Sustainability Report 2016 / 2017

53 ➲ Hazardous Material A large portion of the raw materials used by Werner & Mertz – Mainz poses a low hazard to water and thus falls into the lowest Water Hazard Class 1. We attribute this to the optimized design of our warehouse in compliance with statutory requirements, preventive measures in occupational safety, general safety and fire protection and instruction provided to our employees. Noise No noise emitted from Werner & Mertz – Mainz exceeds statutory limits. To ensure that we continue to meet the standard, the existing noise map for the production area has been updated annually since early 2008 to comply with modified legal requirements and to incorporate changes made to the production facilities. Contaminated Sites For Werner & Mertz – Mainz there are no environmentally relevant indicators of contaminated sites or areas of suspected contamination at the Mainz location which have not been reported previously to the authorities. “ For me, sustainability in all its manifesta­ tions means above all just one thing: to be as good as necessary and not as good as possible. There ’ s no place for perfectionism here. Eco-effectiveness needs attainable goals. ” Immo Sander Head of Packaging Development WGK = 2 WGK <= 1 WGK = 3 Environmental Statement · Mainz site 500 672 23 Water Hazard Class for Hazardous Materials 2012 2013 2014 2015 449 20 637 20 463 655 21 480 660 1,500 1,000 500 0