Environmental Performance

• We comply with all relevant laws, regulations and directions which relate to environmental protection. If no legal requirement exists, we formulate our own standard.
• We support with all means available the preservation of natural resources by economizing the use of materials and by recycling waste.
• We use energy carefully and economically for our buildings, for our manufacturing activities and for the services that we provide.
• We use only safe and environmentally-acceptable installations for our manufacturing processes. We take all steps to ensure safety, health and environmental protection.
• We develop products and procedures that are safe, conserve energy, have a minimum impact on the environment and, where possible, permit recycling.
• We give preference to suppliers who are both competitive and ecologically conscious. We expect suppliers to comply with our environmental policy.
• We instruct our employees in the fundamentals of environmental matters so that they act both in a creative and ecologically responsible way.
• We proactively support open cooperation with public authorities and institutions, and with industrial associations and other non-governmental organisations.
• We regularly collect and publish data about the use of resources, about the emissions and waste material produced by our activities, and about the associated risks.

Environmental Goals

In the 2005 sustainability management review of Leica Geosystems the environmental goals for the years 2005 to 2009 have been set:

 

• Reduction of energy consumption (electricity and fossil fuels) by 5% (relative to sales)
• Use of environmentally friendly packaging materials / multipurpose
• Reduction of end-of-life waste created by our products in accordance with national and international regulations
• Consideration of sustainability for selection of partners and suppliers (Supplier Policy)
• Environmentally friendly mobility