Environmental management
Two coordination offices, one for the Lighting Segment (throughout Europe) and another for the Components Segment (globally), are responsible for organising environmental management. The coordination offices are responsible for issuing guidelines and prescribing structures for continuous improvement in environmental performance. Local responsibility lies with the environmental officer of the relevant plant. This allows the Zumtobel Group to cater perfectly for local requirements and processes. The on-site environmental officer is responsible for individual issues and targets, implementing measures and compliance with national legislation.
ISO 14001
In the period under review, the luminaire plant in Les Andelys, the Ennenda and Spennymoor plants and the Controls & Systems organisational unit of the Components Segment all obtained ISO 14001 certification. This fulfilled two of the top objectives contained in the Zumtobel Group’s 2009/10 Sustainability Report, namely certification of all European luminaire plants and all electronic component plants. This means that six out of eleven production sites in the Lighting Segment and seven out of twelve sites in the Components Segment have now been certified.
Potential improvements identified during internal and external audits are to be included in the programme and worked through in a structured fashion over the next few financial years in order to further strengthen and optimise our environmental management systems.
In the Lighting Segment, efforts are being made to achieve ISO 14001 certification for sites outside Europe by 2013/14. In the Components Segment, the next step is to prepare the plant in Fürstenfeld for ISO 14001 certification.
