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Environment & Responsibility
We are sustainable.
We are energy efficient.
By 2027, we will ensure that the development and operation of our apps are fully environmentally friendly - from the first idea to everyday use.
At Protectstar™, protecting people and the environment is our focus.
We reduce emissions, conserve resources, and build software that just works - resource‑efficient, independent, and without unnecessary data collection.
We take responsibility and create lasting value.
Environmental awareness is straightforward to implement in our industry, and we seize every opportunity to minimize our environmental footprint.
More energy for you. Less power for apps.
More energy for you. Less power for apps.
Environmental protection is much more than just a fashionable label: It is about using information technology as environmentally and resource-friendly as possible throughout its entire life cycle.
This is a challenging task because although apps, for example, are intangible goods, their use can trigger significant energy flows.
The reduction of the essential functions and the limited hardware resources leads to a high level of resource efficiency in our mobile apps.
All Protectstar™ security apps are designed in such a way that they consume little energy and protect the battery of your device - even with older devices.
We pay attention to the simplicity of installation, uninstallation, and the reduction of essential tasks. This also includes the focus on design and the use of dark mode to save energy and your eyes.
We outsource computationally intensive tasks to our energy-efficient cloud servers.
For example, Antivirus AI and Firewall AI use artificial intelligence and always learn about various threats to proactively protect you against malware and hacker attacks. Here, the behavior of apps has to be analyzed for suspicious activities in milliseconds, and the signatures have to be compared with millions and millions of malware, attack, and espionage properties.
Your end device is wholly relieved, and the calculation-intensive analyzes are transferred to our cloud servers, which are operated with electricity from 100% renewable energies.
Alternative Energy Everywhere.
Alternative Energy Everywhere.
Protectstar™ is committed to ensuring that our infrastructure is climate-neutral and free from ecological disadvantages. With our modern cloud servers, we are sustainably reducing the impact on the climate.
We rely on renewable energies — green energy that comes from 100% renewable sources; without trading in certificates.
An example: For many years, we have only used the most modern, energy-efficient hardware with little waste heat. Low-power processors use less heat by eliminating excess heat when operating at total capacity.
With machine learning, we ensure improved server cooling and the integration of newer technologies such as adiabatic or evaporative cooling.
Our energy management systems are ISO 50001 certified and are regularly evaluated by sustainability management experts.
We use energy-saving laptops instead of high-performance workstations, and we reduce the consumption of paper and printer ink. Should a printout be necessary, only energy-saving printers are used.
Environmental and resource protection is on our agenda, as well as process optimization.
At Protectstar™, we are constantly improving our internal processes. We use online tools for our project management and rely on digitization.
Thanks iShredder. Resale of devices and hard drives.
Thanks iShredder. Resale of devices and hard drives.
When it's time to replace your device, reselling or recycling your old device is good for the environment and a responsible way to manage your data. That's why we created iShredder™, the ultimate tool to securely erase your data before you let your old device go.
iShredder™ uses internationally recognized security standards to ensure that your data is irretrievably deleted, even for defense departments and government agencies. With more than 20 approved deletion algorithms, the app exceeds international government and military security standards for secure data deletion.
But we also take environmental responsibility seriously. That's why our erasure algorithms are designed to consume as little energy as possible. We use energy-efficient and intelligent random number generators, so you can be sure that using iShredder™ will help protect your data and reduce CO2 emissions.
However, our commitment to protecting the privacy of our users also means that we do not collect user data. Therefore, we cannot provide an exact number of devices that have been securely deleted with iShredder™. However, with millions of users in over 100 countries, it is safe to assume that the number is in the millions.
By securely erasing your data with iShredder™ before reselling or recycling your device, you protect your privacy while contributing to a greener future by reducing the carbon footprint associated with producing new devices.
CO2 degradation with new trees.
CO2 degradation with new trees.
A world without CO₂ emissions is still a vision of the future.
On our journey to becoming carbon neutral by 2027, Protectstar™ focuses on renewable energy and the steady reduction of emissions.
But even we cannot avoid some emissions. Therefore, we use nature to become neutral:
We plant and protect forests. Every tree filters the greenhouse gas CO₂ out of the atmosphere.
Trees and forests also provide habitat for our animal and plant species. They also keep nature's water balance in balance and clean our air.
Forests have a cooling effect and – not to be underestimated – offer us space to relax.
Therefore, Protectstar™ supports various organizations such as Eden Reforestation Projects,GROW MY TREE, PRIMAKLIMA, and GREEN FOREST FUND.
All of these efforts together help sequester CO₂ and restore ecosystems.
By acting consciously, reducing emissions, and reforesting simultaneously, we can turn back time and make amends for a lot.
Bee sponsorship
Hum with us!
Bee sponsorship
Hum with us!
Hum with us! With your support through a bee sponsorship, you are actively helping the honey bees.
Despite their industrious work, bees today are heavily dependent on our support. By becoming a bee sponsor, you will support the honey bees and the work of the small Black Forest apiary in the heart of the Black Forest for one week.
Specifically, you will help save at least 300 bees and help protect 800 bees from the Asian hornet, which has unfortunately already settled in parts of the Black Forest. You also support the pollination of numerous wild plants and the sustainable practice of our sponsored organic beekeeping.
As a thank you for your valuable support, you can participate in the annual bee sponsor meeting. You can look over the beekeepers' shoulders, learn more about their work, and taste the delicious certified organic honey from the Black Forest.
About our sponsored beekeeping:The organic honey produced by the small Black Forest apiary in Bad Wildbad in the heart of the Black Forest symbolizes sustainable and environmentally friendly agriculture. It has consciously decided against the common agricultural practice of chemical pesticides, which endangers biodiversity. The consequences of these conventional methods are severe, especially for bees and other pollinators. The continuing decline in the number of small farmers exacerbates this problem.
Certified organic beekeepers are convinced that sustainable farming is the key to protecting our environment for future generations. Therefore, they have opted for agriculture without toxic chemicals, which promotes biodiversity and positively impacts the climate. The bee colonies they look after live in natural areas, which results in a lower honey yield but is much more environmentally friendly.
Behind the small Black Forest apiary are Bea Zotti and Axel Kull, two dedicated beekeepers who care passionately about the well-being of the bees and are constantly expanding their knowledge. A natural and bee-friendly approach characterizes beekeeping. This means that the two beekeepers do not artificially harm the queen, extract the honey exclusively from unincubated honeycombs, and do not use ultra-filtration to preserve the honey's natural properties. They also use wooden containers instead of polystyrene hives to create a natural climate inside the beehives.
The sustainable approach to beekeeping ensures the quality of the organic honey produced and contributes to the protection of the environment and the preservation of biodiversity.
Our human‑centered, innovative apps are lightweight - independent, transparent, and data‑minimal. They place as little demand as possible on battery and CPU.
We offload compute‑intensive tasks to energy‑efficient data centers - powered by renewable energy and certified to ISO standards. That way, your device stays fast - and you stay reliably protected.
Creative.
Stress-free.
Home office.
Creative.
Stress-free.
Home office.
Protectstar™ has always been a pioneer and ahead of its time:
Since our company was founded in 2004, almost two decades ago, we have made it possible to work from home and promoted flexible working hours.
We don't need large offices and save electricity, water, and energy. Working from home also reduces stress and promotes creativity and productivity. In addition, climate-damaging CO₂ emissions are saved.
According to current studies, working from home around 3.5 days a week reduces the employee's carbon footprint by 72 percent.
Our most significant step towards a better CO₂ balance is the reduction of official routes. We avoid long business trips and thus avoid flights or trips by car. If necessary, we prefer to take the train or our e-cars, mostly charged from renewable energies.
We use energy-saving laptops instead of high-performance workstations.
Our energy-efficient offices are perfectly equipped for virtual meetings. This ensures cross-border cooperation - without the need to travel.
Our website: Designed for
energy efficiency.
Our website: Designed for
energy efficiency.
According to a study from 2021, the internet now causes more greenhouse gases than air travel. It now consumes 10% of the world's energy.
If the internet were a country, then according to Statista, it would be just ahead of Germany in terms of CO₂ emissions.
As part of our sustainability mission, we at Protectstar™ designed not only our security apps and cloud servers to be highly energy-efficient but also the official appearance of the Protectstar™ website.
Our website is ecological because it is not only operated with renewable energies but is also efficient in consumption. This enables our climate-neutral infrastructure and the optimization of the data size of the website.
We have kept the amount of data transferred as small as possible so that our carbon footprint is small and yours as well.
Read more: "Protecting the Planet, One Website Visit at a Time"