The Novozymes Touch - Vision, values and fundamental principles
- Support for the United Nations Convention on Biological Diversity
- Support for the United Nations Global Compact
Environment and bioethics policy
Position on the Labeling of enzymes
Position on global warming and energy
Position on biofuels
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Scope and approach
Novozymes operates in the business-to-business market. Companies are increasingly encountering requirements and expectations that they should contribute to sustainable development and this is increasingly seen as an opportunity to Novozymes. Promoting environmental responsibility is becoming enlightened self-interest. Using product life cycle assessments (LCA) we look at the impact on the environment at every stage of a product’s lifecycle, and find that enzyme technology is generally an environmentally friendly alternative to other technologies.
Novozymes finds it important to promote environmental responsibility among partners in supply chain. Building on dialog and audits, Novozymes’ approach to suppliers is currently developing.
Responsibilities and activities
Managing stakeholder relations and promoting environmental responsibility are increasingly integrated into day-to-day business. Examples are: - Results of LCAs are used in the dialog with Novozymes' customers about enzyme technology and product quality.
- Novozymes’ suppliers are via questionnaires asked to provide information on environmental management and performance. Accordingly evaluating suppliers' environmental performance is an integrated part of Novozymes' purchasing management system.
- Environmental audits are done for selected suppliers as an integrated part of Novozymes' quality audits.
Novozymes has a central environmental unit and a number of de-central units associated to production sites. Efforts on environmental performance are coordinated in a network of management representatives from production sites.
Developing Novozymes overall approach to sustainability, providing internal guidelines and tools and making LCAs are corporate headquarter responsibilities.
See also:
The long-term perspective
Environmental assessment at www.novozymes.com
Responsible purchasing at www.novozymes.com
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