Our Commitment
Corporate Sustainability Initiatives
Environment
- Policies
- Environmental policy on materials, chemicals and waste management
- Environmental policy on energy consumption and GHGs
- Actions
- Improvement of energy efficiency through technology and equipment upgrades
- Measures to reduce hazardous waste of solvents and chemicals
- Measures to reuse or recycle waste
- Results
- Reporting on total water consumption
- Reporting on total energy consumption
Labor & Human Rights
- Policies
- Labor & human rights policy on diversity, equity & inclusion
- Labor & human rights policy on career management & training
- Labor & human rights policy on employee health & safety
- Actions
- Actions to prevent discrimination in professional development and promotion processes
- Compensation for extra or atypical working hours
- Employee satisfaction survey
- Health care coverage of employees in place
- Whistleblower procedure on discrimination and/or harassment issues
- Provision of protective equipment to all impacted employees
- Transparent recruitment process communicated clearly and formally to all candidates
- Two-way communication system in place to facilitate employee voice regarding working conditions
- Provision of skills development training
- Training of relevant employees on health & safety risks and best working practices
- Promotion of career development and advancement
- Transparent recruitment process
- Results
- Reporting on the percentage of workers from minority groups and/or vulnerable workers in top executive positions
- Reporting on the percentage of women in top executive positions
Ethics
- Policies
- Policy on conflict of interest
- Disciplinary sanctions to deal with policy violations
- Employee signature acknowledgement of ethics policies
- Policy on information security
- Actions
- Implementation of a records retention schedule
- Specific approval procedure for sensitive transactions
Equipment Sustainability Initiatives
Environment
- Policies
- Continuous improvement of system efficiency
- Standard parts and engineering reuse
- Lean manufacturing
- Actions
- Servo motors on conveyors for improved energy consumption
- Servo motors for diverters for improved energy consumption
- LED illumination and displays for improved energy consumption
- Large diameter urethane coated bearings for reduced drag
- Hard anodized aluminum slats for reduced friction and drag
- Use of oil impregnated plastics for reduced friction and drag
- IE4 rated primary drive option. Working toward servo replacement
- Use of distributed I/O over EtherCAT for reduced cabling
- Results
- Reduced energy consumptionoReduced parts
- Reduced manufacturing labor and production times
Labor & Operator Safety
- Actions
- Ergonomic designs for optimized work conditions
- Semi-automated induction for increased productivity with minimized labor
- Easy to use touchscreen HMIs for minimized operator training
- Easy to use software for minimized operations management training
- Reduced noise through removal of catenary sag and sound dampened parts
- Optimized safety through use of guards, sensors, fencing, alarms/alerts, disconnects, pull cords, estops, and minimized gaps between conveyors
- Procurement
- Policies
- Downstream promotion of sustainability for suppliers
- Use of COTS parts
- Actions
- No tin, tantalum, tungsten, gold, and/or their derivatives
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