Commitment

At Cornelius, we are not only responsible for our customers and our current or past employees - we also see it as our duty to take responsibility for other people and our environment. By doing so, we contribute to saving the balance between economy, ecology and society.

For us, we have placed the idea of  "sustainability" on top of our agenda. This agenda defines our goals not only in terms of commercial success but also concerning our impact on the society, our consumption of energy and resources, or the number of employees and our contributions in further education. Of course, taking this responibility means far-reaching consequences.

On the one hand, our employees continuously optimize our production processes to achieve maximum efficiency in terms of producing innovative, high-quality products in a most environmentally friendy, energy-efficient way.
But also, our commitment extends over our company borders:

Commitment to the society and science:

  • • we cooperate with local schools to give their pupils an insight into what working life is like
    • in cooperation with IMI Buschjost, we conduct a frequent event dubbed "mathematics-olympics"
    • we invest in public funds like the McDonald's Childcare Fund or Unicef

Employees

  • • we motivate our employees to frequently attend further education programs
    • we conduct internal training courses on a weekly basis
    • as an international company, we guarantee equal opportunites for anyone, anywhere
    • we refuse to contribute to the "Generation Internship" phenomenon, and hence were admitted to the community of "Fair Companies"

On climate- and environmental issues

  • • to reduce our carbon footprint, we recently upgraded our heating system, implementing state-of-the-art technology
    • our waste and scap management focuses on waste recycling.

Parent company IMI plc selected for the DJSI

Responsible business practice at IMI has led to the company being selected as a member of the 2008 Dow Jones Sustainability Index (DJSI).

The index is based on a rigorous assessment process and admits only those businesses that achieve top 20% scores on demanding sustainability criteria.
IMI has focused its attention on four key responsible business priorities: health and safety; supporting customers’ responsible business priorities; supply chain risks; and energy efficiency opportunities, making significant progress in all these areas.

The success of this approach is such that IMI is one of only thirteen companies in the industrial engineering sector across the world to have been selected as a component of the index.