Safeguarding the natural bases of life has a long tradition at Bischof + Klein: environmental protection has been an integral part of our corporate philosophy since 1985 and has been continuously extended. In 1987, we became one of the first companies in Germany to publish an environmental statement. Since then, we have been providing information on our success and progress in corporate environmental protection on an annual basis.

We view environmental protection as a significant part of our social responsibility. We are therefore actively foresighted over and above the legal requirements. This is reflected, for example, by Bischof + Klein's commitment as a European environmental year partner in 1988. Or by the exhaust-air scrubbers, used to reduce our emission levels far below the legal limit values, which we installed in 1990 with a grant from the state of North Rhine-Westphalia.

At Bischof + Klein, environmental protection is a senior management matter. This means that the senior management is responsible for, and steers this significant corporate goal within the B+K environmental protection organisation.

As a management officer, the head of the environmental protection/safety department reports directly to the senior management. The environmental protection/safety steering committee acts as a central co-ordination and decision making committee. This is comprised of the senior management, the heads of the production departments, the logistics department, the buildings and premises administration department, the works' council and the management officers.