GEALAN and the environment

• Our commitment
• Our material: PVC
• PVC material cycle
• The GEALAN Eco-Agreement
• EMAS environmental audit
• The GEALAN environmental declaration 2002 (PDF)
• DIN EN ISO 14001 environmental management system
• Sustainablility benchmarking
• Oekoradar.de
• DIN EN ISO 14031 environmental performance evaluation
• ISO TR 14032 technical report
• Climate protection tips for the home

Company

• The various locations of the GEALAN Group
• Success factors of the GEALAN Group
• GEALAN employees
• Initiatives
• Responsibility / environment
• Purchasing department

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Environment

Innovation and Responsibility

Our environmental commitments

We belong to the following organisations

GEALAN works with several partners to help promote environmental programmes. To better advance our goals in environment, we are members of the following organisations:

B.A.U.M. Bundesdeutscher Arbeitskreis für Umweltbewußtes Management e.V.
The Federal Working Group for Ecologically Responsible Management is Europe's first and only economic initiative for the environment. Over 500 member companies stand for a modern, integrated and environmentally responsible management.
Bund Naturschutz in Bayern e.V.
The Coalition For the Protection of Nature with over 160,000 members is the largest environmental protection association in Bavaria. It is independent of political or religious groups, and works to conserve a healthy environment and natural living resources. GEALAN is not only a member, but is also an important sponsor of the local chapter in Hof since 1999. See also: EMIL
Umweltpakt Bayern - Nachhaltige Wirtschaften im 21. Jahrhundert
The Environmental Pact Bavaria stands for a voluntary agreement between members of the Bavarian economy and the Bavarian state government to promote environmental protection.
Club of Wuppertal
The Club of Wuppertal is a forum for future-oriented midsized businesses. It pursues a tight cooperation between business, science and politics. The forum is an initiative of various scientists and businesses.
future e.V.
The environmental promotion group future is an initiative of more than 200 companies and business leaders in the German market that have made environmental concerns a deciding factor in their companies' philosophies.
Rewindo
Together with other leading vinyl profile manufacturers, GEALAN co-founded Rewindo as the successor to FREI, the previous window recycling association. The young company is made up of the former members of FREI and the company VEKA AG. It thus covers approx. 80% of the German vinyl window market.
Vinyl 2010
With Vinyl 2010 the European vinyl industry has entered into a voluntary commitment to encourage sustainable development and to realise its recycling goals in the long term.
AgPU
The Working Cooperative for PVC and the Environment has made it their task "to bring PVC and all environmental protection concerns into harmony". This has resulted in, among others, the founding of several PVC recycling programmes.
PVC plus
PVC plus is an initiative of the PVC branch to better inform the public about how PVC is used in recreation, medicine and construction.
ÖAKF
ÖAKF is a platform made up of the most important system providers in the Austrian market. It stands for manufacturer-independant information about vinyl windows. It requires the recycling of old windows and this the fulfillment of the voluntary commitment of the European market.

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