Introduction | |
| Adding Quality to People’s Lives | 3 |
| The Corporation's principle of sustainable development | 3 |
| Georg Fischer's environmental policy | 3 |
| The year in brief | 4 |
| The industrial corporation at a glance | 5 |
| Core business of Georg Fischer | 5 |
| Advanced prodcts for enhanced environmental protection | 6 |
| Greatest environmental relevance in the Corporation: casting production | 6 |
| Environmental relevance of the three corporate groups | 7 |
Environmental management | |
| Environmental management milestones | 8 |
| Awards and recognition | 8 |
| Environmental management | 9 |
| Development of environmental management | 9 |
Environmental goals | |
| Environmental goals | 10 |
| Corporate environmental goals for 2004/2005 | 10 |
| Environmental goals of GF Automotive for 2004/2005 | 11 |
| Environmental goals of GF Piping Systems for 2004/2005 | 11 |
| Environmental goals of GF Machine Tools for 2004/2005 | 11 |
CO2 | |
| CO2-Strategy of Georg Fischer Corporation | 12 |
BUIS | |
| Corporate Environmental Information System - BUIS | 13 |
| BUIS system boundary | 13 |
Environmental successes | |
| Water utilization | 14 |
| Heat recovery and energy conservation | 15 |
| Green power | 15 |
| Compressed air | 16 |
| Waste | 16 |
| Manufacturing supplies | 17 |
Material cycles | |
| Material cycles at Georg Fischer | 18 |
| Material cycles | 18 |
Illustration of units | |
| Units | 18 |
Energy | |
| Energy | 19 |
| Types of energy | 19 |
| Process energy consupmtion decreased - efficiency increased | 20 |
| Building energy consupmtion – decline due to decrease in effective area | 20 |
Water | |
| Water from public and private supply systems | 21 |
| Drinking water from public supply systems – consuption reduced | 22 |
| Water from private supply systems – consumption increased | 23 |
| Wastewater – further reduction | 24 |
Air | |
| Atmospheric emissions | 25 |
| Atmospheric emissions: related effects | 25 |
| Atmospheric emissions from energy consumption | 26 |
| Atmosperic emissions from energy consumption – CO2 | 27 |
| Atmosperic emissions from energy consumption – SO2, NOx, CH4, VOC | 27 |
| Atmosperic emissions from production processes – particulates, VOC | 28 |
Waste | |
| Waste | 29 |
| Waste categories | 30 |
| Waste balance – total volume reduced | 31 |
| Recycled wastes – noticeable increase in recyclable wastes | 32 |
| Landfilled and incinerated wastes – significant reduction | 33 |
| Hazardous waste – volumes cut by half | 34 |
Environmental expenditures and investments | |
| Environmental expenditures | 35 |
| Environmental investments | 36 |
Contact | |
| Environmental management – feedback | 37 |
