Environment

Protection of our livelihoods

Our economic activities and the pursuit of our corporate goals leave their mark on our planet. To minimise these impacts, we organise our production sustainably to protect the basis of life for all of us as best as possible. We endeavour to manufacture our products and provide our services in a resource-efficient manner that produces as few pollutants as possible. This is how we ensure the basis for life in the future. However, this way of thinking and acting does not only apply to the production process, but also starts with the development and design of our products. A sustainable product life cycle is our benchmark.

This is how we live sustainability at STEINEL

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1. in our organisation and production factories

For us, avoiding emissions comes before offsetting them, especially in the manufacturing of our products. We work towards greater sustainability every day by taking targeted measures in our production facilities and by aligning our organisational processes with sustainability.

2. with our products

We prioritise durability and energy efficiency in our products. Even at the development stage, we ensure that our products are designed to be sustainable, in order to avoid short product life cycles and the unnecessary electronic waste that goes with them.

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Reduction of CO2 emissions
Thanks to targeted measures, we were able to reduce our CO2 emissions by a total of 41% across all plants in the period from 2017 to 2022 – and we are continuing to make progress!

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Reducing paper consumption
Instead of a detailed operating manual, our products come with a quick-start guide. This saves us 7 tonnes of paper a year.

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Energy consumption
Thanks to intelligent lights and networking, we only need 8% of the energy previously used.

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Plastic savings
By switching from irrelevant plastic and polymer components in our product packaging to paper, we have already saved 10 tonnes of plastic and polymer.

Sustainability in organisation and production

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We are committed to increasing sustainability in our company every day.

We try to make all our organisational and manufacturing processes sustainable. Our products are "made in Europe", and we have a high level of vertical integration in our factories. For example, we assemble our printed circuit boards ourselves and we have our own plastic injection moulding facility. This enables us to shorten our logistics chains.

We align our environmental and energy management with existing international standards. We rely on a continuous improvement process to achieve the environmental goals we have set ourselves. We have an energy audit carried out by independent third parties to check where we stand and how we can further improve the company's energy efficiency. The DIN standards that we naturally comply with include:

Quality management according to DIN EN ISO 9001:2015
Environmental management according to DIN EN ISO 14001:2015
Energy management according to DIN EN ISO 50001:2018 (Steinel Mölkau)
Energy audit according to DIN 16247-1: 2012

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ISO 9001 Certificate

ISO 50001 Certificate

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41% fewer CO2 emissions since 2017

Responsible and sustainable action requires the economical and efficient use of energy. All consumption and the associated greenhouse gas emissions (Scope 1,2) are evaluated and analysed in the STEINEL environmental dashboard. Since STEINEL's reference year of 2017, sustainability measures have continuously reduced emissions at all locations. The STEINEL environmental dashboard enables us to identify further savings potential and to sustainably reduce our emissions.

To calculate our greenhouse gases and CO2 emissions, we use the CO2 equivalents from the German Federal Office for Economic Affairs and Climate Protection (Bundesamt für Wirtschaft und Klimaschutz, BMWK) and data from the German Environment Agency. To calculate greenhouse gas emissions, CO2 emissions are multiplied by a factor of 1.12.

Further topics related to sustainability

Governance – inspiring trust through openness

Responsible and sustainable corporate governance requires compliance with the legal framework. Compliance, transparency and an evaluation by independent third parties are just as much a part of this as internal organisational structures. We are committed to this through our value-oriented actions.

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Social Responsibility - Strong together

We put people first. Whether as an employee, apprentice, manager or inventor. Our set of values is expressed in STEINEL's guiding principles. These are the guidelines for our actions and demonstrate our responsibility.

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