Our global ethics – safety and people
Our environmental and energy policy principles are aligned to BPWs commitment to:
- Protecting the environment and making careful use of resources and energy in all corporate activities. Through addressing environmental and energy management as an obligation and task of the corporate management and striving for its continuous improvement.
- Purchasing energy-efficient products and services – like our fleet of electric / hybrid vehicles - with a view to continuously improving energy efficiency and reducing the environmental impact while considering economic aspects; during both planning and implementation, the economic and social environment as well as the interested parties are to be taken into account.
Operating and further developing a certified energy and environmental management system in accordance with internationally recognised standards. Our safety and people policies are aligned to BPWs commitment of:
- Maintaining the health and physical wellbeing of our employees as our overriding goal.
- Ensuring that safety of our employees - As a corporate goal, work safety is accorded the same importance as the quality of our products and financial success.
- Work safety is an integral part of all operational processes and is included in the technical, economic and social considerations right from the planning stage. In so doing, the relevant laws, decrees, rules and related operating regulations are complied with.
- Prevention - the proactive adoption of measures to maintain safety and in turn the health of our employees, is accorded a high priority in our organisation; here, the focus is on the continuous improvement of work safety.
- Managers attend to the duties assigned to them in a responsible manner and are aware of their function as role models. Work safety is thus a key management task. Successful work safety is dependent on the involvement, suggestions and participation of the entire workforce.
- Employees also have a personal responsibility to contribute to achieving the work safety targets to the best of their ability.
- Employees of outside companies are subject to the same safety standards as our own employees. This is taken into account in the selection and collaboration with outside companies. Visitors are required to adhere to the safety regulations on our company premises.
Our global ethics – a statement from the joint group MD’s
“The transport and logistics industry is always in motion – but at the same time it needs stability. It needs reliable vehicles and solutions. And it needs innovations, because it is only with new technologies and fresh ideas that stakeholders in the industry can meet the diverse requirements that they face.
We have been confronted with entirely new challenges during the coronavirus pandemic. This global crisis has also shown how important sustainability is on all levels of social and economic life. Sustainability thinks in the long term.
As a company, BPW has always embraced this way of thinking. Taking responsibility for employees and customers, for training young people and for nature and the environment is part and parcel of what we do. This is demonstrated, among other things, by our membership of the UN Global Compact, the world’s largest and most important initiative for sustainable and responsible corporate governance.
Our latest sustainability report shows how this corporate responsibility manifests itself, what it consists of and how it is constantly developing. Three areas of activity provide the framework: employees and society, product responsibility, and environment and energy.
We are continuously improving the efficiency of our own production and are able to actively save energy, for example through the change of welding processes. We have a consistent green focus for power and now only use eco energy. We develop solutions such as eTransport, our scalable electric drive axle, or ePower, an energy recovery system that enables zero-emission refrigerated transport. These significantly reduce diesel consumption and CO2. Lightweight construction and intelligent trailer running gear also save materials, tyres and fuel – and therefore costs, too.
Within all of this, we are always aware that BPW is powered by the people who work for the company. We support them and their health with numerous measures and opportunities. And we never forget the men and women behind the wheel of the trucks. We are involved with campaigns and organisations such as DocStop, #LogistikHilft and the PROFI association (Pro Fahrer-Image e.V.) for their benefit. We would like to invite you to find out more about our activities and get to know our company a little better in our latest sustainability report.
