Code of Conduct

1. Compliance with the law

Schollglas complies with the applicable laws and regulations in all countries in which Schollglas does business. These include, in particular, recognised human rights regulations, occupational health and safety law, anti-corruption law, data protection law, competition law, antitrust law and environmental law.

2. Avoiding conflicts of interest

Schollglas takes care to avoid conflicts of interest as much as possible. Insofar as conflicts of interest could arise, Schollglas will try to counter such conflicts of interest in each individual case with precautionary measures in order to prevent them from arising.

3. Fair competition

Schollglas will live an honest, fair, responsible and performance-based competition.
Schollglas does not engage in or tolerate any unlawful competition practices or agreements under antitrust law.

Schollglas also does not tolerate active or passive bribery or acceptance of benefits.

Corruption and inadmissible forms of political influence are not tolerated or supported by Schollglas. Only gifts grown out of tradition on special occasions on a small scale are tolerated.

Criminal acts in competition will not be tolerated by Schollglas.

4. Money laundering prevention

Schollglas complies with all relevant legal regulations for money laundering prevention and does not participate in money laundering activities.

5. Equal treatment and non-discrimination

Schollglas promotes diversity in the company and does not tolerate unequal treatment or discrimination in the employment and employment of employees (ILO Conventions No. 100 and No. 11). Only an objective reason can justify unequal treatment in an individual case, insofar as this corresponds to the statutory provision.

6. Occupational health and safety / forced labour

Schollglas strictly rejects child labour and complies with the applicable provisions prohibiting child labour (ILO Conventions No. 138 and No. 182).

Schollglas does not tolerate forced labour in any form and does not use any form of forced labour (ILO Conventions No. 29 and No. 105).

Schollglas also ensures that workers are not subjected to inhuman or degrading treatment, corporal punishment or similar effects.

The safety of people, especially towards employees, is important to Schollglas.
That is why Schollglas offers a safe and healthy working environment, safety-relevant measures and the safety of its products and services.

Schollglas eliminates and minimises, where possible and justifiable, all hazards in the working environment, on the basis of the general level of knowledge in the field of safety and health for Schollglas’ respective sectors of activity.

Schollglas complies with the applicable laws and standards on occupational health and safety and working hours.

7. Workers’ rights

Schollglas respects the rights of employees to form employee representation by free election and to conduct collective bargaining for employees in accordance with the respective national legislation, as well as to advocate for the protection of the rights of employees in the respective affiliated companies.

Schollglas remunerates employees appropriately and in accordance with the respective national laws and standards.

As far as possible and justifiable, Schollglas has work performed on the basis of a regular employment relationship as defined by the respective national laws.

8. Sustainability and environmental protection

Schollglas complies with all relevant environmental laws and current environmental standards.

Schollglas is aware that sustainability of production and business activities should be achieved as far as possible and justifiable.

In this context, Schollglas strives to develop products that are as recyclable as possible, to avoid waste or to recycle it in the best possible way before possible disposal, and, as far as possible and justifiable, to handle resources carefully, such as water and energy, and to continuously optimise the use of resources.

Schollglas complies with all legal regulations, directives and regulations in the field of regulated substances, such as the REACH Directive, the RoHS Directive, the CLP Regulation, etc.

With regard to so-called conflict minerals, Schollglas also complies with the relevant legal regulations and regulations, such as the EU Conflict Minerals Regulation (Regulation (EU) 2017/821), the US Dodd-Frank Act, etc.

9. Product safety

The safety, reliability, quality and performance of the products are essential for Schollglas.

All Schollglas products must therefore comply with national and international legal standards, technical standards such as DIN standards and association standards, as well as internal quality guidelines.

10. Confidentiality and data protection

Schollglas complies with all legal regulations on data protection.

The confidentiality of trade and trade secrets is maintained by Schollglas and its employees.

11. Export/Import and Sanctions

With regard to its global business orientation, Schollglas ensures compliance with all existing laws and regulations for the import and export of goods, services and information, as well as the applicable embargoes and sanctions.

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