LAGERBOX takes over bee sponsorship

We have some exciting news here at LAGERBOX

As part of our commitment to local biodiversity, we are taking another step forward. What exactly this involves and what the favorite animal of BVB fans has to do with it once again is explained in this article.

Anyone who has been following LAGERBOX for some time will know that several beehives are located on the roofs of our Dresden Friedrichstadt and Berlin Schöneweide-Köpenick facilities. This is where the bees, which may occasionally bother people but are fundamentally hardworking contributors to the food chain, have found their home.

And bees do much more than produce honey. They also make a significant contribution to preserving wild and cultivated plants. Their ecological importance is particularly noteworthy, as bees are among the world's most important pollinators.

The estimated value of their annual pollination services worldwide is around 265 billion dollars. Bees therefore play an important role in preserving resources and plant diversity. Since we already have bees on LAGERBOX roofs, we would now like to take another concrete step to support local biodiversity. Initially, this is about symbolism. However, later in this article, we will also discuss an upcoming development that is far more than just symbolic.

At our Dresden Friedrichstadt and Berlin Schöneweide-Köpenick facilities, LAGERBOX is sponsoring a bee colony at each location. This means that the bees can not only live and carry out their work on LAGERBOX roofs, but are now also officially part of LAGERBOX.

By the way: If you have never visited us before … our roofs are so high that you do not need to worry about encountering a huge number of bees.

What does this sponsorship mean?

First and foremost, this sponsorship is something very special that we at LAGERBOX are particularly proud of and certainly do not take for granted. The "benefit" we receive in return works as follows: once a year, LAGERBOX receives 80 jars of honey per facility. Every LAGERBOX employee then receives a jar of honey from our hardworking little helpers. Since we have "only" around 100 employees in total, LAGERBOX had to come up with another solution for the remaining jars of honey.

There is only one right solution: The remaining jars will be donated to people in need. This decision reflects LAGERBOX's values and was therefore quickly agreed upon. The exact organizations that will receive the donations have not yet been finalized. However, they will most likely be social organizations supporting children or children's homes, as the younger generation is particularly important to LAGERBOX.

The Big News

Resource conservation is an important topic that can also play a role in the context of self-storage. When people store their belongings at LAGERBOX, they usually do so because they no longer have enough space for them at home or because they do not currently need them.

By renting a storage unit, items can be stored and used again at a later date. This provides an opportunity to keep existing belongings in use for longer instead of immediately disposing of them and replacing them with new ones. Furniture, in particular, is frequently stored at LAGERBOX and can therefore be kept for future use.

In addition to its core business model, LAGERBOX is implementing further concrete measures. One example is our facility in Cologne-Ossendorf. Thanks to solar panels on the roof, this facility generates its own electricity from solar energy.

But let's get back to the Big News: The bee sponsorships are not intended to be LAGERBOX's only experience with bees. Beehives are also planned for the roofs of additional facilities. Before that happens, however, something even more important needs to be installed.

Step by step, a large proportion of the roofs at LAGERBOX facilities are planned to be equipped with solar panels. This represents a significant step in the company's history. The systems will enable the facilities to generate electricity directly on site.

Through the bee sponsorships and additional planned beehives, LAGERBOX also aims to support local biodiversity. In this way, we are focusing on concrete measures at our facilities rather than describing them broadly as sustainable.

Before we forget: Once the roofs have been equipped with solar panels, the bees come back into the picture. For organizational reasons, the beehives will be installed on the roofs after the solar panels.

LAGERBOX is therefore looking forward to seeing many more bees and solar panels on its roofs.