Annual Report 2009 - Ecco

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ECCO group policy on the environment and
the working environment
The ECCO Code of Conduct states in one of the 10 commitments
that “ECCO aims to be a leading company in
the area of environment, health and safety and aims
to promote sustainable development”. This targets all
ECCO’s activities and business units in as much as ECCO
owns the whole value chain from tanneries and shoe
factories to sales subsidiaries and shops. In this way, the
ECCO Group controls the whole process from rawhides to
consumer.
External Environment
The ECCO Group’s objective is actively to minimize the
environmental impact taking technological and financial
conditions into consideration. To ensure an appropriate
environmental development, all ECCO business units shall
continuously:
- Promote the four R’s: Reduce, Re-use, Repair, Recycle.
- Optimize the use of raw materials and energy and keep
consumption of resources and waste to a minimum.
- Contribute to the global climate strategy by focusing on
the company’s CO2 impact (’Carbon footprint’).
- Minimize and – wherever possible – substitute the
content of restricted chemical substances in ECCO
products. Since ECCO aims for a uniform standard, the
’ECCO Criteria for Restricted Chemical Substances in
ECCO Products’ are as a minimum based on the relevant
legislation in the markets where ECCO products
are sold.
- Train and educate employees to minimize the environmental
impact.
The continuous development is followed and promoted by
key performance indicators (KPI’s), which are determined
on an annual basis.
Health & Safety
The ECCO Group’s most important resource is its employees.
The ECCO Group wishes to promote and strengthen
a physically, psychologically and socially healthy working
Dieter Kasprzak
President & CEO
Jens Christian Meier
EVP Production
Bredebro, 18 November 2009
Annemette Nøhr
EVP Finance / CFO
Andreas Wortmann
EVP Branding & Products
ECCO’s Code of Conduct & Environmental Statement 2009 / ECCO group policy on the environment and the working environment
environment for all employees. This is among other things
done by actively involving employees in preventing work
accidents and by minimizing health and safety impact for
all employees. To ensure an appropriate development in
terms of health and safety issues, all ECCO business units
shall continuously:
- Reduce the health and safety impact for the individual
employee to a minimum.
- Minimize and – wherever possible – substitute the use
of restricted, chemical substances in the production
processes. Since ECCO aims for the same standard
in the entire Group, the ’ECCO Criteria for Restricted
Chemical Substances in ECCO Production Processes’
are as a minimum based on EU legislation.
- Strengthen, prevent and improve health and safety
impact to prevent any kind of work accident and avoid
repetition.
- Ensure the employees’ job satisfaction and health at
the workplace.
- Establish one or more organisations to handle health
and safety issues and hereby ensure a high level of
employee involvement.
- Train and educate employees to ensure an optimum
working environment.
Involvement & dialogue
The ECCO Group will engage the employees in environmental,
health and safety issues by means of information,
training and education. It rests with the employee to take
responsibility and make an active effort to achieve a continuous
improvement of environmental, health and safety
issues.
The ECCO Group will openly co-operate with authorities,
customers and neighbours and at all times observe the
legislation related to environmental, health and safety
issues. The ECCO Group will on a yearly basis re-assess
the ECCO Group’s Policy for Environment, Health &
Safety.
Flemming O. Nielsen
EVP, Int. Sales & Retail