of the SDGs play a central role—because they have an immediate impact.

Jan 2025

2024: Inspiration, Challenges, and Stability

2024 – Wheels Were Turning – Even with our small team, we made great strides and can look back on a successful year.

Dec 2024

Vast on Wheels Part 5: What does the core team think about our experiment?

How did our team experience the tour? Vanessa, Simone, Robert and Jenny talk about communication and the opportunities of remote working.

Dec 2024

A Day in the Life of Maren & Matthias Wagener

Our “A Day in the Life” series takes you aboard the VAST with Maren and Matthias, the founders and management team of Vast Forward GmbH. Their typical (work)day in their floating office combines early starts (thanks to time zones!) with workout routines, morning rituals, team collaborations, and the many ways to make each day productive, inspiring, and enjoyable!

Nov 2024

Vast on Wheels Part 4: USA clichés and little culture shocks

Between air conditioning and cocktail drive-ins: Here are our "aha" moments about clichés and surprises from our USA bike tour!

VAST-GREEN-PRINZIPIEN

Based on the teams’ existing basic mindset and personal commitment to sustainability, VAST FORWARD identified key VAST GREEN principles to serve as the framework for our sustainability strategy:

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VAST GREEN – Our new normal

  • Follow the path: Finish Green Data and Green Coding Guide
  • Start with yourself: Revised all of our website in terms of sustainability
  • Do Not Just Compensate: Reporting “emission neutrality” with Wilderness
  • Green Data: Online challenge with the network
  • It’s all about the dialogue: Launch Vast Class
  • BNW – Member of “Fachgruppe Digitales

THE WINDS ARE GOOD. WE ARE MOVING FORWARD!

 

IT’S GETTING SERIOUS.

  • Expansion of our GREEN team: Welcome Vero, Tanja & Andrea! 
  • Describing the process framework for VAST GREEN
  • The whole team starts with the implementation of the VAST GREEN strategy 
  • VAST GREEN gets a product owner: Welcome Julia! 
  • We are live: Live launch of the VAST GREEN website!
  • SDG 17 “Partnerships to achieve the goals”: 
  • VAST FORWARD Membership in the BNW
  • Look at the facts: Launch Sustainable Fridays

GREEN, GREEN, GREEN HAS ALWAYS BEEN OUR COLOR

  • Let’s go GREEN: First sustainability survey 
  • Knowledge is power: First L&L on the topic of sustainability 
  • VAST FORWARD goes VAST GREEN: Complementing our corporate values
  • Getting serious: VAST GREEN gets a strategy – developed along with Alyssa Jade McDonald-Bärtl

IT’S GETTING HOT IN HERE.

  • It’s getting hot in here: Kickoff sustainable change process VAST GREEN

WE ONLY ADD SALT TO OUR SOUP.

  • Remote work becomes our standard
  • Downsizing our office space
  • GRRRL PWR: organic growth – as an all-women team
  • 50% a year VAST sails energy self-sufficient – thanks to a PV system
  • We desalinate: VAST is 75% self-sufficient in drinking water per year thanks to a desalination plant

OFFICE IS WHERE YOUR HEART IS. AND SOMETIMES WHERE YOUR BOAT IS.

  • Maren & Matthias fully move onto their sailing boat “VAST” 
  • Our way to the office: car-free
  • “100% remote”: is our goal

SUSTAINABILITY? THOUGHT THROUGH FROM THE BEGINNING

  • We need no paper: We are almost paperless
  • Harmonization of our cloud infrastructure

JEDEM ANFANG WOHNT
EIN ZAUBER INNE

  • Foundation of VAST FORWARD GmbH by Maren in Hamburg
  • Structured as a network agency since foundation
  • We keep it small: “mobile office” from the beginning

VAST GREEN TEAM

Founder
Maren Wagener
Second Chair
Matthias Wagener
Project Management
Accounting
Simone Bang-Christensen
Project Management
Event Coordination
Maria Trommer
Project Management
Corporate Creative
Vanessa Stier
Sustainability Management
PR Communication
Julia Koç
Project Management
International Affairs
Jenny Bittroff
Developer
Green Coding Specialist
Robert Göse
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