Environmental management systems

The Group has 19 production units at 17 locations in five countries. Sustainability work is therefore decentralised, and every company is responsible for these issues within its own operations. Every unit has an environmental coordinator or some other representative with responsibility for the environment, the working environment and related areas.

The overall responsibility for sustainable development lies with the CEO, and sustainability issues are dealt with regularly by the Group management and at the companies’ board meetings and conferences for senior executives. Within the framework of our environmental management systems, operations are reviewed via internal and external environmental audits.
One underlying requirement for all manufacturing units is that the Group’s fundamental value and policy documents are followed. This means that environmental management systems in accordance with ISO 14001 must be incorporated into operations.
Around 90% of the units are currently certified. At the two units which are not certified – Nolato Contour, which was acquired in 2010, and the unit in India that started operating during the year – activities to introduce ISO 14001 are underway.
Nolato Beijing in China was certified during the year in accordance with the occupational health and safety management standard OHSAS 18001. 

The new standard for social responsibility (ISO 26000) was published in 2010, and we are currently analysing how these guidelines can be applied within Nolato. A preliminary assessment suggests that the Group’s policies and working methods comply with the intentions of ISO 26000 in all significant respects.