All of our approximately 500 supplier
factories with wet processes are
required to treat their wastewater,
either by having their own treatment
plant or by using shared treatment
plants. Factories with their own
effluent treatment plants (ETP) are
monitored against globally defined
quality levels.
These standards follow at least legal
requirements, but in most cases they
go beyond. Currently, we apply the
Business for Social Responsibility
(BSR) Water Group’s water quality
definitions. Through our partnership
with the WWF, we have developed a
number of new routines and working
structures, for example, for data verification
and testing through external
laboratories. With our new routines
we have seen some improvements and
so far we have reached a compliance
level of 71%.