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    • Several rows of solar panels on the roof of Lutherstadt Wittenberg station
    • A small stream flows through an autumnal forest.
    • Two DB employees stand on a bridge and look at a passing ICE train.
    • A business traveler sits by the window on an ICE train and writes something in a notebook.
    • A track construction worker installs bolts on a section of rail.
      • Deutsche Bahn relies on renewable energy and energy-saving LED lights for its "Green Stations" - for example in Lutherstadt Wittenberg.

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      • Deutsche Bahn has been cooperating with the Bergwaldprojekt e.V. on nature conservation since 2009. Together with many volunteers, DB employees have already planted many thousands of trees.

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      • Deutsche Bahn has been researching effective measures to protect flora and fauna for many years and is testing the use of modern technology.

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      • With Deutsche Bahn's bahn.business program, business travelers not only save money. Thanks to renewable power, they also travel in a particularly climate-friendly way.

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      • Deutsche Bahn wants to reduce its greenhouse gas emissions by testing innovative building materials - for example with climate-friendly rail steel and new types of eco-concrete.

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      Environmental brand This is green.

      With its environmental brand This is green., Deutsche Bahn shows how sustainability is anchored in the Group's operational value chain and makes its ecological commitment tangible. The portfolio comprises more than 150 concrete measures in the fields of action of climate resilience and climate protection, as well as resource and environmental protection, and noise reduction. For example, sustainable products and services are marked with a This is green.-signet including a measure number and specific message – whether on trains, at stations, or purely digitally. This increases recognition and provides orientation. At the same time, more detailed information on the individual measures can be found at any time on Deutsche Bahn's sustainability website. With This is green., DB provides transparent information about the successes of its ecological transformation – but also about possible challenges.