Corporate Policy

„Declaration of Principle in Respect of Corporate Policy“ (Link PDF)

1        Principle

2        Quality policy

3        Food safety policy

4        Occupational safety policy

5        Personnel policy

6        Environmental policy

7        Procurement policy

A 1   Declaration of principle in respect of the human rights policy

A 2   CSR declaration of principle “Corporate Social Responsibility”

„CSR commitment declaration“ One Pager (Link PDF)

Process- and Product-Quality

• Certified Quality management system according to ISO 9001
  
  
• Certified management system for Product and Process conformity in relation to Food safety and Quality according to IFS-HPC

Sustainability

• ECOVADIS- Sustainability Rating (Categories: Environment, Labor and Human rights, Ethics, Sustainable procurement): „ > BRONZE < “, TOP 35 % of more than 130.000 rated companies

         In the sector “Manufacture of other articles made of paper &amp; cardboard” the KONOS GmbH is
           - in the Overall rating among the best 21%,

           - in the Environmental area among the best 23%,

           - in the Sustainable procurement area among the best 23% of the companies rated by EcoVadis.

• Certified Environmental management system according to ISO 14001
  
  
• „FSC®-CoC“-Certification (Logo license number FSC® C041179) for sustainable forestry in the supply chain
  
  
• Environmental label „BLAUER ENGEL“ for unbleached coffee filters
  
  
• Environmental label „Nordic Ecolabel SWAN“ for unbleached and bleached coffee filters
  
  
• Environmental label „OK KOMPOST“
      - HOME & INDUSTRIAL for unbleached coffee filters
      - INDUSTRIAL for bleached coffee filters
  
  
• Purchase of electrical energy from 100% renewable sources
  
  
• Self-generation of electrical energy with a photovoltaic system, > 160 MWh/year
  
  
• Long-term Energy efficiency measures program, 33 % more electrical energy efficiency since 2012
  
  
• Member of the VEA initiative „Climate-Friendly SME‘s“
  
  
• Monitoring of the Greenhouse gas footprint (Scope 1 and 2)
  
  
• Target setting process for reducing greenhouse gases according to „Science-Based Target-Initiative“ (SBTi)
  
  
• Charging points for e-cars and e-bikes on the company premises
  
  
• Monitoring of the Waste balance, > 95 % of the residual materials and waste are recycled
  
  
• Monitoring of the Water balance