{"id":18478,"date":"2026-01-01T08:59:32","date_gmt":"2026-01-01T07:59:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pr-neu.de\/newsroom\/?p=18478"},"modified":"2026-07-14T09:02:54","modified_gmt":"2026-07-14T07:02:54","slug":"at-sto-the-pursuit-of-sustainability-is-a-long-standing-tradition-short","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pr-neu.de\/newsroom\/en\/at-sto-the-pursuit-of-sustainability-is-a-long-standing-tradition-short\/","title":{"rendered":"At Sto, the pursuit of sustainability is a long-standing tradition"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><u>Guiding principle: \u201cBuilding with conscience\u201d<\/u><\/p>\n<p>Sto SE &amp; Co. KGaA (St\u00fchlingen) is a leading international manufacturer of products and systems for building coatings. Its broad portfolio includes paints, renders, varnishes, fa\u00e7ade insulation systems, materials for concrete repair, floor coatings, acoustic systems, and ventilated curtain wall systems. With nearly 5,500 employees, the group generated a turnover of 1.591 billion euros in 2025. By the end of 2025, the Sto Group was represented in 35 countries through 50 wholly owned operating subsidiaries and their respective sites. In addition, they maintain supply relationships with distribution partners in numerous other countries. The guiding principle \u201cBuilding with conscience\u201d encapsulates in three words Sto Group\u2019s self-image, which encompasses the pursuit of environmental and social responsibility. The company\u2019s origins lie in a lime works founded in 1835, which was taken over by Wilhelm Stotmesiter in the 1930s.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.pr-neu.de\/newsroom\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/26_21_EN_Executive-Board_K.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-18466 size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/www.pr-neu.de\/newsroom\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/26_21_EN_Executive-Board_K-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"The Sto Executive Board (from left): Jost Bendel, Rainer H\u00fcttenberger, D\u00e9sir\u00e9e Konrad.\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.pr-neu.de\/newsroom\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/26_21_EN_Executive-Board_K-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.pr-neu.de\/newsroom\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/26_21_EN_Executive-Board_K-1024x681.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.pr-neu.de\/newsroom\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/26_21_EN_Executive-Board_K-768x511.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.pr-neu.de\/newsroom\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/26_21_EN_Executive-Board_K-1536x1021.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.pr-neu.de\/newsroom\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/26_21_EN_Executive-Board_K-2048x1362.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/www.pr-neu.de\/newsroom\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/26_21_EN_Executive-Board_K-110x73.jpg 110w, https:\/\/www.pr-neu.de\/newsroom\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/26_21_EN_Executive-Board_K-420x279.jpg 420w, https:\/\/www.pr-neu.de\/newsroom\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/26_21_EN_Executive-Board_K-647x430.jpg 647w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">The Sto Executive Board (from left): Jost Bendel, Rainer H\u00fcttenberger, D\u00e9sir\u00e9e Konrad,.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Photo: Sto SE &amp; Co. KGaA<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.pr-neu.de\/newsroom\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/26_21_EN_Location_K.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-18464 size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/www.pr-neu.de\/newsroom\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/26_21_EN_Location_K-300x253.jpg\" alt=\"The office and reception building at the headquarters in St\u00fchlingen, Germany\" width=\"300\" height=\"253\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.pr-neu.de\/newsroom\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/26_21_EN_Location_K-300x253.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.pr-neu.de\/newsroom\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/26_21_EN_Location_K-1024x864.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.pr-neu.de\/newsroom\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/26_21_EN_Location_K-768x648.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.pr-neu.de\/newsroom\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/26_21_EN_Location_K-110x93.jpg 110w, https:\/\/www.pr-neu.de\/newsroom\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/26_21_EN_Location_K-420x354.jpg 420w, https:\/\/www.pr-neu.de\/newsroom\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/26_21_EN_Location_K-510x430.jpg 510w, https:\/\/www.pr-neu.de\/newsroom\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/26_21_EN_Location_K.jpg 1500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">The office and reception building at the headquarters in St\u00fchlingen.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Photo: Martin Baitinger \/ Sto SE &amp; Co. KGaA<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Reproduction free of charge, please send a copy to: pr neu, Braunschweig<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>(short text variant) Sto SE &#038; Co. KGaA (St\u00fchlingen) is a leading international manufacturer of products and systems for building coatings. Its broad portfolio includes paints, renders, varnishes, fa\u00e7ade insulation systems, materials for concrete repair, floor coatings, acoustic systems, and ventilated curtain wall systems.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":18459,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1328],"tags":[2494,1352],"class_list":["post-18478","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sto-en","tag-company","tag-sto-en"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pr-neu.de\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18478","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pr-neu.de\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pr-neu.de\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pr-neu.de\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pr-neu.de\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=18478"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.pr-neu.de\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18478\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":18481,"href":"https:\/\/www.pr-neu.de\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18478\/revisions\/18481"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pr-neu.de\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/18459"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pr-neu.de\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18478"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pr-neu.de\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=18478"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pr-neu.de\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=18478"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}