184 Taking responsibility Taking responsibility: social responsibility and sustainability and at Kerbl works With Kerbl works, you are not only choosing high-quality occupational safety products, but also a brand that takes responsibility and is actively committed to a sustainable future. For us, sustainability is not just a buzzword, but an integral part of our business model. For this reason, we make use of amfori BSCI. amfori BSCI (Business Social Compliance Initiative) is a comprehensive programme designed to identify, assess, and mitigate social risks within supply chains. amfori BSCI enables us to exercise ESG due diligence, enhance transparency, and address significant violations of working conditions within international labour rights frameworks. We also continuously seek dialogue with various interest groups, including industry associations and NGOs, to initiate positive changes in our upstream- and downstream activities to develop sustainable ways of material sourcing, production, and commercialization. In this way, we can ensure that ecological, social, and ethical values are respected throughout our entire value chain. Non-toxic work gloves from Kerbl works Awareness of our responsibilities is top of the list at Kerbl works. At a time when people are faced with harmful substances on a daily basis - be it at work or during leisure time - the legal requirements for safe products increase, but so too does consumer awareness of them. In the past, cheaper protective gloves were often found to contain high levels of harmful substances, such as chromium VI or AZO dyes. Avoiding such situations, and being able to guarantee our customers products that they can rely on, is a challenge for us that we are happy to take on. In cooperation with the Bureau Veritas testing institution, which holds European accreditation, we have therefore developed a detailed catalogue of tests for harmful substances that have been tailored specifically to our various groups of products. The defined criteria go far beyond legal requirements. Long-term compliance with the catalogue of tests is safeguarded through regular sampling. All Kerbl works gloves pass the demanding tests because we take extreme care when choosing our materials. All of our leather gloves are labelled with a unique batch number (EB-...). This means that every glove can be clearly identified and traced, because we want to offer you maximum transparency. In future, the requirements regarding the absence of harmful substances are likely to become even stricter - not only in Germany, but throughout Europe with the REACH regulation. Thanks to our partnership with Bureau Veritas, we at Kerbl feel that we are ideally equipped for this. You can rely on us: We will continue to supply you with first-class, harmful substance-free products that you can feel safe with. • Pollutant-free gloves • External testing (Bureau Veritas) • Traceable batch numbers • BSCI for social responsibility • External audits • Continuous exchange
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