Responsibility
Our areas of responsibility
We understand product responsibility as the continuous improvement of safety for people and the environment. We also do this in the name of our customers and partners who we support in their safe and environmentally conscious handling of our products and to whom we communicate the inherent risks and requisite safety precautions with regard to product use. We aim to secure corresponding levels of responsible behaviour in our procurement – and obligate our service providers and suppliers accordingly.
Globally Harmonised System (GHS) implemented as CLP Regulation (EG) No 1272/2008 in the EU
Occupational safety and the protection of our employees’ health is of primary importance within our operational sequences. Simultaneously, with company-internal work cycles we also ensure compliance with the safety, health and environmental regulations currently valid – at all times and across all locations. We strengthen the individual’s awareness of responsibility by offering our employees clarification, further education and training courses in these areas.
It is our declared aim to prevent or minimise climate-damaging emissions in connection with our business practice wherever possible. As a consequence, along the length of our value creation chain, we continuously improve our environmental performance:
- with our use of raw materials
- with energy generation and consumption
- in our own system and synthesis processes
- with the transport and supply of our products
- by reusing products and raw materials whenever possible and/or disposing of waste in an environmentally conscious manner. When selecting suppliers and partners, their compliance to our corporate principles is at least as important as their expertise and reliability.
You could say that the Q in OQEMA stands for quality, as high quality specifications determine our activities, products and services. In everything we do, we consider the interests of our employees, customers, suppliers, other business partners, shareholders, neighbours and society in general.
We see our customer relationships as partnerships on an equal footing. As a part of this, we attempt to identify the expectations of customers at an early stage and respond rapidly in the interest of their needs. We measure the extent to which we succeed in this with their satisfaction – each and every day.
