Empowering Employees to Inspire Change
In February 2008, IFCO commissioned an internal Sustainability Committee aimed at shaping all aspects of sustainability within IFCO NA. The Committee is comprised of employees from across the company, from plant managers to accountants to senior management. The Committee is charged with driving internal improvement in all three tenets of our “triple bottom line”: Economic, Social, and Environmental. Through this effort, we intend to improve our footprint on the environment, become operationally more efficient, grow revenue, and shape regulatory guidelines for our industry.
The committee is actively engaged with our workforce, soliciting input and ideas and continually updating on the activities of the committee. In addition, the committee provides education on how to be more sustainable, both personally and professionally.
Our Work Environment
As committed as we are to the enviroment outside our four walls, IFCO SYSTEMS is just as committed to providing a safe and productive environment within. This concern extends not only to all of our employees, but to subcontractors and visitors to our facilities and work sites. It is the policy of management to conduct its operations in a manner that offers maximum protection to each employee by:
• Providing the time and resources to implement an effective Accident Prevention Plan;
• Following all established rules and regulations of local, state, and federal agencies
and enforcement of all company safety rules and practices;
• Training all employees in the safety program and company rules to provide a safe
environment; and
• Providing audit / inspections of all facilities, work sites, and to provide fast corrective actions
of all recognized hazards.
Compliance
IFCO has a fully staffed and active compliance program with a Chief Compliance Officer who has the authority to respond to issues and escalate those issues, as appropriate, to the IFCO Board of Directors. In addition, IFCO takes measures to ensure that our customers are not compromised in any way through:
• Routine testing of all elements of our system from financial integrity to safety and security;
• Full C-TPAT compliance at select locations;
• State-of-the-art technology to verify that its employees are permitted to work in the US;
• A dedicated IT department including experts on information security; and
• A business continuity team comprised of senior management. This team implements
established and tested plans in the event of disaster so that our customers’ supply chains
can remain stable when unforeseen events occur.
Safety
IFCO SYSTEMS is committed to providing a safe work environment for all of our employees, subcontractors, and visitors to our facilities and work sites. It is the policy of management to conduct its operations in a manner that offers maximum protection to each employee by:
• Providing the time and resources to implement an effective Accident Prevention Plan;
• Following all established rules and regulations of local, state, and federal agencies and
enforcement of all company safety rules and practices;
• Training all employees in the safety program and company rules to provide a safe working
environment; and
• Providing audit / inspections of all facilities, work sites, and to provide fast corrective actions
of all recognized hazards.
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