Apart from the material used for our glaze, steel is our main material. Steel is vital for us, and we want to source steel from Europe in the future. The steel industry is facing a huge transformation task to achieve production that is as low in CO2 as possible in order to secure its own future. We want to accompany this transformation and our partners on this path to the best of our ability - for the sake of their future and, of course, for the future of our planet. One of our main partners is ArcelorMittal. This steel supplier has been offering green certified steel since the end of 2020. The emissions generated in the production of this steel are offset by the purchase of certificates proving that the steel producer saves CO2 elsewhere. And Bette was one of ArcelorMittal's first customers. We purchased 10 % of certified XCarb steel from ArcelorMittal in 2021, and a further approximately 40 % in 2022.
To put it in figures: In 2021, 10% of the steel we obtained was carbon neutral. This means that in 2021 we were able to reduce our carbon output by 10%, and that of the entire company by 6.49%. In 2022 we are increasing this quota to 40 % of our steel.