#FixedInNature – beehives, meadows, bees? Rawlplug!

For these reasons, more and more cities are deciding to keep lawn mowing to a minimum and, above all, to adapt the frequency of grass cutting to the location and weather conditions. In Wrocław, the #EKOszenie (#ECOlawnmowing) campaign is underway to combat climate change. After all, it is worth noting that tall grass can prevent drought and, on hot days, provide pleasant cooling.

At Rawlplug, we have also decided to grow a flower meadow in the area of the green belt adjacent to the company's buildings, located right on the Oder River. Our current standard is to leave up to 8,000 square metres unmown. Mowing takes place once a year and the meadow contains around 40 plant species. In addition, 60 trees and shrubs have been planted in the unmown area. So, as it turns out - caring for green spaces requires a lot of work, even if we limit the grass cutting alone.

At Rawlplug we have our honey. Impossible? Not at all!

Flower meadows provide an ideal place for plants and insects to thrive. Following this idea, two beehives were set up on an unmown area, which already yielded 8 kg of honey in the first year. This is the first honey harvest in Rawlplug's history!

Let us recall that honeybees are the most important pollinators in the ecosystem. According to experts, they do up to 88 per cent of the work of all pollinators. This means that, without bees, vegetable and fruit yields would be negligible and the harvest itself would be less rich and tasty. Thanks to bees, both humans and animals have food. The importance of the role of bees in nature is best demonstrated by the following data: according to ecologists, the total extinction of bees would mean a food catastrophe and consequently the extinction of humans just four years after the disappearance of bees from the planet.

Our two in-house beehives provide around 30 kg of honey each year, which is collected and collected in jars with Rawlplug labels. We distribute this honey to our guests 🐝💛.

In 2025, we plan to expand our apiary by adding another hive and clearing more square metres of land adjacent to the company's premises. The cleaned and cleared area will be ‘given back to nature’ in line with Rawlplug's actively pursued strategy of protecting and restoring #biodiversity.

If a footprint, only a sustainable one – Rawlplug Report 2024

For years, we have been striving to conduct our business in a responsible manner - not only towards customers and employees, but also towards the environment. For us, sustainability is more than a fashionable slogan. It's about the concrete decisions and actions we take every day: from designing products with an eye to their impact on the planet, to reducing emissions and energy consumption, to creating workplaces where people feel safe and have room to grow. We believe that this is the only way to build a sustainable future - based on respect for people, nature and the values that really matter.

And if you want proof - we have it in black and white. Our Sustainability Report shows what all this looks like in numbers and actions. We document in it how much CO₂ we have reduced, how much energy we consume, how we take care of education and employee safety, and which local initiatives we are involved in. It is important for us to talk openly about these things - because we know that change begins with responsible choices. Choices that we make together - every day.