Climate Change Data

TER HELL & CO GMBH (GROUP)

Climate Impact & Sustainability Data (2021, 2022)

Reporting Period: 2021

Environmental Metrics

ESG Focus Areas

  • Environment
  • Labor & Human Rights
  • Ethics
  • Sustainable Procurement

Environmental Achievements

  • Purchase and/or generation of renewable energy
  • Company-specific emergency preparedness and response procedure regarding customer health and safety
  • Energy and/or carbon audit
  • Communication to downstream users regarding the use of dangerous substances and/or substances of very high concern (SVHC)
  • Registration of substances to the ECHA
  • Provision of services for reducing paper/carton consumption
  • Regular training on work processes for labeling, storing, handling and transporting hazardous goods
  • Provision of safety data sheets (SDS) adapted for the REACH regulation

Social Achievements

  • Additional leave beyond standard vacation days
  • Employee satisfaction survey
  • Childcare services or allowance
  • Flexible organization of work available to employees (e.g., remote work, flexitime)
  • Emergency preparedness plan to all impacted employees (e.g., fire drills)
  • Employee health & safety detailed risk assessment
  • Regular assessment (at least once a year) of individual performance
  • Interactive session with employees regarding working conditions
  • Active preventive measures for Repetitive Strain Injury (RSI)
  • Setting of individual career plan for all employees
  • Training of relevant employees on health & safety risks and best working practices

Governance Achievements

  • Endorsement of the Responsible Care Global Charter
  • Endorsement of the United Nations Global Compact (UNGC)
  • Policy on information security
  • Policies on corruption

Climate Goals & Targets

Environmental Challenges

  • Inconclusive documentation for environmental policies on some relevant issues [i.e., energy consumption & GHGs, materials, local & accidental pollution]
  • No information regarding certification of an environmental management system
  • Declares measures on local & accidental pollution (e.g., noise, dust, spills), but no supporting documentation available
  • Reporting available on environmental issues, but some material topics are not covered
  • Declares reporting on total energy consumption, but no supporting documentation available
  • No information on reporting on total weight of hazardous waste
  • No information on reporting on total weight of non-hazardous waste
  • Declares reporting on total gross Scope 1 and/or 2 GHG emissions, but no supporting documentation available
  • Inconclusive documentation for labor and human rights policies on some relevant issues [i.e., working conditions, career management and training]
  • No information regarding certification of a labor and human rights management system
  • No information on measures regarding structured social dialogue (e.g., collective agreements)
  • Declares measures on diversity, discrimination, and harassment, but no supporting documentation available
  • Reporting available on labor and human rights issues, but some material topics are not covered
  • Declares reporting on accident frequency rate, but no supporting documentation available
  • Declares reporting on accident severity rate, but no supporting documentation available
  • Declares reporting on percentage of women in top executive positions, but no supporting documentation available
  • No supporting documentation regarding an effective whistleblower procedure to report ethics issues
  • No supporting documentation regarding an ethics due diligence program on third parties
  • No supporting documentation regarding awareness trainings on corruption
  • No supporting documentation regarding audits of control procedures to prevent corruption
  • No supporting documentation regarding approval procedure for sensitive transactions (e.g., gifts, entertainment)
  • No supporting documentation regarding corruption risk analysis performed
  • No information on reporting on ethics issues
  • Inconclusive documentation for policies on the purchase of palm oil and/or palm-based products from sustainable sources
  • Declares having a supplier CSR code of conduct, but no supporting documentation available
  • No information on social or environmental clauses being included in supplier contracts
  • Declares conducting CSR risk analysis (i.e., prior to supplier assessments or audits), but no supporting documentation available
  • Insufficient number of KPIs disclosed on sustainable procurement issues
Mitigation Strategies
  • Corrective Action Plan in progress

Supply Chain Management

Responsible Procurement
  • Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil (RSPO)

Climate-Related Risks & Opportunities

Reporting Standards

Frameworks Used: GRI, UNGC

Awards & Recognition

  • Silver medal from EcoVadis

Reporting Period: 2022

Environmental Metrics

ESG Focus Areas

  • Environment
  • Labor & Human Rights
  • Ethics
  • Sustainable Procurement

Environmental Achievements

  • Endorsement of the Responsible Care Global Charter
  • Purchase and/or generation of renewable energy
  • Energy and/or carbon audit
  • Specific environmental certification [HACCP, FAMI-QS Code, ISO 22716]
  • Work processes or technologies implemented to mitigate emissions of dust and/or particulate matter

Social Achievements

  • Family Friendly programs (FFPs) implemented (e.g. parental or care leaves, childcare services or allowances)
  • Compensation for extra or atypical working hours
  • Employee satisfaction survey
  • Bonus scheme related to company performance
  • Flexible organization of work available to employees (e.g. remote work, flexitime)
  • Health care coverage of employees in place
  • Specific employee health & safety management system certification [FAMI-QS Code]
  • Employee representatives or employee representative body (e.g. works council)
  • Employee health & safety detailed risk assessment
  • Transparent recruitment process communicated clearly and formally to all candidates
  • Regular assessment (at least once a year) of individual performance
  • Interactive session with employees regarding working conditions
  • Mandatory health check-up for employees
  • Active preventive measures for Repetitive Strain Injury (RSI)
  • Official measures promoting career mobility
  • Provision of skills development training
  • Setting of individual career plan for all employees
  • Training of relevant employees on health & safety risks and best working practices

Governance Achievements

  • Standard policy on a majority of ethics issues
  • Policy on money laundering
  • Disciplinary sanctions to deal with policy violations
  • Employee signature acknowledgement of ethics policies
  • Policy on information security
  • Policies on corruption
  • Dedicated responsibility for ethics issues
  • Audits of control procedures to prevent information security breaches
  • Awareness training to prevent information security breaches
  • Measures to protect third party data from unauthorized access or disclosure
  • Measures for gaining stakeholder consent regarding the processing, sharing and retention of confidential information
  • Supplier sustainability code of conduct in place
  • Regular supplier assessment (e.g. questionnaire) on environmental or social practices
  • Sustainability risk analysis (i.e. prior to supplier assessments or audits)

Climate Goals & Targets

Environmental Challenges

  • Insufficient reporting on environmental issues
  • Inconclusive documentation for policies on environmental services & advocacy
  • No quantitative target on environmental issues
  • Insufficient reporting on labor and human rights issues
  • Inconclusive documentation for policies on career management & training
  • No quantitative target on labor and human rights issues
  • No conclusive documentation regarding information security risk assessments
  • No conclusive documentation on awareness training to prevent corruption and bribery
  • No conclusive documentation on audits of control procedures to prevent corruption
  • No conclusive documentation on approval procedure for sensitive transactions (e.g. gifts, entertainment)
  • No conclusive documentation regarding corruption risk assessments
  • No conclusive documentation regarding an anti-corruption due diligence program on third parties
  • No conclusive documentation on measures regarding an effective whistleblower procedure to report corruption and bribery
  • No conclusive reporting on ethics issues
  • Inconclusive documentation for policies on the purchase of palm oil and/or palm-based products from sustainable sources
  • Declares social or environmental clauses included in supplier contracts, but no supporting documentation available
  • Declares on-site audit of suppliers on environmental or social issues, but no supporting documentation available
  • No information regarding training of buyers on social and environmental issues within the supply chain
  • Insufficient reporting on sustainable procurement issues
Mitigation Strategies
  • Corrective Action Plan in progress

Supply Chain Management

Responsible Procurement
  • Supplier sustainability code of conduct

Climate-Related Risks & Opportunities

Reporting Standards

Frameworks Used: GRI, Responsible Care Global Charter, UN Global Compact

Certifications: HACCP, FAMI-QS Code, ISO 22716