Sustainability Report 2022_23

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Sustainability developments form the focal topics at the
Management Board meetings at least twice a year and once
per year for the Supervisory Board. The Management Board
and Supervisory Board as well as other bodies, such as the
Group Works Council, were involved in the coordination of
the sustainability strategy.
The international subsidiaries are integrated into the sustainability
activities in a decentralised manner via various routines:
For example, those responsible for managing environmental,
energy or occupational safety aspects regularly exchange
information among sites. In addition, expert networks have
been established focusing on specific topics such as
waste management with the aim of establishing common
standards and learning from each other.
Schmitz Cargobull works with standardised management
systems to ensure high-quality processes and continuous
improvement. Almost all production sites are certified to
ISO 9001 for quality management. The Michalovce site
in Slovakia aims to achieve this certification by the end of
2023. The Group’s IT sites are certified to ISO 27001 for
information security management. The Altenberge, Vreden,
Gotha and Horstmar sites are certified to ISO 50001 for
energy management. Moreover, Altenberge and Gotha are
also certified to ISO 45001 for occupational health and
safety management.
Since the last report, three further production sites have been
certified to ISO 14001 for environmental management. As
such, we have achieved a coverage of 83.6%. Seven other
sites are also in the process of preparing for certification
and the processes will be completed in 2023 and 2024.
Further environmental management certifications are
planned for the entire production network with the exception
of the assembly site in Australia.
Integrated management policy for our certified management systems
Our strategic decisions aim to safeguard our success over the long term and to expand our market position.
We place particular focus on sustainability and consider our impact on the economy, the environment, and society.
We protect our employees
Provision of safe and healthy working conditions
Prevention of work-related injuries and illnesses
Elimination of hazards and minimisation of risks
We train our employees
Regular training, advanced training, and special
training
Training skills for safety-conscious, environmentally
friendly and quality-promoting work
We involve our employees
Involvement in business decisions
Opportunity to actively participate in improvement
processes in all areas
Inspiring our employees in an attractive, safe
working environment
We work for our customers
Focus on the satisfaction of our customers
and their end customers
Monitoring and safeguarding product and
process quality
We encourage and challenge our suppliers
Involving our suppliers to achieve our
high-quality goals
Aiming to achieve sustainable procurement
We manufacture high-quality products
Meeting requirements and pursuing the highest
quality standards
Consideration of the entire product life cycle
Continuous improvement of our products and
processes
We take our environment into account
Commitment to protecting people and the
environment
Prevention of environmental pollution
Continuously improving our environmental
performance
We fulfil binding obligations
Compliance with legal and other obligations
Compliance with applicable laws, regulations,
and standards
We take responsibility
Striving to minimise resource consumption and
increase efficiency
Assessing every innovation to prevent
environmental impacts or hazards to employees
in advance
➔ GRI 2-12, 2-13, 2-17, 2-24, 2-25, 2-26