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Sustain­ability at SONAX

As a leading producer of cleaning and care prod­ucts to retain the value of vehicle surfaces, we want to make an active contri­bu­tion to global (envi­ron­mental) prob­lems in those fields where we exert influ­ence and hold respon­si­bility. In this, we distribute our finan­cial means in such a way that our invest­ments fulfil the needs of today without putting at risk the resources of future gener­a­tions.

We have been engaged since 2005 in envi­ron­mental manage­ment system certi­fi­ca­tion to the inter­na­tional stan­dard ISO 14001. This has given rise to company goals and programmes to avoid and reduce waste water and protect against ground cont­a­m­i­na­tion, air pollu­tion and noise pollu­tion.

Through member­ship in the “Respon­sible Care” initia­tive, we take on further oblig­a­tions beyond the legal require­ments to strive towards contin­uous improve­ment in the fields of the envi­ron­ment, health and safety.

Containers made from 50% recycled plastic are filled in production.

Product port­folio

Pack­aging

  • Use of recy­clable containers and pack­aging

  • Gradual tran­si­tion from plastic to card­board pack­aging

  • Use of containers made with recy­cled mate­rials

  • Reduc­tion of plastic pack­aging in favour of paper

  • Improving our carbon foot­print through the use of concen­trates

A product with a sustainable formula is produced in the laboratory.

Recipes

  • Preferred use of solvents and oils (approx. 90 % of the total) based on sustain­able raw mate­rials

  • Already 25 % of tensides used are based on sustain­able raw mate­rials

  • Around 50 % of chelating agents (incl. phos­phates) on a natural basis

  • Avoid­ance of substances harmful to health and the envi­ron­ment

Protection of employees in SONAX production from noise.

Health and safety

  • Refer­ence compa­nies with awards for oper­a­tional health and safety manage­ment from the raw mate­rials and chem­i­cals liability insurer

  • Trained special­ists in the fields of occu­pa­tional health and safety and occu­pa­tional medi­cine

  • Perma­nent risk eval­u­a­tion to protect against dangers to health and the envi­ron­ment

  • Stop­ping sales of prod­ucts if required

  • Constant eval­u­a­tion and further devel­op­ment of the safety level of produc­tion processes and occu­pa­tional safety

Saving energy in production through precise settings.

Envi­ron­ment

  • Perma­nent further devel­op­ment of produc­tion processes under the compa­ny's envi­ron­mental goals

  • Reduced energy consump­tion through the use of modern produc­tion plants (e.g. cold mixing plants for polishes)

  • Reduc­tion of water consump­tion thanks to our own water treat­ment plants

  • Own energy gener­a­tion and use of waste heat in our cogen­er­a­tion plant

  • Energy-saving lighting

  • Minimi­sa­tion of waste through selec­tive reuse of raw mate­rials used

Close cooperation and communication with SONAX partners in the supply chain.

Supply chains

  • System­atic eval­u­a­tion of our supply part­ners with rela­tion to their sustain­ability-related activ­i­ties

  • Taking on the oblig­a­tion to comply with ecolog­ical, ethical and social goals within the frame­work of a Code of Conduct

  • Devel­op­ment of sustain­able solu­tions in active dialogue with selected part­ners

Excel­lent commit­ment

Our tire­less commit­ment to sustain­ability has been recog­nised: SONAX has been awarded the silver medal in the EcoVadis sustain­ability rating. The topics of the audit included the envi­ron­ment, labour and human rights, ethics and sustain­able procure­ment.

We are pleased about the recog­ni­tion of our measures and continue to focus on the devel­op­ment of our sustain­ability initia­tives.

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