Environmental Management

Sustainability

We accept that our actions must accord with the economy, the ecology, and the responsibility we take for the community at large, also with a view to future generations. For this reason, respect for people’s health and safety, for an economic use of resources, and for a natural and clean environment are basic principles of our business policy.

Responsibility

It is the task of all associates to help prevent the endangering of people and the environment, as well as to maintain strict compliance with all laws and regulations pertaining to work safety and the protection of people’s health and the environment. It is a leadership task to recognize such dangers, to evaluate them, and to undertake appropriate actions.

Products

We develop and manufacture products that are safe, ecofriendly, and economical. Our products enhance people’s safety and reduce burdens to the environment, also during their subsequent recycling and disposal.

Processes

We design processes to ensure that – wherever economically feasible – people’s health and safety have priority and that effects on the environment are kept to a minimum. We are prepared to cope with emergencies. This is also the spirit in which we cooperate with suppliers of goods and services.

Continuous improvement

We review our processes and our behavior on a regular basis, just as we measure their effects on people and on the environment. This is how we identify weak points and potential for improvement, and ensure the effectiveness of our program for work safety and protection of people’s health and the environment.

Environmental protection by design

• Our raw materials concept allows for selection an control of materials following international directives on banned substances. In order to achieve this we assure conformance to Bosch Norm N2580 ("Prohibition and declaration of substances").
• We always try to follow the newest international directives on banned substances with our new product designs.
• Our products are always designed for the lowest power consumption. We are leader in low power consumption on the CE market.
• We follow and support our customers environmental programs.

Our goal is to

• assure the compliance with newest international directives on substances management
• integrate efficient material usage in new product designs
• continuously reduce the power consumption of our products
• ensure the sustainability of Bosch Green DNA by environmental awareness program

Environmental monitoring

• CO2 emmision is identified as a relevant environmental aspect
  
  • CO2 emission is calculated yearly normalized with SG&A
  • Considered are power consumption and heating