Corporate Social Responsibility

Reynaers is committed to designing sustainable solutions and puts great effort into researching and developing energy efficient systems. This ambition is translated into the development and marketing of innovative solutions which allow more efficient energy management of buildings such as profiles with high thermal insulation values, double-skin façade and  brise-soleil.

We have set up a program to reduce our own energy consumption. We invest in sustainable energy solutions such as LED lighting and solar power. Furthermore, to continuously reduce our environmental impact, we maintain the international standard ISO 14001 certificate for Environmental Management since 2011. We continue to raise awareness among our employees of the energy (and resources) they consume individually.

By 2019, the Reynaers Campus will be powered by 100% renewable energy in partnership with Eoly.

We recently finished an extensive, energy-efficient extension and renovation project of the buildings at the company headquarters. All subsidiaries who plan renovations or extensions go the extra green mile to achieve the best energy efficient and future proof realisations.

Every year, almost 6,000 full truckloads leave our distribution centre at our headquarters, heading to clients in Belgium and abroad. To reduce the ecological impact of our transport, we continuously analyse and optimize our transport routes. We select our transport partners for their green commitments and the density of their networks in the concerning region to avoid empty kilometres. Our customers benefit from our strong logistics organisation, which enables us to quickly deliver products from our various distribution centres worldwide. The purchase department always considers local purchasing (quality vs transport).

At our headquarters, we actively promote our WOOW mobility plan. We offer our employees several advantages if they go by bike (company bicycles or e-bikes), public transport or when carpooling. Next to this, the CO2 emission is a defining decision criterion in the selection of company cars. The new parking at the campus now has several parking spaces with charging stations for electric cars.

In the headquarters, 25 rooms have the best video conference technology installed, which reduce business trips extensively.

 

Our employees benefit from personal support & coaching. We organize several internal training programs to enhance job-specific skills and provide thorough training to new employees. To promote inclusion, we set up intensive language programs for our foreign colleagues. Every 2 years, we distribute an ‘Employee Satisfaction Survey’ to measure the engagement of our people and to find out how we can create the ideal workplace. Moreover, we try to create a true Reynaers community by bringing our people together on various events.

At Reynaers, we enable our employees to better manage their work-life balance by offering flexible working hours and working-time models.

We organize and support different actions and social organisations. For example, Reynaers headquarters has been organising a yearly Community Day since 2007. On this day, Reynaers volunteers team up and devote an entire working day to several social organisations.