Observance of human rights and environmental standards across the entire supply chain: Like all major companies in Germany, we are required by law to act responsibly.
REACH Regulation: the European Regulation on the registration, evaluation, authorization, and restriction of chemicals.
RoHS Directive: restricting the use of certain substances such as lead, mercury, and cadmium in electrical and electronic equipment.
U.S. Dodd-Frank Act: for keeping conflict minerals such as gold, tantalum, tin, and tungsten out of supply chains to eliminate them as a source of financing for violence and human rights violations in conflict zones and high-risk regions.
WEEE Directive: for the environmentally friendly disposal of electrical and electronic equipment (and other associated provisions).
Promoting and demanding sustainability
We are keen to constantly improve the safeguarding of resources. That's why we constantly scrutinize not only our own actions, but also those of our suppliers and service providers. We have our own key performance indicator for sustainability that we use in the overall assessment we carry out on our business partners.
By employing a raft of measures, the procurement department not only contributes to economic profit, but also creates ecological and social values.