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