ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY

Our commitment

The Management of DK Company A/S is committed to protecting the environment in which it operates. We seek to improve environmental performance across all business activities, and we encourage our business partners to join us in this effort. We recognize our key impacts related to waste generation, emissions affecting air and water, transport, as well as the consumption of energy, raw materials, and water.


Scope

This policy applies to all suppliers and business partners of DK Company A/S as well as own operations.

 

Own operations

DK Company A/S are measuring and publicly reporting on the absolute GHG emissions across all three scopes on a yearly basis and are committed to set science-based reduction targets through the SBTi (Science Based Targets initiative). When targets are set and validated by SBTi, the Management of DK Company A/S will take appropriate measures to ensure targets are met.

 

Suppliers and business partners 

Suppliers and business partners must conduct all operations in full compliance with all applicable environmental laws and regulations. This includes obtaining and maintaining all necessary registrations, permits, and licences, including, but not limited to, below listed areas. Suppliers must have procedures and capabilities in place to ensure that they prevent and mitigate negative environmental impacts from their activities, or associated activities. At a minimum, procedures and capabilities must be in place for below listed issues.

We expect that our suppliers and business partners will request their supply chain to comply with these requirements.

Chemicals

Suppliers and business partners must conduct their operations in accordance with below requirements on chemicals:

Local laws must be followed in the storage, handling, use and disposal of all chemicals and must comply with the Material Safety Data Sheet (MSDS) for each chemical product.

Water resources

Suppliers and business partners must carry out all operations in full compliance with all applicable laws, regulations, and industry guidelines on water conservation, water quality, and wastewater. Measures must be put in place to clear wastewater. Suppliers should work towards minimising the use of water during production processes, including introducing water saving techniques and waste-water recycling. This is particularly pertinent for suppliers with wet processing.

Suppliers without wet processes are also expected to manage and measure water consumption. Suppliers should work towards measuring the impact of their operations on the local/regional water supply to avoid negatively contributing to water stress.

Air quality and climate

Suppliers and business partners must reduce and control emissions to air according to applicable regulations. This includes noise, odour, and dust emissions.
Suppliers should work towards mitigating negative impact on climate change by carrying out the following measures: implementing energy efficiency measures in the value chain, starting with high-impact processes, using renewable energy sources if available; and calculating emissions and setting targets to reduce the emissions using recognized standard-setting tools.

Waste management

All waste must be managed responsibly and as a minimum according to applicable regulations. Hazardous waste must be handled by an authorized company/organisation.
Suppliers should minimize waste during production processes going to landfill, facilitate collection of waste to be re-used, reduce use of virgin raw materials, and optimize use of re-cycled materials. The goal should be no waste to landfill.

 

Approval

This statement was approved by the Parent Company DK Company A/S and relates to all the companies in the DK Company Group