Guidelines
WE IN IMMENDINGEN
Leukhardt Schaltanlagen GmbH is a medium-sized company with its headquarters in Immendingen, Southern Germany. We are a traditional company with a motivated and committed team. Loyalty, openness and honest cooperation in a spirit of partnership are our corporate values, which we live by both internally and in our external dealings.
Our core competence lies in the development, planning and project management of switchgear and controlgear for the distribution of electrical energy for the fields of industry, plant construction, energy suppliers, and for public clients. This work is supported by highly qualified engineers from the fields of energy and electrical engineering. The technical know-how leads to own innovative product developments, as well as sophisticated, individual solutions for our customers. The products and services are, designed to meet national and international standards and legal requirements. As such, they fulfil the most diverse needs and changing requirements of global customers. internationale Normen und gesetzliche Vorgaben ausgelegt und erfüllen dadurch die unterschiedlichsten Bedürfnisse und wechselnden Anforderungen weltweiter Kunden.
Our understanding of quality is not limited to manufacturing. Rather, we apply our high quality standards throughout all areas of the company. Starting with the first customer contact, to the development, planning and project planning, and right up to our comprehensive services. This performance promise presupposes open and constructive communication as well as an open-minded approach when it comes to dealing with one's own weaknesses. For us and our employees, these characteristics are essential features of our corporate culture.
This corporate culture and the sense of responsibility of our valued employees provide the foundation for our mutual future. With a high degree of flexibility and increased innovative strength, we pursue the goal of consistently expanding our market position and mastering new challenges.
Short distances, flat hierarchies and simple communication channels are key prerequisites for a lively exchange of information and knowledge. We at Leukhardt are aware of the benefits provided by this and wish to promote the motivation and self-determined work of our employees with a modern communication policy. We also approach our customers with these values and wish to strengthen customer relationships in the long term.
Respectful and cooperative interaction and an understanding of social responsibility is a common thread found throughout all areas of our company. Equal opportunities epitomise our guiding principle. We respect all ways of life and make no distinctions on the basis of social origin, ethnicity and disabilities. We support our employees with a company pension and healthcare benefits. This is the basis of our corporate culture and our long-term corporate success.
As a responsible, internationally active company, we see it as our duty to recognise the principles of the United Nations Global Compact and stand up for the United Nations Universal Declaration of Human Rights and the core labour standards of the International Labour Organisation (ILO). The principles and basic rules of our actions as well as our conduct towards business partners and the public are summarised in our Code of Conduct. This guideline serves as orientation for employees, managers and directors alike on the following topics:
- Compliance with law and order
- Avoidance of conflicts of interest
- Fair competition
- Prevention of money laundering
- Equal treatment and non-discrimination
- Human and health protection
- Sustainable environmental and climate protection
- Political representation of interests
- Public appearance and communication
- Reporting
- Confidential company information / insider information
- Data protection and information security
- Protection of company property
Each employee and the management board are responsible for safety in the company.
The management board, all managers and employees undertake to comply with the requirements of the Safety Code in performing their duties.
Every employee has the right and the duty to report any safety deficiencies that pose a risk to him or her or others in any form immediately and to take measures to remedy them.
The ultimate responsibility for the implementation of necessary measures to ensure health-preserving working conditions for employees rests with the management board.
It is also the responsibility of the management board to create the necessary framework conditions, such as regular training of employees, provision of protective equipment and measures to promote safety awareness.
All of Leukhardt Schaltanlagen GmbH’s employees are obliged to act in accordance with these requirements and to ensure their working conditions. Employees must work in accordance with the safety instructions and are responsible for using the protective equipment provided and for reporting safety deficiencies in order to avoid endangering themselves and third parties.
The management board is responsible for promoting a sense of responsibility and quality among employees as well as for regulating and monitoring the responsibilities, processes and effectiveness of all activities.
For the economic success of our company, maintaining our quality standards for products and services, while simultaneously taking into account a balanced cost structure, is essential . We make use of the optimal interaction of technology, materials and people.
Social aspects such as laws, regulations, ordinances, codes of practice and safety factors are respected and implemented in our company.
We treat customers’ property (including intellectual property) confidentially and with loyally.
Our quality management system requires continuous assessment and measurability of our quality and performance, in order to constantly improve the level. For this purpose, risks and opportunities are carefully weighed and various projects for optimisation are implemented.
Responsibilities are clearly defined in our organisational chart. Our managers work responsibly and use helpful tools that contribute to process optimisation and error-free execution of all tasks.
Our primary goal is to supply our customers with products and services of a high quality level, thus ensuring the highest level of customer satisfaction.
All entrepreneurial activities of Leukhardt Schaltanlagen GmbH are in harmony with the environment. It is in our own interest to make a decisive contribution to protecting and preserving the environment.
We all need an intact nature. Therefore, careful treatment when related to environmental matters and our resources is our highest corporate goal. We strive to fulfil these goals by adhering to our environmental policy. The benchmarks for this are national and EU environmental laws and regulations, as well as ordinances and directives. Avoiding or minimising environmental pollution is an important environmental goal.
Our environmental policy applies to all stages of the value chain, from the supply chain to internal processes. Thus, our employees and suppliers are required to act on the basis of the Code of Conduct - Business Ethics in Operation and Business Ethics in Partnership, and they are obliged to implement these environmental guidelines.
We are dedicated to environmental goals with the following measures:
Existing facilities are reviewed and optimised for energy efficiency
Environmentally-friendly technologies are used
Materials are purchased from environmentally-certified suppliers
Continuous measures to improve environmental protection
Monitoring and adaptation of our environmental management system
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