Our Employees
As the oldest industrial company in Hesse, we combine tradition and innovation to form sustainable business success. Our employees have been the foundation for this for more than 500 years.
The skills and expertise of our employees as well as their power of innovation are the strengths that drive us forward. That is why we pursue a sustainable personnel concept that helps our employees’ growth and fosters a work environment where they are motivated to stay with the company for the long term, sometimes even across generations.
The creation of optimal working conditions and recognizing achievements as well as developing the strengths and potential of our employees are a matter of course for us.
Precisely because long-term relationships are important to us, we are not only committed to our employees, but also to their families, our region, the shaping of a future with a high quality of life and the protection of nature.
Environment, occupational safety and energy policy
Sustainable for an environment worth living in
Improving our competitiveness, occupational health and safety, protecting the health of our employees and treating our environment with care are integral parts of our corporate policy.
That is why we are committed every day to using our world's natural resources sparingly and to constantly improving our employee performance.
Furthermore, we regularly review and evaluate the applicable legal regulations. Isabellenhütte is also committed to an open dialog with authorities and the public.
Because the careful treatment of the environment and the use of energy is important to us, we have introduced an environmental and energy management system in accordance with the requirements of DIN EN ISO 14001 and DIN EN ISO 50001, which supports us in our endeavors:
- to always use machines, devices and work equipment in accordance with their intended use and to evaluate them with respect to their effects on the environment, occupational health and safety and energy efficiency prior to their use
- to inform and instruct our employees so that they are informed of all possible dangers and burdens
- to take organizational precautions in order to take quick and correct countermeasures in emergencies and to investigate their causes in order to avoid future emergency situations
- to promote environmental awareness among all employees and to actively involve them
- to design our products and production processes to be as environmentally friendly and energy efficient as possible and to give them the highest level of technical occupational safety
- to optimize the use of resources, the generation of emissions and the production of waste in accordance with the operational possibilities
- to select suppliers, business partners and service providers, etc. so that they are in line with our company policy
CO2-awareness
Isabellenhütte has set itself the goal of taking a pioneering role in CO2 neutrality. We actively pursue every opportunity to minimize our carbon footprint through the adoption of cutting-edge energy-efficient technologies, renewable energy sources, and comprehensive sustainability measures.
Beyond reducing emissions, we take responsibility for offsetting any remaining carbon through investments in high-impact CO2 compensation projects, including reforestation and renewable energy initiatives across Europe.
Our unwavering goal is to achieve carbon neutrality for Scope 1 and Scope 2 by 2030, contributing to a sustainable, climate-resilient future.
Our goal is to achieve CO2 neutrality for Scope 1 and
Scope 2 by 2030.
Strategic goals
- Recording: Expand our energy management system to establish comprehensive transparency
- Efficiency: Continuously increase energy efficiency and reduce overall demand
- Generation: Renewable energy generation to cover a larger share of our energy needs
- Substitution: Prioritize the procurement of emission-neutral energy sources across our operations
- Compensation: Invest in premium quality emission certificates to offset unavoidable emissions
