Environmental considerations in our supply chain

We are a member of the amfori BSCI

We are a member of amfori BSCI – the Business Social Compliance Initiative – a leading corporate initiative aimed at improving working conditions in global supply chains. Information on the system’s standards and requirements can be found directly on the amfori website.

We take environmental considerations into account in our supply chain as part of our internal processes and in line with the requirements arising from our membership of amfori BSCI.

For specific environmental aspects, we are gradually publishing more detailed information on measures, responsibilities and progress.

Our suppliers also work in compliance with the BSCI

To achieve continuous improvement in environmental performance, we and our suppliers are committed to addressing adverse impacts or risks in all areas of environmental performance – both in our own operations and in the respective supply chains.  All our suppliers accept the amfori BEPI Code of Conduct and therefore operate in compliance with the BSCI.

We support sustainability also with regard to our packaging

Our packaging, labels, sales displays, etc. are mostly made of paper/cardboard, are FSC-certified, marked with a license code, and are recyclable.

If, in exceptional cases, the use of plastic or a plastic component is necessary for packaging, only plastic from recycled materials is used.

All our products carry easy-to-understand instructions on the packaging or on the label for correct waste separation.

By the way…

We strive to raise awareness of sustainable packaging, avoid plastic and environmentally harmful materials, and achieve the highest possible proportion of recyclable packaging. As a result, we are dispensing with price stickers on more and more products and printing the sales price directly on the packaging or hangtag – and for good reason:

  • Packaging regulations and legal requirements. Packaging materials, including adhesives, are subject to increasingly strict laws regarding chemical testing.
  • Sustainability and environmental protection. Price stickers contain non-recyclable adhesive. They must first be separated from the packaging for clean disposal.
  • Easy handling. It should be as easy as possible for consumers to dispose of product packaging properly without time-consuming separation.
  • Material savings. Fewer disposal instructions on products enable smaller hangtags, which avoids unnecessary use of materials.