SUSTAINABILITY 23 Employee commitment in the course of the world depletion day The world depletion day marks the day in the year from which onward the earth can no longer regenerate all natural resources on its own. On occasion of this day, Rigips Austria has initiated seven workshops at its three sites. The employees’ involvement and commitment was very strong. It was worked on topics such as sustainable civil engineering, my personal contribution to environmental protection, reduction and avoidance of emissions and energy consumption, as well as health and work safety; and concrete implementation activities were defined. Rigips Austria is proud of its dedicated employees, who are committed to leaving behind a world worth living in for future generations and who are also willing to make their own contribution to this. Key indicators Rigips Austria publishes key figures on the sustainable development of the company every two years. From 2015 to 2017, the following could be achieved, for example: • 350 tonnes of CO2 savings per year through the transport of the rough stone by cable car (investment of EUR 7 million for modernisation) • LED lighting project: 30 tonnes of CO2 savings per year Improvement of luminosity: > + 200% • Concentration of 6% recycling material in the boards produced in Bad Aussee
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