Environment
Since 2000 the company’s certification according to international standard ISO 14001 has become a process of continuous improvement in all company’s branches and activities. Through the implementation of system measures filled with necessary mainly financial resources the company’s management committed itself to fulfillment of appointed tasks and goals. The environmental policy of BRISK Tábor a.s. represents a documented commitment of company’s management in which company’s attitude toward environmental management system is defined.
Every year the company BRISK Tábor a.s. puts not small financial investments into protection of environment. These investments are always closely connected with production modernization in order to bring not only improvement in production, quality, working conditions of employees, but into reduction of impact on any constituents of environment, too.
In the year 2005 the company invested millions in new technologies which have valuable environmental contribution at present. The metal parts degreasing project was one of the environmental projects which was supported by State Environmental Fund. This project was a part of company’s production process modernization. New equipment for metal parts degreasing MIDI 400 in the department Mechanics I was supplied by company MecWASH. This equipment brought not only modernization into production, improvement of working conditions for employees, quality improvement in production, but considerable savings of operating costs, too.
Other significant environmental project which is worth mentioning and which passed in the company in following years is for example the establishment of new system of metal waste collecting. The old, unsightly and unsatisfactory containers which served as collecting devices for metal waste from metalworking plant were replaced by new bulk cargo pullover containers of system ABROLL according to standard DIN 30722.
Through the investment into project for removal of old burdens on the company’s premises and through building of new waste management at departments which are strong waste producers the company reached significant improvement in the area of waste management. Building and opening of new waste management at plants for metalworking and tool-making in the year 2005 picked-up on realization and started of redevelopment works at contaminated areas beyond the factory buildings. The company’s management made a decision on destruction and rebuilding of these premises and facilities. The areas under these facilities were consequently decontaminated and rebuilt. That way the first stage of redevelopment works was started and these works were finished through the second stage in the year 2006. Herein the company has built new adapted handling areas.
The company developed its environmental attitude in the next years, too. In the year 2007 the company aimed its environmental goals for reduction of waste production, concretely for reduction of sportive materials and mixed municipal waste. The own solution against high production of dangerous waste of sportive agents consisted in implementation of closed system of cleaning clothes deemed for reuse. This system saved costs for purchase of disposable classical sportive materials. The economic gain in the area of costs for waste disposal and costs for purchasing of overhead materials was caused by the fact that soiled cleaning clothes are not considered as waste by course of law of waste management and waste.
The mixed municipal waste started to be sorted to reusable recyclable waste components such as paper, plastic material, PET and others. All production plants were equipped with waste receptacles for sorting of recyclable waste. The assignment of complex waste management to external company was a reasonable step forward in the environmental area.
In the year 2007 re certification audit according to revised international standard ISO 14001:2004 was carried out. One of the new requirements of revised standard was the integration of energetic into EMS system. The implementation of energetic elements into environmental system consisted in optimization and overview of energy managements to have all energies under control, consequently to monitor and possibly to regulate them. Price development of energies in the market, cost reduction trend and efficient energy management has set the target which the company was heading for. In the year 2008 installation of the first stage of “Measurement and Regulation” system was already been started what presents an instrument for total control over energy management. The first stage included the area of measurement and regulation of natural gas appliances, measurement and regulation of purchased heat (steam) and maximal waste heat utilization from recuperation of tunnel furnaces. This project was finished in the first half of 2009 with second stage which assured a complex overview about consumption of electrical energy and its regulation.
In October 2009 integrated recertification audit according to international standards ISO/TS 16949:2009 and ISO 14001:2004 was carried out. The audit was carried out by external certification company DEKRA certification. The company BRISK Tábor a.s. defended successfully these certificates.
The aspect of environmental compatibility and energy industry is a natural part of participation of each employee of BRISK Tábor a.s. in system and process. Moreover this participation includes every teamwork, every innovation, ethic behaviors and pride in working skill and fellow feeling to company.
