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    ENVIRONMENT

& QUALITY

Supply Chain Management

 

As reliable company, ARNOLD is firmly convinced that the best support to the society and the corporate objectives can be achieved by reliable behaviours and practices. We consider it to be a minimum requirement that a company has to be managed by full compliance of all applicable laws, regulations and instructions.

  • Ethics
    In business transactions, suppliers must act according to ethical principles and behave with integrity. Including: Business Integrity and Fair Competition Any corruption, blackmail and embezzlements are prohibited. Suppliers do not take bribes and do not participate on other illegal incentives for business relations or relations with the public sector. Suppliers manage their business in conformity with a fair and strong competition and under compliance of all valid anti-trust laws. Suppliers are required to use fair business practises as well as an exact and truthful advertising. Identification of Problems All employees shall be encouraged to report about problems or illegal activities at their job, without being threatened by repressive measures, intimidation or victimization. If necessary, suppliers will carry out appropriate investigations and take corrective action. Non-disclosure Confidential information are kept secret by the suppliers and made sure, that right for protection of privacy of companies, employees and customers is guaranteed.
  • Staff
    Suppliers commit themselves, to comply with human rights of employees and treat them with dignity and respect. Including: Works, chosen on a voluntary basis Suppliers are not allowed to employ forced or slave labourer or unintentional prisoners. Children- and Youth Work Suppliers are not allowed to employ children. Young employees, below 18 years are exclusively allowed to be employed with non-hazardous works, under the condition, that they have exceeded the minimum age, which is legally valid in the individual country. No Discrimination Suppliers do not allow any discrimination and harassment at work. Fair Treatment Suppliers must ensure a workplace free from unfair and inhuman treatment. Wages, Benefits and Working Time Suppliers must pay the employees in accordance with the corresponding remuneration law. Freedom of Association Open communication and direct arrangements with employees are encouraged to solve problems with the workplace and wage / salary. Suppliers must respect rights of employees, as established in the local laws. Employees must be able to communicate honestly with the management about working conditions, without any threat of repressive measures, intimidation or victimization.
  • Environmental Protection
    Suppliers must operate their business environment-friendly and –efficiently, to minimize harmful impacts to the environment. Suppliers are encouraged to preserve natural resources, to avoid the use of hazardous material if possible and make use of recycling- and re-usable possibilities. Including: Environmental Authorization Suppliers must comply with all applicable environmental regulations. All necessary environmental approvals, licences, information and registrations must be provided and its operational demands and the required obligations of reporting must be kept to. Waste and Emission Suppliers must have systems or processes implemented, to ensure the safe handling, shipment, storage, recycling, re-use or disposal of waste, air emission and discharge of waste water.
  • Management-Systems
    Suppliers should preferably use management systems, or at least have corresponding processes implemented, to ease a continuous improvement and adherence of these principles. Including: Obligation and Liability Suppliers must unveil their obligation to these principles. Legal Requirements and Customer Demands Suppliers must identify and fulfill applicable laws, regulations, standards and relevant customer requirements. Management of Risk Suppliers must have mechanisms available, to determine and evaluate risks, of all areas mentioned in this document and take reasonable countermeasures. Documentation Suppliers must maintain a documentation, to prove conformity with these principles and compliance with applicable regulations. Education and Competence Suppliers must have a training programme established, thus both, management and employees, will have an adequate standard of knowledge, skill and capability, to comply with expectations of interested parties. Remedy of Defects and Improvements Suppliers are expected to use a sustainable method to work on complaints, if defects have been identified by internal or external notifications, audits or management reviews. Besides the stipulation of adequate immediate measures, this method must include an error analysis to determine causes, planning and introduction of corrective measures and reasonable measures to avoid repeating errors, by a continuous communication with the person reporting the defect.

ARNOLD is fully aware of the different cultures and challenges, existing in connection with the global interpretation and application of these principles. Although ARNOLD is strictly convinced that these principles should apply everywhere, it has to be considered that methods to fulfill these expectations can be different and must be in conformity with the laws, values and cultural expectations of different societies of the world. We declare our solidarity with the principles of United Nations Global Compact (UN GC) and the declaration of the International Labour Organization (ILO) regarding fundamental principles and employment laws.

 

ARNOLD is of the opinion, that implementation of these principles can be done best by continuous improvements, pushing the supplier performance forward as time goes on.

  • Ethics
    In business transactions, suppliers must act according to ethical principles and behave with integrity. Including: Business Integrity and Fair Competition Any corruption, blackmail and embezzlements are prohibited. Suppliers do not take bribes and do not participate on other illegal incentives for business relations or relations with the public sector. Suppliers manage their business in conformity with a fair and strong competition and under compliance of all valid anti-trust laws. Suppliers are required to use fair business practises as well as an exact and truthful advertising. Identification of Problems All employees shall be encouraged to report about problems or illegal activities at their job, without being threatened by repressive measures, intimidation or victimization. If necessary, suppliers will carry out appropriate investigations and take corrective action. Non-disclosure Confidential information are kept secret by the suppliers and made sure, that right for protection of privacy of companies, employees and customers is guaranteed.
  • Staff
    Suppliers commit themselves, to comply with human rights of employees and treat them with dignity and respect. Including: Works, chosen on a voluntary basis Suppliers are not allowed to employ forced or slave labourer or unintentional prisoners. Children- and Youth Work Suppliers are not allowed to employ children. Young employees, below 18 years are exclusively allowed to be employed with non-hazardous works, under the condition, that they have exceeded the minimum age, which is legally valid in the individual country. No Discrimination Suppliers do not allow any discrimination and harassment at work. Fair Treatment Suppliers must ensure a workplace free from unfair and inhuman treatment. Wages, Benefits and Working Time Suppliers must pay the employees in accordance with the corresponding remuneration law. Freedom of Association Open communication and direct arrangements with employees are encouraged to solve problems with the workplace and wage / salary. Suppliers must respect rights of employees, as established in the local laws. Employees must be able to communicate honestly with the management about working conditions, without any threat of repressive measures, intimidation or victimization.
  • Environmental Protection
    Suppliers must operate their business environment-friendly and –efficiently, to minimize harmful impacts to the environment. Suppliers are encouraged to preserve natural resources, to avoid the use of hazardous material if possible and make use of recycling- and re-usable possibilities. Including: Environmental Authorization Suppliers must comply with all applicable environmental regulations. All necessary environmental approvals, licences, information and registrations must be provided and its operational demands and the required obligations of reporting must be kept to. Waste and Emission Suppliers must have systems or processes implemented, to ensure the safe handling, shipment, storage, recycling, re-use or disposal of waste, air emission and discharge of waste water.
  • Management-Systems
    Suppliers should preferably use management systems, or at least have corresponding processes implemented, to ease a continuous improvement and adherence of these principles. Including: Obligation and Liability Suppliers must unveil their obligation to these principles. Legal Requirements and Customer Demands Suppliers must identify and fulfill applicable laws, regulations, standards and relevant customer requirements. Management of Risk Suppliers must have mechanisms available, to determine and evaluate risks, of all areas mentioned in this document and take reasonable countermeasures. Documentation Suppliers must maintain a documentation, to prove conformity with these principles and compliance with applicable regulations. Education and Competence Suppliers must have a training programme established, thus both, management and employees, will have an adequate standard of knowledge, skill and capability, to comply with expectations of interested parties. Remedy of Defects and Improvements Suppliers are expected to use a sustainable method to work on complaints, if defects have been identified by internal or external notifications, audits or management reviews. Besides the stipulation of adequate immediate measures, this method must include an error analysis to determine causes, planning and introduction of corrective measures and reasonable measures to avoid repeating errors, by a continuous communication with the person reporting the defect.

Environmental Policy

 

This declaration on principle defines the general environmental policy of the ARNOLD Group.

It represents the framework for activities and procedures, according to which the ARNOLD Group commits itself to sustainable management, taking into account the interaction of economic, ecological and social aspects.

 

In addition to environmental protection based on government regulations, the goal is to improve the company's environmental performance through the far-sighted and systematic integration of environmental aspects into business decisions.

 

The policy statement applies to the entire ARNOLD-Group at the location 35781 Weilburg / Hessen. The evaluation of the topicality of the environmental policy and the corporate goals resulting from it as well as reviewing the effectiveness of the measures and procedures carried out, are the responsibility of the management.

 

The ARNOLD Group, hereinafter referred to as the ARNOLD company, combines the company divisions Herbert Arnold, Glastechnischer Maschinen- und Apparatebau GmbH & Co KG (founded in 1950), Helmich Automationstechnik GmbH & Co KG, B + C, Heathway Limited as well as Arnold Motion GmbH & CO KG, all centrally managed from the Weilburg plant.

 

The goal of the special machine construction company is the implementation of innovative production technologies in the areas of cold and hot processing of laboratory glass and quartz glass, optical fibre production and silicon processing.

A wide range of self-developed gas burners, plasma technology, induction heating or innovative laser technology is used for hot processing.

 

The company division Helmich Automationstechnik GmbH & Co KG has many years of experience in the planning and production of customer-specific system solutions in assembly automation in automotive engineering and robotics.

Code of Conduct (CoC)

 

This document contains a set of rules of Herbert Arnold GmbH, Glastechnischer Maschinenbau, hereinafter referred to as ARNOLD, for conduct of all employees of the company internally to each other and externally towards business partners, interest groups and the public.

This set of rules is based on the ARNOLD corporate policy and the mission of a responsible and sustainable corporate management as a voluntary commitment and is continuously adapted to local and global requirements.

All ARNOLD employees, without exception, are bound to comply with the established principles, whereby there is no difference in the evaluation of legal requirements and ethical standards.

At the same time, this Code of Conduct is intended to guide employees in their daily work processes when uncertainties occur or conflictual decisions become necessary.

 

The aim is that all ARNOLD employees work in an environment that is characterised by respect, integrity and fair behaviour to each other and to third parties and in where both legal regulations and also ethical principles, such as those listed below, are fully observed.

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