Spaas Candles achieves ISO 14001:2015 certification
Environmentally friendly business is high on Spaas Candles' agenda. Sustainability is even a strategic anchor of our business strategy. We are therefore immensely proud that, in addition to our previously obtained certificates, we can also take delivery of the ISO 14001:2015 certificate as of today.
What is ISO 14001:2015?
ISO 14001 is a standard used worldwide to establish and certify environmental management systems. In other words, the standard constitutes a useful management system for evaluating, improving and reporting on environmental performance and monitoring compliance with environmental legislation. Not only the environmental aspects of the organisation itself, but also the impact on our stakeholders is considered.
ISO 14001 is characterised by:
- Its international nature and is therefore not drafted based on national legislation
- Protection of the environment
- Continuous improvement of environmental performance
- Control of environmental risks
- Alignment with other standards so that quality, environmental and safety concerns can be managed in one system
By integrating the Plan Do Check Act philosophy, ISO 14001 encourages continuous improvement in the context of environmental care. As an organisation, we do this by creating and following up on an annual action plan.
What impact do we want to create as an organisation?
- Reduce our annual air emissions through an annual energy audit, use of electric vehicles, switching to intermodal transport ...
- Ensure less soil pollution by creating environmental and safety rounds in our production, storing hazardous substances on drip trays, putting up instruction sheets and providing physical training ...
- Monitoring the concentration of hazardous substances in wastewater.
- Reducing our waste but also sorting it even more accurately.
- Reviewing the raw materials of our products and packaging based on the reduce-reuse-recycle-rethink method
What are our ambitions?
As a company, our goal for the next 25 years is to fully commit to climate change, more sustainable packaging, renewable raw materials, promotion of biodiversity as well as reduction of operational waste and water consumption.
Read more about our sustainable initiatives in our sustainability report.
