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.

Latest news from VAST GREEN

Sep 2023

VAST GREEN CHALLENGE – let your estimate win!

The Internet – responsible for up to 3.7% of global CO2 emissions! And there are no standards or measures to reduce this figure aesily in our daily lives! As part of the "Sustainability Action Days," we organized a team challenge, focusing on digital infrastructure in our daily lives

Sep 2023

VAST GREEN Team Interview

Since 2021, the entire Vast Forward team has been driving our sustainability initiative, VAST GREEN. After two years, we asked the team. One thing we can say in advance, even after 2 years, it is still fun to work as a team and push for VAST GREEN!

Aug 2023

Streaming – Episode 5 – Little Things

What impact does our streaming behavior have on the environment and what can we do better in the future? Episode 5 of our streaming blog post series is about our streaming behavior and 3 simple ways to stream more sustainably!

Aug 2023

Kick-off: GREEN DATA – What does data have to do with sustainability?

The topic of "GREEN DATA" has been on our minds at Vast Forward since 2021. We want to share what we mean by GREEN DATA and why we are concerned with the topic as a digital service provider in this blog post series.

Jul 2023

Discipline – An outdated term?

Part 3 | Discipline - sounds old-fashioned and strict... but discipline is fundamental for us as a decentralized, purely virtual team! Discipline helps us achieve more and continually improve together in self-organization and self-responsibility. Along with the other core values, discipline forms the backbone of our virtual teams.

VAST GREEN PRINCIPLES

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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2021

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2019-2020

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2014

2008

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

THERE IS MAGIC IN EVERY BEGINNING

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

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 Bittroff
Sustainability Management
PR Communication
Julia Kriegel
Project Management
PR Communication
Jenny Bittroff
Entwickler
Robert Göse
Partner Management
Andrea Otto
Product Development
Tanja Bäcker
Process Management
Veronique Vallieres
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