KPIs are good to have. However, the stories behind them are just as important.
Further information, detailed background and case studies relating to our 2022 & 2023 Sustainability Report and subsequent developments
Sustainability key performance indicators are important. Ideally delivered in a structured and clear format. Consolidated, they can quickly provide an initial overview of a company’s efforts and sustainable practices. But, ultimately, they are only the essence. They do not necessarily tell us about the underlying motives or the people behind them. Nor do they necessarily show the path the company has chosen as the ultimate goal has not been reached.
That is precisely why we have compiled a well-curated selection of further information for you to accompany our CSR report for 2022 and 2023. It covers a range of topics, from sustainable products and recycling to energy and employee development. If you want to know more and, more importantly have the time, then read on. We have also taken the opportunity to add the first highlights from 2024 to show how things will continue. Enjoy reading.
That’s what management says | management statement
Christian Runkel, CEO of the POLIFILM Group, on the challenges faced by a plastic-producing company and the importance of sustainability
We need a more differentiated image of plastic as a material in the public eye.
Christian RunkelCEO POLIFILM
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Product Highlights
Our levers
The 4-concept applied to our portfolio, possible combinations and, above all, certification options for each category can be clearly seen here at a glance, ready to download.
These solutions were convincing in a number of ways
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Company News
POLIFILM is awarded the WorldStar packaging award
After receiving two national packaging awards in Israel (Israel Star) and Germany (German Packaging Award, Special Gold Award), the joint product development of the POLIFILM companies, POLEG and POLIFILM EXTRUSION, has now also convinced the international level of experts. The room-temperature-laminating film received the Worldstar Packaging Award in the category Packaging Materials and Components.
POLICYCLE is awarded the IQ Innovation Prize in the Chemistry/Plastics Cluster
The processing of previously non-recyclable adhesive-coated material in the form of protective films into a new film product prevailed over several rounds. This is because it addresses the major issues the industry is facing: Availability of recyclates, circular economy and energy and material savings.
POLIFILM EXTRUSION relies on state-of-the-art technology for its new investment in the stretch film division and thus saves plenty of electricity and CO₂.
A solar park at the POLIFILM Italia site which provides a significant portion of the energy needed and making it almost as large as the production facility itself
POLIFILM opts on green electricity at German sites
From 1 January 2024, the POLIFILM Group’s two sites in Weißandt-Gölzau (Saxony-Anhalt) and Osterburken (Baden-Württemberg) will be using a total of 34 GWh of green electricity.
Fostering young talent – individually and future-oriented
More about our POLIFILM Management Academy
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Interview
Interview: More than just a standard training programme
The POLIFILM Management Academy is the training programme for the next generation of leaders within the POLIFILM Group. It is training the managers of tomorrow. In this interview, POLIFILM PROTECTION’s CEO and co-founder of the Management Academy, Paul Beaver, reveals why the programme was launched, why mentoring plays such an important role in it and what defines a good mentor.
The POLIFILM Management Academy is the training programme for the next generation of leaders within the POLIFILM Group. It is training the managers of tomorrow. Marc Luther, Head of Corporate Development and co-founder of the POLIFILM Management Academy, explains why the programme was launched and how it will influence the continued success of the POLIFILM Group.
Opening of a state-of-the-art factory close to Shanghai
POLIFILM PROTECTION has opened a new production facility in Changshu near Shanghai. The factory design evolved from a panel of experts who considered the layout down to the smallest detail for the process requirements of protective film production, this new factory is state of the art and is part of the company’s strategy, as it […]
With pro dis GmbH, POLIFILM PROTECTION, one of the world’s leading manufacturers and producers of innovative surface protection films, is bringing a long-standing trading partner into the POLIFILM PROTECTION family. Pro dis is a proven expert in customer requirements and business practices in important markets in selected countries of Central, South-Eastern and Eastern Europe. For […]
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Christian Runkel, CEO POLIFILM, on the establishment of the 4th subgroup, POLICYCLE
More than just recycling
With effect from January 2023, all of the group’s recycling activities are being merged into a separate subgroup, POLICYCLE. And we are going one step further. The newly founded POLICYCLE is designed to actively promote the circular economy. ‘POLICYCLE – circularity by POLIFILM’ is the guiding principle.
250k US$ to support the therapy of a rare genetic defect
POLIFILM is donating US$ 250,000 to a research group of the non-profit academic health organisation Cedars-Sinai, which is looking for a treatment for the so far untreatable Allan-Herndon-Dudley Syndrome, in short AHDS. Why POLIFILM is providing support in this particular case?
Ultimately, each individual is only as good as the collective – this applies to compliance with and adherence to ethical principles as well as to sustainable supplier and partner management. Only by actively pursuing our commitments along the entire supply chain can we ultimately make a lasting difference. The principles for ourselves, as well as our expectations of our partners, have been anchored in POLIFILM’s Code of Conduct and a reporting centre has been set up for internal and external parties to provide information about (possible) breaches so that they can be clarified.
COMPLIANCE
We take responsibility and expect the same throughout the supply chain As an internationally operating company with decades of experience we, POLIFILM and its affiliated companies within the group, aspire to conduct our business in a socially, economically and environmentally balanced and sustainable manner. We commit to our social responsibility and open and fair global […]
