The Earth only has limited fossil fuel reserves. That is why we at CliPS – Clinical Project Services^® endeavour to use resources sustainably. As part of these efforts, we have made the decision to source 100% of our electricity from renewable energy sources.
Our supplier, Stadtwerke Münster, was awarded a Gold Certificate from Grüner Strom Label e.V. because their eco-energy tariff "Münster: natürlich" does more than just provide energy from 100% renewable sources. One cent per kilowatt-hour goes towards developing new renewable energy plants.
Thanks to this special tariff, a 2.4 megawatt wind farm has been built very near us, providing green energy for about 1500 homes (see photo on left – October 2014).


When a training course is held on the premises of the course provider, all participants have to travel to attend, and some of them may have to travel large distances. Our on-site training concept, "GCP Mobile", limits the number of people who need to travel for the training to the one or two consultants who will be leading it.
Unfortunately, this resource-efficient concept cannot be implemented using public transport alone. However, we take great care to choose vehicles with low fuel consumption for our GCP Mobile service. Our “GCP-mobiles” are some of the most fuel-efficient compact cars available.

Update 2020: We are carefully monitoring the development of car models with alternative powertrains but we have not yet identified a concept that realistically meets the needs of the way we provide our services and also takes into account the (not yet) available recharging infrastructure. For the time being we therfore increase our efforts to use trains and public transportation in order to reduce our carbon footprint. This has already resulted in a considerable decrease of our car use. In addition, we currently use a mild hybrid model and we still aim to switch to a car with yet less or even no emission at all as soon as this is feasible for us.

Update 2022/2023: CliPS becomes part of the energy transition. CliPS employees have installed photovoltaic systems on the roofs of their houses and store solar electricity in battery storage devices. This way we are mainly using self-produced solar electricity at our home offices. During summer this covers 100% of the requred electricity. In winter we additionally purchase the above-mentioned electricity from renewable sources as needed.  

Wholesome self-sufficiency with help from experts: in 2023 we became organic horticulturists for the first time. Environmentally sustainable and with huge enthusiasm we cultivated a lot rented from "Ökullus Genußgarten" and brought in a rich harvest of vegetables. We were so convinced by this concept that we directly booked a lot again for the 2024 season.

Update 2025: The time has come: CliPS takes the next step towards e-mobility. Our next CliPS Mobile will be an electric car. When the leasing of our current CliPS Mobile ends this autumn, we will switch from a car with combusion engine to an electric car. We placed the order and are now looking forward to finally being able to hit the road powered by electricity to complement our preferred travels by train.