Cologne, 20 August 2024 – The German technology company Ubirch announces its membership in the eco – Association of the Internet Industry. With this membership, Ubirch strengthens its position within the digital economy and brings its expertise in technology and sustainability to the network of Europe’s largest association of the internet industry.

Stephan Noller, CEO of Ubirch, explains his decision to join the eco association: “The eco association offers us the ideal platform to further advance our solutions in the areas of ESG and sustainability in the context of digital transformation. The collaboration with other innovative companies in the eco association network allows us to work together on digital solutions to the challenges of climate change while also strengthening Germany’s digital economy. We look forward to being part of this committed community and contributing to a secure and sustainable digital future.”

Oliver Süme, Chairman of the Board of the eco – Association of the Internet Industry, welcomes Ubirch as a new member of the association: “As an association, we work together with our member companies to further drive digital transformation, strengthen Germany as a digital hub, and maintain a free, technology-neutral, and high-performance internet. Our network includes committed companies that are driving innovative, efficient, and sustainable digitalization. We are very pleased to have gained Ubirch as a new partner to accompany us on this path.”

With around 1,000 member companies, eco (www.eco.de) is the leading association of the internet industry in Europe. Since 1995, eco has significantly shaped the internet, promoted new technologies, created frameworks, and represented the interests of its members to policymakers and international bodies. eco has offices in Cologne, Berlin, and Brussels. The primary focus of eco’s work is to create a powerful, reliable, and trustworthy ecosystem for digital infrastructures and services.

The German technology company Ubirch has created the ESG Data Exchange Network to help companies and their suppliers easily and audit-proof comply with the EU's ESG data requirements in sustainability reports from 2024 onwards. It is a key component of the CSRD process, enabling transparency and climate protection through the exchange of machine-readable, directly operational ESG data. Both data suppliers and data collectors can reduce costs and become more efficient. The purpose of the ESG Data Exchange Network is to provide ESG data for Scope 3 of the CSRD once for all customers or to receive it uniformly from all suppliers. Ubirch specializes in the digital verification of data and was founded in 2016. Together with a consortium, the company developed the EU digital COVID certificate for Germany. For more information, visit www.ubirch.de