Environment and quality
Reduced paper waste, reduced greenhouse gas emissions, less use hazardous waste and lower energy consumption are just a few of the tools that Elanders uses to reduce its ecological footprint. Elanders has progressively broadened its environmental scope in the Group to where it now includes our customers’ choices of printing and distribution solutions in which minimal environmental impact is becoming an increasingly common request. Elanders environmental goal is that all companies will work actively to reduce the environmental impact of energy consumption and that more companies will be able to offer FSC® production (Forest Stewardship Council®).
Each company in the Group has appointed personnel responsible for the environment and quality. On Group level this work is conducted by a group which consists of these employees. This group has broad competence and its members have experience in graphic technology and production, environmental science, quality management, chemistry, the work environment, environmental law and management systems. In order to achieve the best results group members keep up contact with each other for support and help in their work on a global level as well.
Each subsidiary in Elanders is responsible for its own work with environmental and quality matters and they are therefore handled in different ways in different countries. These differences stem from both cultural and legal differences. All told there are 13 fulltime positions involved in quality and environmental work in the Group. There are also a great number of internal quality auditors among the staff.
The Gothenburg Award for Sustainable Development
Elanders is one of the companies that together with the City of Gothenburg supports the international Gothenburg Award for Sustainable Development. The laureates share one million Swedish crowns equally. The theme for 2011 was Sustainable Food Supply and the laureates were the former UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan and the Tigray Project represented by Sue Edwards.
Last updated:
4/30/2012
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