Our environmental impact is mainly through freight transport, energy consumption, waste and packaging. We work actively to minimize our environmental impact in each area. Environmental impact is also taken into account when choosing passenger transport and electricity suppliers.
Working conditions
The products must be manufactured under acceptable working conditions by suppliers who take responsibility for the work environment. The best way to influence and contribute to positive development is to have close and long-term relationships with our suppliers. By supporting our suppliers, we want to motivate them to take great responsibility for people and their work environment.
Environment
Companies within DistIT strive to conduct their business with as little environmental impact as possible. Both as companies and individuals, we all have a great responsibility for our common environment. That is why we are constantly working to improve our routines in the area of environment and quality.
We will therefore increase knowledge and raise awareness of environmental issues among all employees.
Influencing, making demands on and collaborating with other companies, suppliers, authorities and organisations.
See environmental improvement measures as investments.
Constantly strive to improve the utilization of our resources within the company.
Environmental organisation From 2008 onwards, environmental issues have been run by an environmental manager, Mehrdad Motazedi. Through the environmental manager, coordination and integration in the business and with our suppliers is increased. Our environmental work includes projects and activities related to all activities in the various companies. In order to achieve harmonisation and standardisation of our quality work in the long term, integration is underway in connection with our business development.
Action plan We have drawn up an action plan based on our objectives. The action plan includes:
• Waste sorting at source We sort our waste at source and leave paper for recycling
• Energy saving measures An established goal is to increase the use of computers and adequate software to reduce the use of paper to disseminate information to staff, customers and suppliers. Companies use energy-saving lamps in the lighting fixtures where this is possible.
• • Environmentally adapted purchasing A set goal is to always take environmental aspects into account when purchasing products used in the business, everything from vehicles and fuels to copying paper and pens. This has led to a shift to more environmentally friendly products. Compliance with the requirements is a must and is discussed at staff meetings.
• Environmental requirements for our products and services The products and services we market must be made from materials that can be recycled or from recycled materials, where possible. One goal for companies is to remove products from their operations that are not manufactured in an environmentally friendly way or that contain environmentally hazardous substances. We are affiliated with REPA, which is the business community’s solution to producer responsibility for packaging made of plastic, metal, paper/cardboard and corrugated cardboard. REPA’s task is to offer all companies access to the nationwide recycling system for packaging. By joining REPA, we meet the requirements set for us in the Packaging Ordinance (SFS 2006:1273). Reparegistret AB was previously a wholly owned subsidiary of the Packaging and Newspaper Collection (FTI). Through the merger on 1 April 2013, the subsidiary ceased to exist and the producer companies that were affiliated to REPA thus became members and customers of FTI.
We are also a member of El-Kretsen, which is the business community’s service company and has the task of fulfilling producer responsibility in electrical and electronic products and batteries. The legislation that regulates producer responsibility and thus forms the basis for El-Kretsen’s operations is, SFS 2005:209, 2005:210, 2008:834. The supervisory authority for these and responsible for compliance with the law is the Swedish Environmental Protection Agency.
The companies are also certified by El-Kretsen. The certificate guarantees employees and customers that the companies’ products are recycled correctly and guarantees that we are committed and do what we can to save the earth’s resources.
• Environmental requirements for our suppliers One of the companies’ environmental goals is to influence our main suppliers to always take environmental aspects into account in their production and operations.
• Use of the best possible fuel and reduced fuel consumption One of the environmental objectives set for the operation prescribes the best possible fuel and requirements for measures to reduce fuel consumption.
• Environmental information to employees, customers and suppliers All employees in the business must be aware of the company’s environmental goals. This is regularly followed up at staff meetings once a month, where new information is also provided. Through oral and written communication, our customers are informed about our ongoing environmental work. With our suppliers, we have an ongoing dialogue about environmental improvement measures.
Download the PDF document here: Sustainable Developement Policy