Environmental and occupational health and safety policy

The medium-term Strategic Plan of Gorenje, d.d. for the period 2006–2010 is based on current confirmation of the vision and mission: we create original, technically perfect and user friendly products of top-design for agreeable home. We are focussed on increasing the satisfaction of consumers while creating in socially responsible mode the values for owners, employees and other shareholders of the Gorenje Group.

Due to its importance the policy of environmental protection and occupational health and safety is the constituent part of management policy in Gorenje and entrepreneurial culture of our company.
Environmental protection and providing for safe working conditions are one of basic rights, obligations and responsibilities of all employees and are treated as a constituent part of company’s management.

We are committed to:

  • include ecology and occupational health and safety in our development strategy, in annual and operative plans with anticipated measures, bearers, performers and timeframes in order to offer employees a safe and healthy fulfilment of their job assignments along with permanent reduction of  injury risks or medical harm while constantly reducing any negative environmental impacts;
  • monitor and measure indicators of conditions in the activity fields and environmental aspect, and in case of deviations, act accordingly;
  • continually improve workplace conditions and ecological situation while fulfilling current applicable requirements;
  • plan and introduce new technologies and products according to principles of environmental protection and introduce adequate, faultless and ergonomic working appliances while permanently seeking possibilities for improving working conditions;
  • use such materials and components, which will meet the most demanding local and international environmental standards;
  • plan new products in compliance with eco-design requirements  comprising the complete life cycle of the product: development, production, use and disposal;
  • provide for quantity reduction of produced waste  and take every measure for  streamlined consumption of energy resources;
  • implement requirements regarding the exposure of workers to the risks caused by noise at the workplace;
  • train and qualify in order to rise their awareness of assuming responsibility towards the working conditions and environment;
  • co-operate with employees and interested parties, thus contributing to the success of joint  efforts in environmental protection and occupational health and safety;
  • inform interested parties about our achievements in environmental protection and occupational health and safety.