Act today, think of tomorrow
ACT TODAY - THINK OF TOMORROW. This is what it is all about. in Hettich. As a 4th generation family-owned company, sustainability is an essential part of our corporate culture. With our actions today, we want to ensure that there is a resourceful tomorrow for all of us. Our aim is to link business success with environmental, social and civic responsibility.
Social responsibility
This is about everything we do for each other internally. At Hettich, people are paramount. Health and safety at work are our top priority. Variety and equal opportunities are part of our corporate culture. Committed to good apprenticeship training, we ourselves take care of securing the rising generation of competent staff.
Social responsibility
Safety Excellence
Successful occupational health and safety management at Hettich requires safety-conscious behaviour from everyone, as around 80% of accidents are caused by behavioural errors. With the Safety Excellence method, we continuously reduce accidents through behaviour-based safety measures. Since 2007, this method has significantly reduced accident-related downtime. Workshops and our leading figure Safety promote safe behaviour.
Social responsibility
Health scouts
Our network for Healthy Working aims to move into the future together in a healthy way and to focus on physical and mental health. Colleagues from various departments and locations act as health scouts. They inform about offers, initiate health events and manage target group-specific projects.
Social responsibility
JOBRAD Job Bike
We offer the opportunity with JobRad to lease a bicycle via deferred compensation. Cycling keeps you fit, clears your head and is environmentally friendly. People who leave their cars at home and ride their bicycles to work will improve their carbon footprint and protect the environment. We currently have more than 800 bikes in use.
Social responsibility
Donate your talent
What makes Hettich so valuable are the people. With Donate your talent, we encourage our colleagues to contribute their unique talents - which initially have nothing to do with their own tasks at Hettich.
Responsibility to society
Here it's about what we do for people externally. As a responsible member of society, the company makes our financial and material donations to promote education and science, art, culture and social issues. At the Hettich locations, the company provides support through sponsoring activities and by promoting the voluntary activities of colleagues.
Responsibility to society
Hettich volunteers
Many Hettich colleagues are involved as volunteers in social welfare projects worldwide. From the youth fire brigade to the sports club to the singing group, there is a lot on offer. As a company, we support this initiative financially every year.
Responsibility to society
experiMINT
As a member of the experiMINT association, we organise annual camps for technology enthusiasts at our Kirchlengern site. This initiative aims to inspire and encourage young people to take up technical and scientific professions.
Responsibility to society
Hettich Poddar WoodWorking Institute in India.
With the Hettich Poddar Woodworking Institute, we are investing in the training and further education of local carpenters in India - in a country where vocational training is not as important as in Germany, for example.
Responsibility to society
The East Westphalia Lippe Study Funds Foundation
Hettich supports the OWL Study Fund Foundation, which provides material and non-material support to students in East Westphalia-Lippe, establishes a network between sponsors and sponsored students and strengthens OWL as a university and business location. In addition to financial support, we offer opportunities for internships, mentoring and participation in Hettich workshops.
Governance
As a family business, our strategies are always aimed at sustained existence and not short term success. Compliance with laws, regulations and internal voluntary commitments is our top priority. Legality and integrity in our actions are the basis for trust, credibility and long-term success.
As part of our compliance management system, it is essential for us to recognise potential violations at an early stage and to be able to counteract them. For this purpose, we have set up a secure whistleblower portal.
: We have documented our responsibility as part of our sustainability strategy in our sustainability principles.
Code of conduct: We are committed to ethical business practices and we make sure that every colleague is empowered to do the right thing on a daily basis.
Charta der Vielfalt: On signing the Diversity Charter, Hettich undertakes to create a working environment free from prejudice and exclusion.
Whistleblower portal: Our whistleblower portal can be used to report possible violations of legal regulations or voluntary commitments by our group of companies - even anonymously.
Responsibility in the supply chain
We have set out our values and the associated expectations of our suppliers and service providers in our Supplier Code of Conduct
Code of Conduct for Suppliers We involve our business partners in the development of ethical standards and in the establishment of social, economic and environmental responsibility.
Policy statement Our human rights and environmental due diligence in accordance with the German Supply Chain Due Diligence Act (LkSG)
Hettich UK Modern Slavery Act Statement Our statement on slavery and human trafficking under the UK Modern Slavery Act 2015
