Our sustainability management

As the industry leader in the manufacturing of cable drums made from wood, steel, and plywood, it is incredibly important to us to develop our products not only continuously, but also sustainably. We promote recycling solutions and pay attention to the carefully balance the usage of resources during the manufacturing of our products, e.g. sustainable forestry.

Materiality Analysis

When analyzing our sustainability reporting, we identified the following key topics as the focus of our company's work:

Our Commitment

These topics are for our sustainability strategies especially important:

Climate and Environment

For years now, we contribute towards a worthwhile future with our certified environmental management system. To continue to ensure this, we continuously advance ourselves as a company. We do not want to engage in greenwashing. We are not perfect, but we continue to work on ourselves.

Circular Economy

The circular economy is a long-term strategic goal for us. We are developing new business models so that our company can gradually participate in a sustainable economy. With our return-system, we are already contributing to a more sustainable world that conserves resources and keeps products in circulation for as long as possible.

Greenhouse Gases

Greenhouse gases are the driving force behind climate change, which is why we as a company see it as our obligation to regularly examine our impact on the climate and reduce emissions as far as possible. Since 2021 we annually balance our emissions and test our processes steadily. Our goal: to gradually reduce our emissions. We use the most sustainable and energy efficient options with all our investments.

Resources

The conservation of resources through the circular economy and the reduction of emissions for our sites and products start with responsible purchasing. We are revising our purchasing processes and reshaping the management of our suppliers to be more sustainable in our procurement.

Our Associates

We want to create a work environment in which our associates want to work. That is why we offer our associates a many great benefits. We are deeply appreciative that these commitments have been formally recognised and our certification as a family business continues.

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    of the executives

    of August Hildebrandt are women

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    of our associates

    are in leadership positions

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    of our leaders

    are under 50 years old

 

Equal opportunity and equal treatment are lived within our company. We have created a project for the topic of inclusion. For years now we have worked successfully with dependable partners to implement this project, to actively integrate people with disabilities in the operation of our company.
We want all our associates to have successful careers and support them with goal-oriented training opportunities. It is also our expressive wish to actively support women in their pursuit of their careers. We are especially proud that 20 % of our female associates work in leading positions.

Principles

Codes of Conduct

A successful company must be guided by clear and concise principles. We count on transparency and honest interactions with our business partners and associates alike. Are actions are based on international standards, such as the UN Guiding Principles for Business and Human Rights. We have coded these principles into our code of conduct.

Data Protection

We lay great importance in working together with mutual trust, which is why the protection of the data of our associates, customers, suppliers, and business partners is of great importance to us. We work according to the most recent laws and regulations on data protection and freedom of information at all times.

Whistleblower protection

Associates are often the first to discover maladministration. For this reason, we have set up a reporting office, for which persons can contact us anonymously, who have witnessed or have information on instances of criminal misconduct. Suspicions concerning unethical or illegal behaviour can be reported to this office. The reporting office is responsible for witnesses and victims of all types of discrimination. All reports are anonymously handled and handed to a third party, not the executives. The process for incoming complaints or tips have been formalised in clear directives.

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