On April 23, 2021, the environmental audit for 2020 was successfully completed with the outstanding on-site inspections, so that the EMAS declaration of validity can now be issued by the environmental auditors. Due to the special situation because of the Corona pandemic, the first part of the audit on 30.11. and 1.12.2020 could only take place as a video conference. With the two on-site appointments in the road construction laboratory "Claus-Köpcke" and in the botanical garden of the TU Dresden, the so far missing conditions for a successful audit were fulfilled. The auditors acknowledged the activities for the continuous improvement of the environmental performance and could not find any deviations according to EMAS.

The preliminary environmental report for this year with the current key figures - currently still without the validation statement of the auditors - is published on the Environmental Reporting website (in German).