With its clear commitment to the 2030 Agenda, the district administration also wanted to demonstrate "that we are already doing a great deal in terms of sustainability and climate protection", continued the district administrator. It is important that the goals of the United Nations, which are worthy of support, "also reach us at local level and that we recognize that sustainability - understood in a very broad sense - starts on our own doorstep, with our own way of life". This is also reflected in the fact that the umbrella organization of municipalities and regions in Europe (CEMR), of which District Administrator Haas is Co-President, supports the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and has also ratified the 2030 Agenda.
There are plenty of concrete examples of their importance: for example, the district wants to promote regional, organic farming together with the state capital Stuttgart as a model organic region. "Together with our Middle Neckar Food Center, we can give agriculture and nutrition a completely different status," says District Administrator Haas.
The district's climate protection concept, as well as the annual climate protection prize, is also exemplary of the district's commitment. The same applies to the use of recycled concrete in the second new building of the district hall, the numerous projects for the integration and promotion of migrants and the approaches to waste avoidance, for example through the used goods department store "Warenwandel" of the district waste recycling company AVL. "The list of our sustainability projects is long, but that doesn't mean we're sitting back," says District Administrator Haas, "and that was precisely one reason for us to sign the 2030 Agenda - as an incentive and incentive to do even more."
