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HARTMANN GROUP 63Personal detailsRalf Kienzle (left page) has been Group Safety and Environment Officersince 1997. He holds a Master of Engineering in International AgriculturalEconomics and Environmental Chemistry, and a Master of Sciencein Safety and Security. His focus is on fire protection, occupational safetyand health, and environmental protection.Magnus Bodmer (above) holds a Master of Engineering in PharmaceuticalChemistry and a Master of Business Administration. He joinedHARTMANN in 1998, initially working in product development. Today,his area of responsibility includes chemical law and environmental issuesas well as environmental assessment of various product groups.Alexander Schneider (below) has been with HARTMANN since 2008.He holds a Master of Engineering in Mechanical Engineering and has15 years of work experience with leading international logistics companies.In the HARTMANN GROUP he combines this with the strategic andtactical direction of the Group’s logistics activities.How do you manage to realize sustainable logistics, products,and sustainable HSE management across the Groupand therefore worldwide under vastly different conditions?Kienzle: We have learned to think and act beyond traditional models. InHSE, we have therefore established a close-knit network to share informationand experiences and to establish Group-wide HSE projects.Schneider: Exactly. Seeing regional differences and working together aspartners – this is part of our success formula in the design and managementof the supply chain.You have been operating HSE management in accordancewith international standards since 2002. What is its contributionto the sustainability efforts of the HARTMANN GROUP?Kienzle: Using local assessments and indicators, we provide our colleagueswith decision-making support to help identify economic and environmentalpotential for improvement.Bodmer: HSE data, as components of environmental assessment, are alsoessential for our product improvements.Schneider: Logistics benefits from our sound HSE management becauseenvironmental and cost efficiency often go hand in hand. HSE managementgives us further indications as to how we can effectively optimize our valuecreation process.Where do you see the greatest potential in your field ofwork to make products and services from HARTMANN evenmore sustainable?Bodmer: We can – and this is the fascinating thing – become even moreefficient. Not only in product design and use of raw materials but also byhelping our customers to use products correctly. And this is also for thewell-being of patients.Kienzle: Yes, and therefore we have to gradually bring our HSE activities toan international level – for our production, logistics, and administrative sitesand for our suppliers.Schneider: The market environment in procurement and distributionlogistics is continuously changing. Sustainability data helps us to constantlyredesign our processes in a customer-focused and environmentally andcost-effective manner.