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Sustainability and the Industrial Sector Go Hand in Hand? Companies Like GEMÜ Implement Improvements in Environmental, Labor, Human Rights, Ethics, and Sustainable Purchasing.
Together for Sustainability (TFS), a joint initiative of chemical companies, has been promoting an assessment program for sustainability practices within global supply chains since 2011. The idea is to create standardization and synergy to optimize resources for these companies, particularly in the industrial sector, through unified assessment and auditing.
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By receiving the bronze medal from Ecovadis – an organization that evaluates these sustainable practices among suppliers of the TFS group – GEMÜ Valves and Measurement and Control Systems ranks among the best-rated companies in the industrial segment. The result indicates consistent practices in the four pillars of corporate social responsibility: environment, labor practices and human rights, ethics, and sustainable purchasing.
“Previously, each company in the chemical industry conducted its own assessment and audit. Now, there is standardization and encouragement to improve more and more,” explains GEMÜ’s Quality Supervisor, Fabio Kuriyama. Different areas of the company were involved to ensure improvements in practices related to the four pillars.
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The benefits of sustainability are both internal and external, including reduced water consumption, better waste management, greater environmental and corporate compliance, updates to labor and human rights practices, and studies on the use of alternative energies, among other improvements.
About GEMÜ – The subsidiary of the German multinational founded by Fritz Müller in the 1960s provides the Brazilian market with extremely efficient and high-quality valves. The plant located in São José dos Pinhais (PR), which employs 100 workers and celebrates its 40th anniversary in 2021, produces valves and accessories for the treatment of water and effluents in industries across all sectors, such as steel, fertilizers, and automotive, as well as for integrating energy generation systems. In the PFB area (pharmaceutical, food, and biotechnology), GEMÜ is a global leader, selling high-precision products throughout Latin America with local support and consulting from professionals able to advise on the best valve solutions for each application. More information: https://www.gemu-group.com/pt_BR/
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