The global sustainability goals were formulated in 2015 with the 2030 Agenda. The 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) for social, economic, and environmentally sustainable development serve as a framework for the more than 200 individual projects that we are implementing – or have already implemented – company-wide. In addition to good working conditions, a measured use of resources is our most important contribution. These include energy, compressed air, water and the raw materials for our products. We don’t just discuss things, we take action.
The SDGs remain our roadmap for the future. Behind every tile is an example of sustainability in action.
Between 2005 and 2020, we financed two children’s homes in the southern Indian region of Tamil Nadu through OKE Kinderhilfe. Thanks to our help, the girls and boys had safe accommodation, went to school, and received healthy meals and clothing. All the children were orphans or half-orphans and would have had to work in the fields without our help. A total of over 500,000 euros was raised through employee donations.
We also offer our employees good local food to take away, including homemade jams and pestos from our company restaurant, honey from our beekeeping employees, eggs from a neighboring chicken farm…No hunger is just an intermediate goal for us: We offer good products to ensure a healthy and balanced diet at many locations!
In 2020-2022, OKE Kinderhilfe supported a children’s project in the Tigray region of northern Ethiopia. The region is characterized by HIV, malaria, and the after-effects of the Ethiopian-Eritrean war. The area is also plagued by drought and a lack of food. We have supported 50 children between the ages of six and 13 from precarious family backgrounds, most of whom are half- or full orphans, with basic care in the form of food, clothing, hygiene utensils, learning materials, and psychosocial support.
Health is about more than just exercise – but exercise plays an important role. That’s why we offer all employees individually tailored training plans – for stronger backs, better endurance, improved posture, and enhanced muscle strength. Together or alone, in our training rooms or in the fresh air, during breaks or after work – exactly the way each person prefers!
We not only maintain and service our machines and tools but also offer all employees preventive medical check-ups. In addition to the legally prescribed standards, we have the opportunity to determine health parameters ourselves. What is the composition of muscle, water, and fat in the body? What is the current stress and fitness level? We don’t leave anyone alone with the results. We give tips on nutrition and training and, if necessary, refer you to a doctor.
Exercise during working hours? This is not an exception for our apprentices but a fixed part of their week. After all, starting a career is strenuous and club sports are often neglected during this phase of life. That’s why all apprentices are offered a variety of activities to integrate variety and exercise into their daily routines.
Our working world is constantly changing. At OKE, we are digitalizing more and more, processes are changing, and new materials, components, and customers are being added. That’s why we offer training courses in our learning center that can be easily integrated into everyday life. We are currently expanding our e-learning platform, and blended learning is also being included gradually.
We support girls and young women in Burkina Faso to train as plumbers. There is a great need for trained specialists here, but there are hardly any training places, and the few that do exist are not affordable for the majority of the population. Due to the poor hygienic conditions, waterborne diseases are constantly spreading in the country. By training as plumbers, the women contribute to a better water supply, and as graduates they can gain a foothold in the local labor market, earn their own money, and support their families.
Technical professions are still dominated by men. The National Pact for Women in STEM Professions brings together more than 100 companies. The aim of the project is to get women interested in STEM subjects (science, technology, engineering, and mathematics). As a supporter of the nationwide initiative “Get involved in STEM”, we also encourage women to engage in these subjects while at the same time remaining realistic and sincere. In fact, there are many women working in technical areas, production, and development across all countries in the OKE Group.
We live by our Code of Conduct, have had female managing directors and plant managers for many years, and also support fathers who want to take parental leave or reduce their working hours. We continue to work on making the traditional division of roles more flexible and on offering adaptable models.
As you can imagine, our extrusion process accounts for the largest share of our water consumption. This is because a lot of water is required in the open circuit due to discharge, evaporation, and cleaning of the filters. We also use a monitoring system to quickly identify deviations, peculiarities, and reporting limits in overall consumption.
In Burkina Faso, 89 out of every 1,000 children die before they are five years old. In addition, there are all those children who do not develop well due to diarrheal diseases, for example, and adults who are also suffer from diseases due to a lack of hygiene facilities.
Since 2022, we have been supporting a pilot project with OKE Kinderhilfe to build sustainable composting latrines and hand-washing facilities in Samba, Burkina Faso. All materials such as concrete slabs, bricks, iron, sheet metal, metal doors, and individual components are sourced from small local companies in Samba. This also ensures a high level of local identification with the project.
Our e-fleet currently comprises 45 vehicles, which are mainly used for carpooling. As soon as five employees want to travel to work together, we provide them with an electric vehicle. This free service is available at all locations in Germany.
The best photovoltaic systems are where they do not take up any additional space. This is why we use the roofs of our company buildings to generate electricity. All German sites are in the process of being set up, and our buildings abroad are also gradually being included.
We attach great importance to good working conditions and collegial teamwork at all locations. Minimizing noise, providing plenty of daylight, and ensuring compliance with legally prescribed occupational safety are a matter of course for us. Everywhere.
With OKE Plus, we offer our employees a comprehensive range of additional benefits for which we have already received several awards. But we also want to continuously improve. That’s why we regularly ask colleagues about their needs and challenges in everyday life. This results in many positive, new approaches – such as the establishment of a care coordinator who helps when an employee suddenly has to look after someone in need of care.
We promote sustainability and each department is an expert in identifying potential areas for improvement within its own environment. As part of our company suggestion scheme, we award prizes for actionable ideas that make us more efficient, more cost-effective, environmentally friendly, and improve our carbon footprint!
There are Kaizen teams at several of our locations who are driving continuous improvement in our processes. What many people don’t know: The Japanese competitive strategy explicitly integrates all employees who work in different teams on the improvements that affect their immediate working environment.
One of the most important motivating factors is fairness within the company. If a colleague is paid more for the same work or is allowed to do more training, or the head of department position is once again given to a younger colleague, a feeling of discrimination quickly sets in. Being fair means applying the same rules to everyone – but not treating everyone exactly the same. Because every person is unique! That’s why we talk to our employees and ask about them about their wishes and goals.
We process all plastics – and still standardize wherever possible. This is because we sort and recycle in-house, making a measurable contribution to the recycling of punch-outs, sprues, and start-up products.
Every employee knows best the processes that affect their own work. We therefore collect all suggestions for improvement and award prizes for the best ideas. We have already achieved a lot in terms of resource efficiency in particular!
We like to meet in person, but we can replace many short meetings with digital tools. With online meetings, VR applications and remote work, we reduce travel and therefore CO₂.
Throughout the EU, the heating and cooling of buildings is one of the main sources of carbon dioxide emissions and accounts for half of the total energy consumption. We are guided by the EU Energy Efficiency Directive (EED) and have adapted the settings for heating and cooling at our headquarters in Hörstel, among many other measures. The air conditioning can only be switched on from 22° C, while we can increase the temperature up to 20° C during the heating phase.
We are firmly committed to reducing marine pollution and littering caused by plastic waste. We collect all types of waste separately, recycle plastics as far as possible, and dispose of them properly.
We protect hedgerows at the edges of our company premises or plant new ones. The dense shrubs bind fine dust and other pollutants, and they also provide a valuable habitat for numerous insect species. We also protect meadows – like here in Lübbecke – as ecological enhancements and small places of relaxation for our breaks. Our beekeeping employees use them as locations for their colonies. Solitary fruit trees provide shade, and we harvest fruit in late summer and fall.
With platforms such as our intranet and communication apps, we offer all employees information, the opportunity for interaction, feedback, and access to services. In this way, we ensure transparency about the basis of decision-making and our organizational framework. These channels also provide us with opportunities for needs-oriented, inclusive, participatory offerings and representative feedback.
We are a member of the VEA initiative for climate-friendly SMEs, which supports SMEs in becoming more climate-friendly. The exchange of knowledge is a way of thinking outside the box and shows us where we can improve, why climate-friendly action makes sense, how to reduce costs, and how to better meet the climate protection requirements of our customers.
Between 2005 and 2020, we financed two children’s homes in the southern Indian region of Tamil Nadu through OKE Kinderhilfe. Thanks to our help, the girls and boys had safe accommodation, went to school, and received healthy meals and clothing. All the children were orphans or half-orphans and would have had to work in the fields without our help. A total of over 500,000 euros was raised through employee donations.
We also offer our employees good local food to take away, including homemade jams and pestos from our company restaurant, honey from our beekeeping employees, eggs from a neighboring chicken farm…No hunger is just an intermediate goal for us: We offer good products to ensure a healthy and balanced diet at many locations!
In 2020-2022, OKE Kinderhilfe supported a children’s project in the Tigray region of northern Ethiopia. The region is characterized by HIV, malaria, and the after-effects of the Ethiopian-Eritrean war. The area is also plagued by drought and a lack of food. We have supported 50 children between the ages of six and 13 from precarious family backgrounds, most of whom are half- or full orphans, with basic care in the form of food, clothing, hygiene utensils, learning materials, and psychosocial support.
Health is about more than just exercise – but exercise plays an important role. That’s why we offer all employees individually tailored training plans – for stronger backs, better endurance, improved posture, and enhanced muscle strength. Together or alone, in our training rooms or in the fresh air, during breaks or after work – exactly the way each person prefers!
We not only maintain and service our machines and tools but also offer all employees preventive medical check-ups. In addition to the legally prescribed standards, we have the opportunity to determine health parameters ourselves. What is the composition of muscle, water, and fat in the body? What is the current stress and fitness level? We don’t leave anyone alone with the results. We give tips on nutrition and training and, if necessary, refer you to a doctor.
Exercise during working hours? This is not an exception for our apprentices but a fixed part of their week. After all, starting a career is strenuous and club sports are often neglected during this phase of life. That’s why all apprentices are offered a variety of activities to integrate variety and exercise into their daily routines.
Our working world is constantly changing. At OKE, we are digitalizing more and more, processes are changing, and new materials, components, and customers are being added. That’s why we offer training courses in our learning center that can be easily integrated into everyday life. We are currently expanding our e-learning platform, and blended learning is also being included gradually.
We support girls and young women in Burkina Faso to train as plumbers. There is a great need for trained specialists here, but there are hardly any training places, and the few that do exist are not affordable for the majority of the population. Due to the poor hygienic conditions, waterborne diseases are constantly spreading in the country. By training as plumbers, the women contribute to a better water supply, and as graduates they can gain a foothold in the local labor market, earn their own money, and support their families.
Technical professions are still dominated by men. The National Pact for Women in STEM Professions brings together more than 100 companies. The aim of the project is to get women interested in STEM subjects (science, technology, engineering, and mathematics). As a supporter of the nationwide initiative “Get involved in STEM”, we also encourage women to engage in these subjects while at the same time remaining realistic and sincere. In fact, there are many women working in technical areas, production, and development across all countries in the OKE Group.
We live by our Code of Conduct, have had female managing directors and plant managers for many years, and also support fathers who want to take parental leave or reduce their working hours. We continue to work on making the traditional division of roles more flexible and on offering adaptable models.
As you can imagine, our extrusion process accounts for the largest share of our water consumption. This is because a lot of water is required in the open circuit due to discharge, evaporation, and cleaning of the filters. We also use a monitoring system to quickly identify deviations, peculiarities, and reporting limits in overall consumption.
In Burkina Faso, 89 out of every 1,000 children die before they are five years old. In addition, there are all those children who do not develop well due to diarrheal diseases, for example, and adults who are also suffer from diseases due to a lack of hygiene facilities.
Since 2022, we have been supporting a pilot project with OKE Kinderhilfe to build sustainable composting latrines and hand-washing facilities in Samba, Burkina Faso. All materials such as concrete slabs, bricks, iron, sheet metal, metal doors, and individual components are sourced from small local companies in Samba. This also ensures a high level of local identification with the project.
Our e-fleet currently comprises 45 vehicles, which are mainly used for carpooling. As soon as five employees want to travel to work together, we provide them with an electric vehicle. This free service is available at all locations in Germany.
The best photovoltaic systems are where they do not take up any additional space. This is why we use the roofs of our company buildings to generate electricity. All German sites are in the process of being set up, and our buildings abroad are also gradually being included.
We attach great importance to good working conditions and collegial teamwork at all locations. Minimizing noise, providing plenty of daylight, and ensuring compliance with legally prescribed occupational safety are a matter of course for us. Everywhere.
With OKE Plus, we offer our employees a comprehensive range of additional benefits for which we have already received several awards. But we also want to continuously improve. That’s why we regularly ask colleagues about their needs and challenges in everyday life. This results in many positive, new approaches – such as the establishment of a care coordinator who helps when an employee suddenly has to look after someone in need of care.
We promote sustainability and each department is an expert in identifying potential areas for improvement within its own environment. As part of our company suggestion scheme, we award prizes for actionable ideas that make us more efficient, more cost-effective, environmentally friendly, and improve our carbon footprint!
There are Kaizen teams at several of our locations who are driving continuous improvement in our processes. What many people don’t know: The Japanese competitive strategy explicitly integrates all employees who work in different teams on the improvements that affect their immediate working environment.
One of the most important motivating factors is fairness within the company. If a colleague is paid more for the same work or is allowed to do more training, or the head of department position is once again given to a younger colleague, a feeling of discrimination quickly sets in. Being fair means applying the same rules to everyone – but not treating everyone exactly the same. Because every person is unique! That’s why we talk to our employees and ask about them about their wishes and goals.
We process all plastics – and still standardize wherever possible. This is because we sort and recycle in-house, making a measurable contribution to the recycling of punch-outs, sprues, and start-up products.
Every employee knows best the processes that affect their own work. We therefore collect all suggestions for improvement and award prizes for the best ideas. We have already achieved a lot in terms of resource efficiency in particular!
We like to meet in person, but we can replace many short meetings with digital tools. With online meetings, VR applications and remote work, we reduce travel and therefore CO₂.
Throughout the EU, the heating and cooling of buildings is one of the main sources of carbon dioxide emissions and accounts for half of the total energy consumption. We are guided by the EU Energy Efficiency Directive (EED) and have adapted the settings for heating and cooling at our headquarters in Hörstel, among many other measures. The air conditioning can only be switched on from 22° C, while we can increase the temperature up to 20° C during the heating phase.
We are firmly committed to reducing marine pollution and littering caused by plastic waste. We collect all types of waste separately, recycle plastics as far as possible, and dispose of them properly.
We protect hedgerows at the edges of our company premises or plant new ones. The dense shrubs bind fine dust and other pollutants, and they also provide a valuable habitat for numerous insect species. We also protect meadows – like here in Lübbecke – as ecological enhancements and small places of relaxation for our breaks. Our beekeeping employees use them as locations for their colonies. Solitary fruit trees provide shade, and we harvest fruit in late summer and fall.
With platforms such as our intranet and communication apps, we offer all employees information, the opportunity for interaction, feedback, and access to services. In this way, we ensure transparency about the basis of decision-making and our organizational framework. These channels also provide us with opportunities for needs-oriented, inclusive, participatory offerings and representative feedback.
We are a member of the VEA initiative for climate-friendly SMEs, which supports SMEs in becoming more climate-friendly. The exchange of knowledge is a way of thinking outside the box and shows us where we can improve, why climate-friendly action makes sense, how to reduce costs, and how to better meet the climate protection requirements of our customers.
With our components, we have been making our contribution to the efficient use of resources for decades. Together with our customers from the automotive industry, we develop ideas for material savings, weight reduction and lean processes. With our production sites worldwide, we ensure short transportation routes. We are expanding regenerative energy generation, using recyclable plastics and energy-saving, modern machines and systems.
Every employee in the OKE Group makes a contribution to greater sustainability. And in our cooperation with customers, we also encourage them to place climate protection at the center of our further development.
So let’s get to work!
The calculation of the PCF (Product Carbon Footprint) records the CO2 emissions of a product in the individual phases of the product life cycle, from the manufacture of the material and the product to transportation, use and disposal. On request, we can provide our customers with a transparent and IT-based PCF for the product we manufacture and can analyze how the product design, individual materials, manufacturing processes, energy requirements and transport routes affect emissions.
We will be happy to accompany you on your way to more sustainability. Do you have ideas, tips or specific projects? Simply write to us using this contact form.
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