The Silhouette Group exclusively purchases green electricity for our headquarters and production sites. This means all our electricity comes from a mix of CO₂-free, sustainable sources, including solar, wind, hydro, biomass and biogas. This is vitally important because electricity is the energy source, we rely on most heavily in producing our premium eyewear, which means that we can significantly reduce our carbon footprint by switching to green electricity sources.

The best electricity is the electricity you generate yourself. That’s why the Silhouette Group has been using three “solar flowers” at our company headquarters in Linz, Austria since 2017. These are flower-shaped arrays of solar panels that tilt to follow the direction of the sun throughout the day, maximizing the amount of power they generate for our electric-vehicle/bicycle charging points. Each year, this sustainable electricity source provides us with around 4,000 kWh, preventing up to 3,528 kg of CO₂.

We have set ourselves a major goal of installing solar panels on all suitable roofs at our production facilities by the end of 2024. Once all the work has been completed, over 3,500 individual modules will achieve a nominal power output of 1,350 kWp. This will enable us to generate around 1.3 million kWp of our own green electricity every year, covering 15% of our eyewear production’s annual electricity needs. In so doing, we will also be able to reduce around 530 tons of CO₂ annually, which is equivalent to the annual electricity consumption of 675 average Austrian households; or the volume of CO₂ that it would take 15,800 trees to capture from the atmosphere each year.

The Silhouette Group remains at the cutting edge of environmentally friendly technologies, which makes e-mobility a strong match for our company’s values. We are continuing to convert our company’s fleet to electric vehicles. Currently, a quarter of our vehicles are already electric or hybrid. We also offer an employee discount to encourage our employees to buy e-vehicles of their own.

Premium eyewear from Silhouette is all about feeling light and carefree and seeing new possibilities. Our current and future CO2 offset projects also follow this visionary, positive and holistic lifestyle philosophy. The goal is to promote the use of solar panels in various locations in the Global South. We are starting with a 6-megawatt solar energy farm in Kolanupaka, India which provides state-of-the-art renewable energy while improving the lives of local people. Through this project, Silhouette offsets around 1,100 tons of CO2 each year.

Our evil eye sports glasses offer the best vision, performance and protection for athletes, enabling them to channel their inner power. That is why we have selected a CO2 offset project that matches the evil eye brand’s strong values: A 6.8-megawatt hydraulic power plant that generates renewable energy in Colon, Honduras. Through this project, evil eye offsets 400 tons of Silhouette International's remaining annual CO2 emissions. The plant supplies 23,000 MWh of clean energy each year, helping Honduras to start shifting away from the fossil fuel power stations that it has long relied on. In total, the project eliminates 25,568 tons of CO2 annually.

NEUBAU EYEWEAR combines beautiful design with the highest standards of quality and sustainable technological innovation. Because of these values, NEUBAU EYEWEAR is supporting a CO2 offset project that fits with its mission. The company offsets 500 tons of Silhouette International’s remaining CO2 emissions through a BaumInvest reforestation project in Costa Rica, which mainly focuses on planting the endangered tree species Dipteryx panamensis. Thanks in part to this effort, the species has been spared from extinction. And the project has provided a new home for 70 species of amphibians and reptiles that have resettled in the revitalized forest lands.