At Hertel & Co. GmbH, the protection of the environment and the careful use of all our resources is sincerely close to our hearts and stems from the values of our management. We promote the environmental awareness of all employees and actively live it within the company.
In order to make this measurable, provide solid evidence and continuously improve, we have decided to have our environmental management system certified in accordance with ISO 14001.
ISO 14001 is the globally accepted and applied standard for environmental management systems.
Objectives of environmental management
- Utilise and save resources more efficiently.
- Minimise waste and emissions
- Strengthening sustainable behaviour throughout the company
- fulfil legal and regulatory requirements
Core components of ISO 14001
- Analysing internal and external factors that influence environmental aspects.
- Management commitment to support and promote environmental management.
- Identification of environmental aspects, assessment of risks and opportunities, definition of environmental targets.
- Provision of resources, training and documentation for the implementation of the EMS.
- Measures to control and monitor environmental aspects and emergency preparedness.
- Monitoring, measuring, analysing and evaluating environmental performance.
- Continuous improvement through corrective measures and review of target achievement.
Audits by certification body
- Testing and certification by an independent, authorised organisation
- Certification audit
- Regular monitoring audits (once a year)
- Regular recertification audits (every 3 years)
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