Contribution to sustainability

If you take a look at the ISO standards, you soon see they are usually pretty bulky. And that begs the question: What does all that have to do with our business and why do we undergo certification at all? However, when you translate the requirements, you soon see their practical relevance: It is important for us to know what our customers, society and our stakeholders expect from us in terms of environmental protection.

The ISO 14001 environmental management standard requires company management to define clear environmental objectives and provide the resources to achieve those objectives, for instance.

That is precisely where there has been a change since last year: We now derive our environmental objectives from the strategic sustainability goals and we put an emphasis on measures that make a key contribution to achieving those goals. We seek ways to cut CO₂ emissions or we reduce the use of resources through our breeding work. The standard speaks of “environmental aspects” in this context. If figures for amounts of energy, waste, etc. are required, we access the data that is already recorded centrally as part of our annual sustainability reporting.

We expect this realignment to significantly reduce the cost and effort involved in certification alone. And since we have a very high standard in the area of environmental management both at and outside Einbeck, the scope of ISO 14001 can be expanded to include all our German locations. The standard provides the framework for a systematic approach to environmental protection. And by gaining certification, we can demonstrate our clear commitment to protecting the environment. |