A good future arises from responsibility
Our social and economic environment is changing dynamically. As a company, this presents us with considerable tasks. We are also asking ourselves how we can contribute to addressing social challenges. If we want to create a future worth living for the next generations, sustainable and responsible action will play an increasingly important role. It is our responsibility to get involved here. We are committed to this.
We are aware of our responsibility as a company. When we talk about sustainability, we include the areas of environmental/climate protection, social issues, and governance in the sense of ESG. As a medium-sized, regionally rooted company, we have been active in these three sustainability-related areas of responsibility for many years – much longer than they have become popular in the public, summarized under the term "sustainability." Despite our previous commitment, we are aware that we can still do a lot. This is an incentive for us to take further steps in terms of sustainability in the future.
Environmental and climate protection
As early as the 1980s, we began to implement measures to reduce emissions and energy consumption and to feed raw materials into the circular economy. One example is the installation of a noise protection and extraction system in the production area, which was coupled with a heat recovery system. A precursor to our environmental management system was our participation in Ökoprofit of the city of Hagen in 2007. The "Ecological Project for Integrated Environmental Technology" is an initiative of the NRW Ministry of the Environment, which, together with municipalities and experts, promotes concepts for saving energy, water, and waste that can be implemented in everyday business. Building on the Ökoprofit experience, we have set up our environmental management system, which has been certified according to ISO 14001 since 2010 – in recent years, this has led to a number of projects for environmental and climate protection: for example, the conversion of our vehicle fleet to electromobility and the planning and implementation of a photovoltaic system with an output of 215 kWp, which will be completed in 2023. We will use the green electricity generated by the PV system ourselves for our production to the tune of 185,000 kWh per year.
For our production of individual drawing parts according to customer requirements, we source preliminary materials from manufacturers in our region, thus avoiding long delivery routes. We source classic merchandise that we do not manufacture ourselves from manufacturers with whom we have been working together trustfully for a long time. Our aim is always to ensure the most efficient logistics possible through the targeted control of customer orders and our own warehousing.
Social issues
Fair treatment of our employees is of great importance to us. This includes, above all, that compliance with the applicable occupational health and safety regulations is a matter of course for us. We attach great importance to continuous and transparent communication with our employees and pay fair wages and salaries. We offer our employees targeted training and further education. On the one hand, we use the GEVAG Academy for company-specific training courses. On the other hand, we also enable comprehensive, technically oriented qualifications in cooperation with partners such as the Schraubenfachakademie des Deutschen Schraubenverbandes.
It is important to us to offer young people a future. The basis for this is a well-founded education. That is why we provide comprehensive commercial and technical training and offer apprenticeships every year.
Young people can start their careers with us in the following apprenticeships:
- Merchant/Clerk for wholesale and foreign trade management
- Specialist for metal technology
- Machine and plant operator
- Tool mechanic
During the training, a respectful and supportive approach to young people is very important to us. We attach importance not only to the imparting of technical skills, but also to the development of personal strengths such as communication and cooperation.
Governance
We reject corruption and any kind of undue advantage in any form. Our employees responsible for purchasing and sales are instructed accordingly. We comply with antitrust law. Any offer of a violation of antitrust law by third parties is rejected by our employees from the outset and reported to the relevant authorities. We adhere to the applicable export regulations and check the applicable sanction lists for new business contacts. We reject cash payments and other unusual business transactions and, if necessary, report them to the responsible authorities. The employees in our company who are affected by this are also trained and sensitized in this regard.
Our environmental chronicle
1985
Commissioning of the noise protection and extraction systems in the Breckerfeld plant1988
Reuse of paper and cardboard as well as return to the recycling cycle1989
Connection of the extraction systems to a heat recovery system for feeding into the hall heating1998
Investment in a new screw washing system with water recovery2001
Partial conversion of the hall lighting to energy-saving systems2006
Participation in ÖKOPROFIT 2007 (City of Hagen) to analyze the environmental protection conditions and prepare for the conversion to the environmental management system according to ISO 14001; Establishment of an environmental team and precise waste separation throughout the company2007
Successful award by the environmental office, the state of NRW, and the environmental authority on the ÖKOPROFIT 2007 project2008
Expansion of the noise protection and extraction systems in the Breckerfeld plant2010
Certification of the environmental management system according to ISO 14001 by TÜV Nord with annual recertifications2021
Commissioning of energy-saving lighting systems in Hagen2022
Settlement of two bee colonies on the company premises in Hagen-Eilpe to counteract bee mortality and strengthen the ecosystem2022
Installation of a heat recovery system for using the waste heat from the compressors for heating the water treatment plants2022
Commissioning of energy-saving lighting systems in Breckerfeld2022
Conversion of the vehicle fleet to e-mobility from 20222023
Commissioning of a photovoltaic system with an output of 215 kWp in 2023
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Why GEVAG?
Since 1879, GEVAG has been dedicated to the development and manufacturing of fastening elements. Our products range from screws, bolts, nuts, set screws, and washers to securing elements, stamped and bent parts, and turned and milled parts. We supply custom-made products and standard parts according to DIN and ISO. We meet requirements in thermoplastics, steel, as well as light and non-ferrous metals with our KUNST and TAP brands. GEVAG is your powerful single-source partner.