Results of precise process analysis and evaluation

Environmental goals

Less solvent, lower energy consumption, and less waste – those are the core goals of the tesa environmental program.

Continously decreasing energy consumption of tesa Group worldwide

Environmental goals for 2007 exceeded early

Starting from a systematic evaluation of all our business and production processes with an eye to the environmental effects and risks involved, we have developed and implemented projects that demonstrate our commitment to environmental excellence.

At the same time, we subject our environmental projects to an annual monitoring process in which the company management determines the projects’ effectiveness by comparing their achievements with the goals originally set. If there is any gap between the two, we start additional activities – a step that has not yet been necessary.

Objectives 2007

After the company exceeded its environmental goals for 2007 early on back in 2005, 2007 marked the first time that the challenging requirements of the new environmental program, which is to apply through 2012, were the benchmark for all production locations worldwide.

For the first time, the new five-year program put a clear emphasis on reducing emissions of volatile organic compounds (VOCs). The goal is to cut these emissions worldwide by 50% by 2012. In addition, the use of solvents is to be reduced by 15% and energy consumption by 10% during the same period, in both cases with reference to equal production quantities.

The company markedly surpassed all of the proportional targets set for this reporting year. For example, VOC emissions have already been reduced by 27% based on the measures initiated. The amount of solvents used declined by 5% and energy consumption by 7% as compared to the previous year. The same is true of the CO2 emissions at the European locations, which at -7% also fell once again below the previous year’s value.