Environmental Protection

Leaving a clean and healthy environment behind for subsequent generations is one of tesa’s stated corporate goals. All of our production sites are certified according to the international ISO 14001:2004 environmental standard. We take a precautionary approach, promoting the international exchange of information between our environmental experts and actively taking the initiative. Part of this strategy is the development of our own production technologies to enable solvent-free production. In addition, we are increasingly pursuing our commitment and involvement at the product level: For instance, we now offer a large number of product solutions that help customers and consumers conserve energy. At the beginning of 2010, we also launched the new tesa® ecoLogo sub-brand, which offers “green” office products.

Ongoing monitoring and improvement of specific key indicators, such as reduction of energy consumption, CO2 emissions, and waste, have long been an integral component of our approach to environmental management. We also expect our suppliers to uphold comparable standards. In total, our environmental commitment and involvement encompasses more than 60 individual projects. By way of example, the section that follows cites some of our initiatives.