Compliance

Sustainable development goals

We see no conflict between doing good and doing business. That’s why our goals are set in collaboration with our employees, our suppliers, and our customers. Our current ambitions include diversity in the workforce, decent jobs and economic growth, circular resource management, reduction of waste, reduction of carbon emissions, and improved supply chain sustainability.

* Includes Scope1 and Scope 2 against base year 2021

** Against base year 2020/21:

Karosta I - max 140 tn/year

Karosta II - max 180 tn/year

*** Lost time injury (LTI) severity rate for direct workforce - (number of days lost due to injuries) x 1,000 / total hours worked

Our production units are approved by the local environmental authorities. We make an active effort to ensure that all regulations and environmental approvals are complied with.

We constantly work to:

• identify methods and chemicals that have less impact on the environment,
• introduce energy optimisation that has an overall positive impact on our environment.

Jensen Metal has obtained ISO 14001:2015 certification to demonstrate that we strive to systematically manage our environmental responsibilities in a way that contributes to the environmental pillar of sustainability. ISO 14001:2015 specifies requirements for an environmental management system that an organisation can use to improve its environmental performance. ISO 14001:2015 helps an organisation to achieve the intended results of an environmental management system that provides value to the environment, the organisation and its stakeholders.

EcoVadis is the world’s largest and most trusted provider of business sustainability ratings, creating a global network of more than 100,000+ rated companies.

We take sustainability – including environmental protection and social responsibility – seriously. That's why we work with the external auditing body, EcoVadis, who examine our activities and provide us with feedback for improvements.

We want our conduct and behaviour to set an example in our business and we make sure that our entire team adheres to the code of conduct. The code of conduct ensures that our business standards are upheld, and we urge our business partners to also commit to the code of conduct.

To reach Jensen Metal mission and goals we realize that the business shall be conducted in accordance with the principles of respecting the rights of individual, fair business practices and rule of law.

REACH Declaration

None of the products we sell, or manufacture are affected by the European Parliament and the Council Regulation (EC) No. 1907/2006 of 18 December 2006 concerning the Registration, Evaluation, Authorisation and Restriction of Chemicals (REACH).

The regulation stipulates that manufacturers and importers must register any chemicals/substances of which they import over 1000 kilos per year.

It also requires that customers are informed if the customers’ product contains a concentration of over 0.1% of any substances on the candidate list. A third requirement is that they must not use any substances on the list in annex XVII.

Jensen Metal fully complies with these requirements. In addition, Jensen Metal does not use any non-EU suppliers of substances and materials.

RoHS Declaration

Jensen Metal confirms that any components manufactured by us comply with the European Parliament and the Council Directive 2011/65/EU of 8 June 2011 on the restriction of the use of certain hazardous substances in electrical and electronic equipment.

For the purposes of this Directive, the following substances (homogeneous materials) are subject to restrictions which imply that no more than the maximum concentration value by weight, as specified in Annex II, shall be tolerated:

• Lead (0.1%)
• Mercury (0.1%)
• Cadmium (0.01%)
• Hexavalent chromium (0.1%)
• Polybrominated biphenyls (0.1%)
• Polybrominated diphenyl ethers (0.1%)

Conflict minerals

No product produced and delivered by Jensen Metal contain conflict minerals – tin, tantalum, tungsten and gold – originating from the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) or surrounding countries and regions.