Sustainability

 

ASSA ABLOY is committed to providing products and services that are environmentally sound throughout the entire production process and the product life cycle. Sustainability is a natural translation of ASSA ABLOY’s cornerstones – vision, realism, courage and ethics – which have been central to our development since the Group’s creation in 1994. The environment, business ethics and social responsibility are critical issues to address in a society of which we are an integrated part.

Our unconditional aim is to make sustainability a central part of our business philosophy and culture, but even more importantly is the job of integrating sustainability into our business strategy. The first steps in this direction are our Global Environment Policy and our Stakeholder Integrity Policy.

The DHF, which represents all the UK's leading door and hardware companies, is dedicated to raising standards in the industry.
These policies covers issues such as:

  • business ethics
  • human rights
  • working conditions
  • gender balance
  • diversity
  • consumer interests
  • community outreach.

Environment

Our environmental policy:

  • We meet or exceed legal requirements.
  • We continuously develop strategies to reduce consumption of resources, prevent pollution and improve the overall environmental impact from our operations and our products along the value-chain.
  • We continuously seek ways to improve our work environment and to reduce risks that can cause accidents and pollution.
  • We require management personnel to be responsible for implementing and upholding this policy in their business units and groups, through awareness, training, measurement and reporting.
  • We encourage and foster openness and communication of our policy with our stakeholders.
  • We apply our policy in all business transactions and expect our employees, partners and suppliers to apply them as well.
  • We will strive to implement certifiable environmental management systems at all local production units.

Our environmental procedures draw from host country legal requirements and international standards and guidelines, i.e. ISO 14001, the UN Global Compact and the OECD Guidelines on environmental policy.

To download a copy of Our commitment to sustainability brochure, please click here.