In 2001 we continued our focus on employee well-being, achieving an 18.5% reduction in workplace accident frequency. We also made significant strides in developing energy-efficient products, achieving energy savings of up to 57% and material savings of up to 17% compared to previous models.

We implemented a set of joint environmental targets for all production companies, including requiring at least 80% of new products to reduce power consumption by a minimum of 5% compared to the product they replace, and a number of water, power and chemical reduction targets.

A central part of Grundfos’ management philosophy is to delegate responsibility and competence. So it is only natural to involve our employees as much as possible in the environmental work. From the very beginning, we decided to base our environmental improvements on suggestions from our staff.