Henkel
Järgnevalt toome rahvusvahelise koostööprojekti raames toimunud uuringu tulemused, kus uurisime ja võrdlesime erinevate Eestis ja Lätis tootmist
arendavate või oma toodangut müüvate kosmeetika- või keemiaettevõtete, sh Henkel'i (tuntumad tooted meil Rex, Persil, Pur Palsam ja MiniRisk, ka BioEsti
pulber on Henkeli kontserni toodang) tegevust ja vastutust keskkonnakaitse, töökaitse ja teistest valdkondadest. Eesti Rohelise Liikumise (ERL)
koostööpartneriks projektis oli Läti keskkonnaühendus Green Liberty ja projekti toetas Euroopa Liidu Phare programm. Projekti eesmärgiks on kutsuda
ettevõtteid suhtuma tõsiselt keskkonna- töö- ja tarbijakaitse küsimustesse ning kanda sotsiaalset vastutust ühiskonna ees, väljastades oma tegevuse ja selle
mõjude kohta maksimaalselt infot. Meie poolt vaadeldavate firmade hulgas on rahvusvaheliste suurkorporatsioonide kohalikke filiaale, kellelt me ootame
informeeritust ja tõsist suhtumist ka oma emaettevõtte tegemistesse ja vajakajäämistesse teistes riikides ja regioonides.
Keskkond
2003.a. sai Henkel trahviti keskkonna reostamise eest, kuigi tehasel oli ISO keskkonnasertifikaat, pidas kohalik keskkonnaamet ettevõtte korraldust väga
kehvaks. [1]
2000.a. süüdistati Henkelit kaudselt ebasäästliku palmiõli tootmise toetamises.[2]
2001.a. sai Henkeli tehas märkuse lekke pärast katkise kemikaalide toru tõttu, kust voolas välja 20 t ohtlikke kemikaale.[3]
2002.a. oli 72 Henkeli tehast saanud ISO keskkonnajuhtimisstandardi.[5]
Tööjõud
Info tööjõuprobleemide kohta puudub
Tarbijakaitse
1995.a. oli Henkeli arengumaade tehastel probleeme kahjulike ainete kasutamisel liimides. Häda tekkis tolueeni baasil toodetud liimide puhul, kus lapsed
hakkasid seda kaifi saamise eesmärgil nuusutama.[6]
Reklaam ja turundus
Info eksitavate reklaamide kohta puudub
Haldus
2002.a. keskkonnaaruandes puudusid tulevikueesmärgid.[7]
2003.a. vastas Henkel ERL ja Lätis Green Liberty küsimustikule ja saatis oma aastaaruande. Henkel oli üks vähestest ettevõtetest, kes seda vaevus tegema.[8]
Eetika
Henkel ei ole oma korporatsiooni sees keelustanud loomkatsed, kuigi juhtkond väidab, et üldiselt loomade piinamist välditakse.[9]
2002.a. teatati, et Henkel testib tooteid loomade, kuigi kohalikud seadused, seda ei nõudnud.[10]
1993.a. kasutas Henkel geneetiliselt muundatud baktereid, et toota pesupulbritesse ensüüme.[11]
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Infoallikad
(ühisprojekti spetsiifikast tingituna osaliselt inglise keeles)
Keskkond
2. Ražotājs vai mātes uzņēmums ir bijis sodīts vai kritizēts par gaisa, ūdens, augsnes piesārņojumu./ Manufacturer or parent company
has been fined or criticized regarding air, water or soil pollution.
[1]
According to the April 2003 edition of the ENDS Report, Henkel had been fined £98,000 and ordered to pay costs of £21,750 after its Belvedere works had polluted a
Kent watercourse with a dangerous caustic substance on 14th May 2002. According to the ENDS Report, the site had been certified to the environmental management
standard ISO 14001, but Environment Agency inspectors described its management as "extremely poor".
REFERENCE ENDS Report: 339 (30 April 2003) 56
[2]
A 2000 report named Henkel as a major global consumer of palm oil, including Indonesia palm oil. The report criticised the Indonesian palm oil industry for its
environmentally unsustainable practices, including cutting tropical rainforest to make way for palm oil trees and access roads.
REFERENCE Funding Forest Destruction: 1 March 2000
AUTHOR AIDEnvironment/Telapak Sawit Research Team
[3]
According to the March 2001 edition of The ENDS Report, Henkel Surface Technologies had received an enforcement notice from the Environment Agency. The
notice followed the release of 20 tonnes of caustic waste, including alkalis and heavy metals, from a cracked pipeline at the company's site in Belvedere, Kent.
REFERENCE ENDS Report: 314 (1 March 2001) 4
AUTHOR Environmental Data Services
[4]
Henkel Ltd was last week fined £119,750 for allowing sodium nitrate into Kent's Crabtree Dyke and failing to report it to the Environment Agency.
[SOURCE: The Guardian G2 - page 8 http://www.environmentagency.gov.uk/internal/briefingzone/390394/380085/465694/?lang=_e&theme=&region=&subject=&searchfor=Henkel]
[5]
In 2002, 43 sites had internal audit on implementation of the group-wide standarts.
At the end of 2002, 72 production sites had been certified to the international ISO 14001 environmental management standard.
Key to this effort is the company's sustainability channel on the Internet,where it publishes environmental data on emissions, wastes, wastewater and resource
consumption, as well as reports on occupational accidents and incidents, transport accidents, and ongoing improvement measures.
The Code was introduced in 2000, and defines clear corporate rules of conduct for day-to-day dealings with customers, employees, shareholders, competitors, the
communities Henkel operates in, and society in general.
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The starting point was ensuring the ecological safety of its products and production. Today, worldwide management systems for safety, health, environment and
quality are in place at Henkel
By 2004, social responsibility requirements will be integrated in the Group-wide management systems.
4 gadu laika vides un socialie jautajumi pilniba ieklauti korportivas grupas parvaldes sistema.
[SOURCE: Responsible Care Status Report 2002]
Tööjõud
Personnel is consulted and trained in environmental, health and security issues.
Tarbijakaitse Health issues
[6]
In December 1995, the US magazine Multinational Monitor reported that HB Fuller, a favourite with the Socially Responsible Investment community, was selling a
shoemaker's glue (Resistol) containing toluene in Latin America where millions of street kids were abusing it. The kids are often called resistoleros after the glue.
Toluene is a hydrocarbon neurotoxin and chronic abuse can cause neurological damage, kidney or liver failure, paralysis and death. In 1968 another glue maker added
mustard oil to its glues because it made them difficult to inhale. Its sales went down. Glue makers have refused to do this now. In 1989, Honduras passed a law
requiring the addition of mustard oil to toluene-based porducts. Fuller responded with a lobbying blitz and the government backed down. In 1992, days before a
critical TV piece on Fuller, Fuller pledged to discontinue its production of solvent adhesives where they are known to be abused. Small cans were removed from
some shelves in Honduras and Guatemala but slaes of toluene glues contined once the media spotlight had moved on. German manufacturer Henkel announced in
September 1994 that it was discontinuing all sales of solvent-based glues in the region. In 1994, Fuller began to replace its toluene glues in Central America with
cyclohexane because it has a lesser effect but it is still a hazardous toxin (toluene is still sold in other parts of Latin America). Fuller also produce cigarette glue and it
markets lead paints and pentachlorophenol pesticides in Central America.
REFERENCE Multinational Monitor: 16/12 (1 December 1995)
AUTHOR Multinational Monitor
Reklaam ja
turundus
Marketing, advertisements are not misleading.
Haldus
6. The environmental and/or social reporting.
6.1. The manufacturer/parent company prepares environmental and/or social report.
6.2. The manufacturer/parent company responds on request for the reports or is available on internet.
6.3. The Report reveils problems and finds solutions.
[7]
In response to a request from ECRA in October 2003, Henkel KGaA sent a copy of its 2002 Sustainability Report. This quantified energy consumption, emissions
and waste from 1998 to 2002, but contained no quantified targets for the future and was not independently verified.
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REFERENCE Henkel Environmental Report: Sustainability (1 December 2002)
[8]
Henkel replied to FOE Latvia and Estonia requests for Sustainability Reports and company questionnaire.
In Latvian:
(2002.gada Ilgtspejibas zinojuma mineti konkreti merki un paredzetie ieviesanas termini.)
 Lidz 2004.gadam visas razotnes ieviest Henkel Drosibas, Veselibas, Vides un kvalitates parvaldibas sistemas.
 Lidz 2005.gadam samazinat negadijumu skaitu darba vieta (occupational accidents) par 25% no 2000.gada limena.
 Lidz 2004.gadam formulet vides un socialos kriterijus un integret tos kompanijas iepirkuma procesa (processes)
7. The manufacturer/parent company has a code of conduct.
Code of Conduct, Henkel Group
Demand appropriate business conduct from suppliers and service providers.
We manage safety, health and environment as any other critical business activity, set
targets for improvement, and measure, appraise and report on performance.
Any type of harassment, regardless of intent, direct or indirect, physical or verbal, is
prohibited.
We do not make false or misleading comparisons with competitors.
We hire, compensate and develop our employees exclusively on the basis of their
qualifications and performance.
www.sd.henkel.com
The Code was introduced in 2000, and defines clear corporate rules of
conduct for day-to-day dealings with customers, employees, shareholders,
competitors, the communities Henkel operates in, and society in general.
Henkel KGaA Vacija
AISE Code biedrs
Responsible Care biedrs
Henkel Norden Oy AISE Code biedrs
AISE locekle
Unternehmen fur Gesundheit Network (Companies for health)
Parakstijusi 1997.gada Luksemburgas deklaraciju par veseligas darba vides veicinasanu
ES.
Eetika
9. Company is criticized for its animal testing or invlolvement in genetic engeneering business.
[9]
Henkel states in form response letters that "If no adequate information on safety aspects is available animal tests have to be performed..." (From Henkel Department
of Toxicology, Statement on toxicological safety assessments and animal testing). Henkel does mention that it does all that it can to avoid animal testing and that the
majority of its products are not tested on animals. However, it may still test ingredients on animals and has not announced a permanent ban on animal testing.
Henkel indicates that European Union (EU) regulations require animal testing for some ingredients. Unfortunately, we aren’t sure if this claim is accurate (i.e. the
only animal testing conducted by the company is explicitly required by law or the statement is written to give the impression that the testing is required). We will be
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contacting the company for clarification on this policy.
[SOURCE: Peta e-mail, 13 May]
[10]
Henkel was listed by US animal rights group PETA (People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals) in January 2001 as manufacturing personal care and household
products that are tested on animals. These products are not required by US law to be animal tested.
REFERENCE Consumer Products Companies that Test on Animals: 1 January 2001
AUTHOR PETA
[11]
It was reported in September 1993 by the German group Verbraucher Initiative that Henkel was using genetically manipulated bacteria in the production of its
enzymes for washing powders.
REFERENCE Verbraucher Telegramm (Germany): 1 September 1993 5
AUTHOR Verbraucher Initiative
(Great interest has recently been generated by the cloning of a pulmonary protein which, when complexed with lipids, contributes essentially as a biosurfactant to the
gas exchange in the lung vesicles. Work is presently underway, to find a more efficient lung surfactant by the reconstitution of this protein with synthetic lipids. This
work demonstrates the potential of genetic engineering methods in the area of biological surfactants.)[13, p.124]
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