The Sauber F1 Team takes protecting the environment extremely seriously. On 3rd April 2012 the Sauber Group's environment management system was awarded ISO 14001 certification. The certificate was presented today at the company's headquarters in Hinwil. ISO 14001 is the most widely established standard in this area worldwide, and certification attests that the team meets all the stated requirements.
The team began the development of their environment management system a little over a year ago with a comprehensive risk analysis and assessment. A set of organisational, technical and operational rules intended to ensure sustainable environmental protection was then put together with the participation of all employees.
"We are very pleased that our environment management system has been awarded certification. It confirms the high priority we attach to this issue," explains CEO Monisha Kaltenborn.
"At the end of 2010 we adopted, for the first time, a systematic approach to environmental protection by drawing up an environment policy," continues Monisha Kaltenborn. "It is clear to see that the burden on our environment has become a key challenge for our society. By implementing our environment policy we are aiming to face up to this challenge and fulfil our ecological responsibility."
Sauber can look back on a long tradition of protecting the environment. For 20 years now the team has been using district heating from a nearby incineration plant to heat its main building and, since 2004, the wind tunnel as well. Around 50 per cent of the electricity used by the team is provided by renewable resources (hydro-electric power).
As Kaltenborn explains: "While individual measures such as the use of district heating, the solar park project and the partial switch to sea freight play a significant and immediately obvious role, a combination of numerous other smaller adjustments also allows us to make notable advances. Involving everybody at the company in this process has been important and we have enjoyed the fruits of that approach."
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