What is Fresenius´ policy on environmental protection?
Environmental protection has always been a high priority for Fresenius.
Objectively assessing and recognizing the environmental relevance of a company of our size we have incorporated this issue as an important aspect of our corporate policy.
It is our policy to constantly strive to reduce the levels of environmental impact permitted by law on a voluntary basis, and we have put extensive preventive measures in place to avoid exceptional environmental impacts in the event of possible accidents.
Although our environmental relevance is not comparable with that of a company in the chemical industry, we not only employ state-of-the-art technology but are increasingly using environmental management tools to implement our policy from a holistic approach. Fresenius has company environment officers and employees responsible for waste management.
The environmental certification, achieved already in 1996, of our plants in St. Wendel and Schweinfurt are examples of our early efforts in this direction.
To see that our environmental policy is realized as comprehensively as possible, we are extending our environmental management system to cover all stages from development and production through to the application of our products.
We use no hazardous substances as far as possible in our production processes since our end products are used for the most part in or on the human body.
Additional measures were undertaken in 2011 to meet the demands we place on environmental protection. Further information can be found in our Annual Report 2011.
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