Sustainability as a voluntary commitment

The term “sustainability” has been a key concept in German forestry in the Erzgebirge for some 250 years and it still remains part of our local culture today. People here in the Erzgebirge have always been shaped by mining and forestry, and by the wooden toy makers who have a particular interest in wood as a natural material.

Conscious of the need to preserve our world, we are constantly striving to improve ourselves and focus, among other things, on what are today seen as the three pillars of sustainability:

Environmental Sustainability

  • Using wood and wood-based materials from sustainable forestry
  • Purchasing, where possible, components from local suppliers (e. g. turned components, round bars, wooden blocks)
  • Heating using our own wood waste by means of a biomass furnace with shredder and briquette press
  • Replacing bit by bit the PE bags we originally used as product packaging with compostable bags made from renewable raw materials
  • Gradually replacing the bubble wrap we use for protecting packaged goods with natural reusable, recycled packaging paper
  • The development and production of wooden toys concentrates on durable natural materials, and a safe and sustainable production process
  • Ensuring that the craft-based production of wooden toys is retained as part of our culture and that in the future it gains even greater regard
  • CO2-free shipping with GLS

Environmental Sustainability

  • Using wood and wood-based materials from sustainable forestry
  • Purchasing, where possible, components from local suppliers (e. g. turned components, round bars, wooden blocks)
  • Heating using our own wood waste by means of a biomass furnace with shredder and briquette press
  • Replacing bit by bit the PE bags we originally used as product packaging with compostable bags made from renewable raw materials
  • Gradually replacing the bubble wrap we use for protecting packaged goods with natural reusable, recycled packaging paper
  • The development and production of wooden toys concentrates on durable natural materials, and a safe and sustainable production process
  • Ensuring that the craft-based production of wooden toys is retained as part of our culture and that in the future it gains even greater regard
  • CO2-free shipping with GLS

Economic Sustainability

  • Our principal corporate policy is long-term economic success and performance not the short-term pursuit of profit
  • We strive to maintain long-term business relationships with our customers and suppliers

Social Sustainability

  • Dealing with employees, customers and suppliers in an appreciative and respectful manner
  • Involving employees in processes to encourage personal responsibility
  • Encouraging older employees to pass on their experience to younger employees
  • Cultivating a culture of mutual responsibility, sincerity, decency, reliability and honesty
  • Bringing intercultural expertise to everything we do