Financial Year 2014/15 Making the Grid Smart Our Commitment Group Information
Demonstrating Responsibility Andreas Umbach, President and Chief Executive Officer
Corporate Social Responsibility Landis+Gyr understands its responsibilities as a corporate citizen and undertakes a number of major efforts to meet the highest standards in environmental awareness as well as business ethics across the entire value chain of the Group’s products and services. The entire staff works extremely hard to preserve limited resources and promote the sustainable use of energy, thereby contributing to the welfare of today’s and future societies.
In the financial year 2014/15, major initiatives were again undertaken at Landis+Gyr to raise awareness of sustainability issues. Execution of existing programs as well as new initiatives resulted in an overall reduction in water consumption, waste production, use of chemicals and greenhouse gas emissions. Importantly, the Company’s recent investments in key technologies to provide both improved hardware and software solutions will further empower the teams in their mission to help the world manage energy more efficiently. In close collaboration with Toshiba Corporation, Landis+Gyr will continue its untiring and extensive efforts to mitigate the Group’s environmental impact throughout the entire design and production process, and to develop and deliver market-leading, environmentally conscious technologies and products to society.
Safeguarding Health and Safety Landis+Gyr has established standards to ensure socially balanced, healthy and safe working conditions within the Group’s operations and its supply chain. These principles set the framework for an environmentally responsible and ethical business conduct in which workers are treated with respect and dignity. Landis+Gyr operates in full compliance with the laws, rules and regulations of the countries in which it is active.
Full Compliance with Recognized Industry Standards Life-cycle and recycling aspects are an integral factor of design and production processes in the entire value chain of the Group’s products and services. In addition to ISO 14001 certification throughout the Company and at all its key suppliers, Landis+Gyr requires its next-tier suppliers to acknowledge and implement the EICC (Electronics Industry Citizenship Coalition) code of conduct.
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