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Daimler Nachhaltigkeitsbericht 2008 / Managing sustainability / Environmental management system / Environmental award for employees*
Environmental award for employees*
All of our employees are responsible for the success of our environmental protection measures. That’s why we
organize training programs in the area of environmental protection for our workforce. In addition, every two years
we run a Group-wide competition for the “Environmental Leadership Award” (ELA), which is granted in
recognition of projects that promote environmental protection within the Group (see also “An award that
promotes environmental protection”, below).
An award that promotes environmental protection
Since 2006, the Mercedes production plant in Untertürkheim has saved around 52 million kilowatt-hours of
electric energy, 130 million kilowatt-hours of heat, and 500,000 cubic meters of drinking water. That’s a huge
success for the environment and the company, thanks to the initiatives taken by an environmentally conscious
and active workforce. A project team from the plant established a number of highly diverse approaches to saving
energy; this was acknowledged with Daimler’s 2007 Environmental Leadership Award (ELA).
Every two years, the company invites Group employees to compete for the ELA in the categories “Productionrelated
environmental protection,” “Product-related environmental protection,” and “Outstanding environmental
commitment.” Pioneering projects for advancing environmental protection and sustainability within the company
are acknowledged with awards from the Board of Management. In this way, we are promoting the interest of our
workforce in environmental protection and honoring their environmental commitment. The award winners in
Untertürkheim optimized not only energy utilization in buildings and production facilities but also administrative
processes. They also involved the workforce and the management in measures to implement their holistic
concept for saving energy. By sensitizing their fellow employees to these issues, they achieved significant energy
savings.
Two other projects received the glass ELA trophies in 2007. In one of these projects, employees developed an
emissions aftertreatment system for BLUETEC buses which fulfills the voluntary European Enhanced
Environmentally Friendly Vehicles (EEV) standards and also applies to company vehicles. The other project
successfully utilized an innovative technology for cleaning groundwater. In 2007, Daimler awarded the ELA for
the sixth time, choosing the winners from the 67 projects that were submitted.
Every two years since 2000, Daimler has been presenting its Environmental Leadership Award (ELA) to
employees who have actively promoted environmental protection at the company. This brochure presents the
finalists and winners in 2007.
Environmental leadership award 07. Finalists and Winners (PDF, 2.9 MB)
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