Guidelines and Environmental Management

Environmental protection is part of the Group strategy

As part of our sustainability strategy, we have set ourselves both Groupwide targets for environmental protection and specific targets for individual sites.

We are leaders in environmental protection and are constantly improving. Environmentally friendly multi-metal production from primary raw materials such as ore concentrates and recycling form the basis for responsible metal supply in line with demand. In this way we secure our sites and create the basis for future-oriented investments.

As a multi-metal group, Aurubis assumes responsibility for protecting the environment and the climate. The efficient use of natural resources and energy as well as saving CO₂ emissions are an important part of ecological and economic corporate responsibility and a long-standing component of our corporate culture. Aurubis takes a holistic view of the value chain with the goal of achieving a balance between the economy, the environment and people.

For all production sites and across all business processes, Aurubis relies on modern and energy-efficient plant technology that meets high environmental protection standards. To this end, we also develop innovative and energy-efficient techniques in environmental protection that set new standards worldwide and often form the basis for defining Best Available Techniques (BAT) at the European level.

The integrated management system (IMS) for the environment, energy, quality management, and occupational health and safety

In 2017, an integrated management system (IMS) was developed for Aurubis AG for the areas of environment, energy, quality management, and occupational health and safety, with the first three areas certified that same year. The IMS utilizes synergies, harmonizes processes, and improves management in these areas.

With the involvement of employees, plant managers/managing directors, and the Executive Board, uniform environmental protection standards were developed, established in a corporate policy, and implemented across the Group as part of the environmental management system (ISO 14001 or EMAS).

The annual external audit in the scope of the certifications offers us the opportunity to have the successful environmental protection measures confirmed by an independent third party and to recognize additional potential for improvement.