Sustainability

“Sustainable development is development that meets the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs.”

As a family-run company, we record our CO2 emissions as part of our greenhouse gas balance sheet and support climate protection projects by purchasing Gold Standard certificates equivalent to our unavoidable emissions. This voluntary support does not make our company or our products CO2-neutral, but rather represents a contribution to the financing of international climate protection projects. Our goal remains the continuous reduction of our own emissions.

“The Gold Standard was developed with the participation of the WWF. This certification standard is the leading independent quality standard for climate protection projects. It is supported by over 60 non-governmental organizations.”

Scope of our annual greenhouse gas accounting

We have been recording the CO2 emissions from our own production based on the cradle-to-gate approach since 2020, and since 2022 we have been extending this approach to cover the entire life cycle in line with the cradle-to-grave concept.
We also take into account the CO2 emissions of traded goods along the entire value chain, including logistics to our customers. On this basis, we continuously implement measures to avoid and reduce emissions.

"The Greenhouse Gas Protocol (GHG) defines the allocation of greenhouse gas emissions to the respective scopes."

Power consumption

We use 100% electricity from renewable energy sources and are continuously working to improve our environmental performance. From 2015 to 2024, we were able to reduce our electricity consumption by 47%.

Transparency

Since 2022, we have had our sustainability performance assessed annually by Ecovadis.

As a user of the German Sustainability Code, we attach great importance to transparency and report publicly on our sustainability development. You are welcome to view our report here.

Since September 2022, the company has been a member of the United Nations Global Compact.

“The UN Global Compact is the world's largest initiative for sustainable and responsible corporate management. A total of 970 German companies participate in the initiative.”

Health and well-being

Products for healthcare and improving patient safety
Certification in 2023 according to ISO 45001 – occupational health and safety management
Sustainable procurement management (Code of Conduct)
Promotion of healthy mobility – Businessbike
Family and Career Service Center
Azubi-Fit program

High-quality education

Exceptional quality of in-company training – Best place to learn
Promotion of part-time degrees and further training
Voluntary work on various IHK examination boards
Regional school partnerships
Development of our own e-learning platform, “Halbach Campus”

Gender equality

Certificate for equal opportunities and diversity – TOTAL E-QUALITY rating
Diversity Charter – prejudice-free working environment
Employee training on the General Equal Treatment Act
Annual survey of personnel figures on diversity

Affordable and clean energy

Expansion of PV capacity (1.4 megawatt hours)
Switch to green electricity
Annual funding of climate protection projects in the field of “clean energy” since 2020

Climate protection measures

Consideration of greenhouse gas emissions in all business processes
Annual greenhouse gas accounting in accordance with the Greenhouse Gas Protocol
We use the currently unavoidable emissions according to our greenhouse gas balance as an opportunity to promote climate protection projects by purchasing certificates in accordance with the international Gold Standard in the corresponding amount.

Partnerships to achieve the objectives

Member of the UN Global Compact
FSC certification
Ecovadis certification
Alliances for sustainability with customers and suppliers

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11/07/2013
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10/11/2013
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Contact

If you have any questions about our products, please call us on: +49(0)2304/759-0

Diagramm Halbach GmbH & Co. KG
Am Winkelstück 14
58239 Schwerte
Deutschland

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