Principles

ZF principles of environmental protection

ZF products are designed to keep people all over the world on the move. However, this also means that the company has a responsibility to continually improve the environmental compatibility of its products and services over their entire life cycle and to reduce the strains placed on natural resources.

The ZF Environmental Policy is checked regularly and is binding on all employees. It is based on the following principles:

• We design our products and production processes to be both energy and resource efficient. We use environmentally friendly state-of-the-art technologies for all investments made.
• We put appropriate measures into place to ensure that environmentally damaging incidents are avoided wherever possible, and properly contained in the event of any incident. We comply fully with all relevant environmental directives.
• We involve our employees in the development and implementation of our environmental policy. We regularly train and motivate them to actively assist with our environmental protection policy.
• We are continually improving operational environmental protection. Our suppliers are taken into account during this process.
• We implement the objectives we set ourselves right around the world with the assistance of appropriate management systems, we check the agreed performance levels on a regular basis and, if any deviation is detected, respond with appropriate remedial action.
• In questions regarding environmental protection, we actively work with customers, suppliers, authorities and all interested local parties. Furthermore, we regularly report on our environmental activities and their respective inherent impact.

Friedrichshafen, April 2002

Group Management

Last Update: 17.04.2008