Category Archive For "Sustainability"
World Water Day 2023 – a precious resource for people and nature
Water – a precious resource more important than any other. It is the source and basic need of life. To emphasise the significance and importance of water, the UN has designated 22 March as “World Water Day”. The focus is on the high value of water and the fact that not all people worldwide have …
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Sedus is a main sponsor at “Surge for Water” gala
Water is the source of life and is a basic need everyday. Sedus has been supporting the Surge for Water initiative for over three years. It is a non-profit organisation founded by women for women. With their vision, commitment and major projects, they ensure that poor communities also have access to clean water, sanitation and …
Sustainable products with PET felt
It looks smart, can be individually shaped and is easy to clean – we are talking about PET felt. It is already used in many Sedus products. This is a special material, because in addition to its homely look, it also scores points for sustainability. As part of the German Sustainability Action Days, which are …
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Renewal of the EcoVadis “Gold” rating for CSR – 2021
Once again, Sedus has been rewarded by EcoVadis for its Corporate Social Responsibility commitments. Sedus features in the top 5% of companies best rated by certification body EcoVadis, which is one of the largest rating companies in the CSR field.
The importance of indoor air quality at work
One of the unintended consequences of the pandemic has been to focus attention on the issue of indoor air quality. But as Sarah Zhang points out in a recent piece in The Atlantic, this is an issue that we have long understood, and not just as a way to reduce the risks of infection. It …
Sedus and sustainability, an interview with Simon Roquette, Part Two
In the first part of the interview with Simon Roquette, we talked about Sedus’ approach to sustainability as well as its plans and objectives. In this, the second part, we will take a closer look at the firm’s products, production methods and how important environmental protection should be. Question: Does sustainability offer a return …
Sedus and sustainability, an interview with Simon Roquette, Part One
Over the past few years, sustainability and its management have taken on ever greater prominence. Primarily, because of the desire to preserve precious resources and so protect the environment, but also because environmental standards have become increasingly strict and subject to greater scrutiny. In this interview, Sedus’s environmental manager Simon Roquette explains how the company …
The hot topic of packaging
No matter where and how we shop, we encounter packaged products almost everywhere. In the supermarket, bananas are packed even though they have their own skin to protect them. How often do you look at a multipack of crisps and debate how many more bags the manufacturer could have fitted in?
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Life cycle assessments for Sedus products
Sedus corporate principles state: “Sustainability is part of our corporate culture. Both direct and indirect ecological requirements beyond our company boundaries are taken into account here.”
Agile working and the transformation of office design
The workplace has gone soft and I mean that in a good way. Over the past twenty or more years we have experienced the very welcome development of a much softer aesthetic generally when it comes to the design of offices. This process has accelerated dramatically in recent years as more and more firms have …
