Production:
Sustainability and Innovation
After use, corrugated packaging can be collected through the waste paper recycling system and returned to the material recycling cycle. Throughout the lifecycle of corrugated board, both renewable raw materials and recycled materials are used. Efficient use of materials helps reduce the demand for virgin raw materials.
Our aim is to continuously reduce our environmental footprint, further develop our products and processes, and improve the energy and resource efficiency of our production. In doing so, we contribute to achieving our company’s environmental and climate targets.
To this end, our corrugated board plant uses lightweight, recycled-content papers for the production of corrugated board, while minimizing material waste. Our goal is to optimize material consumption and further reduce material waste.
As part of our energy management system, we regularly review our machinery to identify opportunities for improved efficiency. Where necessary, existing equipment is optimized through technical upgrades (“retrofits”) or replaced with new machinery where this can achieve greater energy efficiency.
Environmental factors such as CO₂ emissions are used as key performance indicators. In addition, automated warehouse management, coordinated workshop organization, and measures to reduce packaging volumes and empty space help us maintain the standards we have set for ourselves.
Administration and Ethics:
Moving Forward Together
Appreciation, reliability, trust, closeness, and team spirit: Values that have always been close to our hearts as a medium-sized family business, both in corporate management and in our approach to our stakeholders. We laid down the corresponding guidelines in various documents of the corporate philosophy, the code of ethics and suppliers, and the quality policy many years ago. Other guidelines relate to occupational health and safety and environmental protection.
Our organizational structure is characterized by flat hierarchies and an open communication culture. We encourage active participation and focus on independent responsibilities at all levels.
Sustainability management is the responsibility, review, and coordination of the Management Board - here, in addition to Roland Zerhusen, in particular his daughter Linda Stärk. Since 2022, we have voluntarily participated in an annual assessment of our sustainability activities by the "EcoVadis" platform. To establish sustainability across all business aspects and in all departments, the managers from each department; purchasing, sales, logistics, human resources, QM and organization are involved in the strategic considerations. Our ambition is to form a sustainability team in 2023 to coordinate and report our activities.
