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Daimler 360 GRAD - FAKTEN zur Nachhaltigkeit 2008
Daimler Nachhaltigkeitsbericht 2008 / Environmental protection, innovation, and safety / Production / Production-related environmental strategy
The production-related environmental
strategy
Daimler sees itself as a company that sets the pace for eco-compatible innovations in production and process
engineering. In line with the third environmental guideline, the corporate goal is to make all stages of production
as environmentally sound as possible. The main environmental fields of activity for the Group in the production
sector are climate protection, air pollution prevention, and resource conservation. In concrete terms, this means
� reducing direct and indirect CO 2 emissions
� reducing solvent emissions
� raising resource efficiency and avoiding production of waste materials.
In order to reach these goals, Daimler has established control processes that are embedded in the certified
environmental management systems at its production plants. The production locations that have been certified
according to the European EMAS system for environmental auditing publish certified annual environmental
reports concerning their environmental policies, their targets and implementation measures, and their
environmental data.
Resource consumption, emissions and production waste are largely determined by production volume. For better
comparison purposes, data is therefore collected on the specific figures for each vehicle produced.