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Sustainability
Sustainability at Max Steier, Germany
How do you act sustainably in a medium - sized industrial company for self - adhesive technology?
In the middle of the countryside, in one of the largest contiguous tree nursery areas in Europe, the owners and employees always have nature in mind.
Conserving resources and the environment are important concerns in all work and production steps. Under the guidelines of quality management in accordance with ISO 9001, IATF 16949 and environmental management in accordance with ISO 14001, partnership-based cooperation with customers and suppliers is a prerequisite for ensuring long-term success. Sustainable management means taking responsibility for the future.
Max Steier produces thousands of different products in northern Germany, 35 km north of Hamburg, close to the North Sea at two locations and supplies over 3000 companies at home and abroad, including all the big names in German and international industry.
Producing the best and optimal products for our customers is always linked to environmental considerations and is done with our environmental goals in mind.
What do we mean by sustainability ?
Economic sustainability, securing the company, securing production in Germany, in the region, securing the company within the family, securing jobs through training and further education, securing through continuous investment, so that Max Steier is mechanically positioned in such a way that it can still produce for the new technologies of customers and the market tomorrow.
Social sustainability means responsibility in the region and for the employees who live here and who have an average length of service of 15 years and thus have a profound knowledge of the processing of all materials and also of the know-how of production in order to fulfill even the most demanding customer requirements.
Ecological sustainability means not only the continuous reduction of environmental impact, such as the use of modern energy-efficient machines, the reduction of waste and the promotion of recycling as part of the environmental management system in accordance with ISO 14001, but also the use of local resources and cooperation with sustainable economic companies.
Cultural sustainability means that the future needs a past, which is why we not only support charitable and cultural institutions, but also promote the voluntary work of employees and owners.
What is Max Steier doing specifically in terms of sustainability ?
- Purchasing 100% green electricity since 01.01.2022
- Workplace lighting is gradually being switched to LED
- Setting up energy monitoring
- Paper reduction through digitalization
- Climate-neutral parcel shipping
- Promoting the use of public transport
- Bicycle leasing for employees
- The first electric car is in our fleet
- Training as energy scouts (special additional training for apprentices)
- Sustainable adhesive tapes & low VOC adhesive tapes available
Outlook for sustainable projects at Max Steier
- 2025 Start of climate-friendly new construction of a production plant
- with low energy consumption
- Heating is provided by heat pumps
- Electricity is generated by a photovoltaic system
Code of Conduct
In addition to the above aspects of sustainability, Steier has also joined the compliance initiative of the BME (German Association of Materials Management, Purchasing and Logistics) and established a Code of Conduct.
The BME and its members recognize their social responsibility. In particular, all those involved in the procurement process, as intermediaries between their own company and the suppliers on the respective procurement markets, bear responsibility towards their own company, towards customers and suppliers, towards the environment and towards society.
The actions of companies and their employees are guided in particular by the values of integrity and fairness.
The BME Code of Conduct is a voluntary code intended to emphasize the interest of the German Association of Materials Management, Purchasing and Logistics and its members in fair, sustainable and responsible ethical principles of conduct.
The BME Code of Conduct applies to the signing / acceding company, its management and its employees and is intended to serve as the basis for all business relationships of the signing / acceding company.
The ethical guidelines described in this BME Code of Conduct are based in particular on the principles of the UN Global Compact (Annex), the ILO Conventions, the United Nations Universal Declaration of Human Rights, the UN Conventions on the Rights of the Child and on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women and the OECD Guidelines for International Business Enterprises. The following clauses II to V constitute minimum standards and are intended to prevent situations that could call into question the integrity of companies and their employees.
The signing / acceding company observes the principles of the Global Compact and works towards their achievement in its management.
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