Cor­po­ra­te Code of Con­duct

As an inter­na­tio­nal­ly ope­ra­ting com­pa­ny with sub­si­dia­ries in various Euro­pean count­ries, as well as a wide ran­ge of sup­pli­ers and tra­ding part­ners world­wi­de, we have com­mit­ted our­sel­ves to respon­si­ble and lawful con­duct as fun­da­men­tal pre­re­qui­si­tes for the suc­cess of our com­pa­ny.

Our Values

What we belie­ve in, what we stand for, and why peo­p­le are at the cen­ter of ever­y­thing we do.

  • We respect peo­p­le, the envi­ron­ment, and nature—without excep­ti­on.
  • We respect the laws and cul­tures of the count­ries in which we ope­ra­te.
  • We live and work accor­ding to ethi­cal prin­ci­ples and gene­ral­ly reco­gni­zed legal stan­dards.
  • We honor the inte­rests of our cus­to­mers, employees, part­ners, and sup­pli­ers.
  • We main­tain an open and con­s­truc­ti­ve dia­lo­gue with all socie­tal groups.
  • We act in an envi­ron­men­tal­ly con­scious man­ner, sus­tain­ab­ly pro­tec­ting the cli­ma­te and resour­ces.
  • We are com­mit­ted to being an excel­lent com­pa­ny.
  • We always act honest­ly and with inte­gri­ty.
  • Our actions com­ply with Ger­man legis­la­ti­on, EU direc­ti­ves, the UN Coven­ant on Eco­no­mic, Social and Cul­tu­ral Rights, the UN Coven­ant on Civil and Poli­ti­cal Rights, the UN Con­ven­ti­on on the Rights of the Child, and the Euro­pean Con­ven­ti­on on Human Rights.

Imple­men­ta­ti­on of Our Values is Reflec­ted in the Fol­lo­wing Are­as:

1. Envi­ron­ment and Recy­cling
  • As a par­ti­al­ly ener­gy-inten­si­ve com­pa­ny, we ope­ra­te our own pho­to­vol­taic sys­tem to cover a lar­ge part of our ener­gy needs with self-pro­du­ced elec­tri­ci­ty. All ener­gy-con­sum­ing sys­tems are main­tai­ned accor­ding to the latest tech­no­lo­gy to keep ener­gy con­sump­ti­on as low as pos­si­ble.
  • All employees are encou­ra­ged to use resour­ces and raw mate­ri­als spa­rin­gly.
  • Resi­du­al mate­ri­als are sor­ted and dis­po­sed of or recy­cled in an envi­ron­men­tal­ly respon­si­ble man­ner accor­ding to the type of mate­ri­al.

2. Employees

Occu­pa­tio­nal Safe­ty and Health Pro­tec­tion:
  • GÜNTHER ensu­res work­place safe­ty and health pro­tec­tion at least in accordance with legal requi­re­ments.
  • Our safe­ty offi­cer con­ti­nuous­ly moni­tors com­pli­ance with the appli­ca­ble stan­dards.
  • Employees under­go regu­lar occu­pa­tio­nal health check-ups and recei­ve trai­ning on work­place and health safe­ty.
Trai­ning and Con­ti­nuing Edu­ca­ti­on:
  • The trai­ning of our own juni­or staff and the con­ti­nuous qua­li­fi­ca­ti­on of employees form the basis of our suc­cess. We pro­vi­de voca­tio­nal trai­ning in tech­ni­cal and com­mer­cial pro­fes­si­ons.
  • An inter­nal con­ti­nuing edu­ca­ti­on pro­gram is an inte­gral part of our per­son­nel manage­ment.
Diver­si­ty Manage­ment:
  • The com­pa­ny ensu­res that no one is dis­ad­van­ta­ged due to eth­nic ori­gin, gen­der, reli­gi­on or belief, disa­bi­li­ty, age, or sexu­al iden­ti­ty in hiring, dis­mis­sal, pro­mo­ti­on, pay, or employee inter­ac­tion.
Work – Life – Balan­ce:
  • To help employees balan­ce work and fami­ly, we offer fle­xi­ble working hours and a working time account.
  • After the birth of a child, GÜNTHER faci­li­ta­tes reen­try into the work­force.
  • For employees with per­ma­nent con­tracts, we offer a com­pa­ny pen­si­on sche­me.

3. Socie­ty
Com­mu­ni­ca­ti­on with Inter­nal and Exter­nal Part­ners:
  • Open com­mu­ni­ca­ti­on is essen­ti­al for us to ali­gn expec­ta­ti­ons and posi­ti­ons and to make decis­i­ons trans­pa­rent. Employees are regu­lar­ly infor­med about cur­rent events, future deve­lo­p­ments within the com­pa­ny, and trends in the indus­try.
  • In regu­lar dis­cus­sions with cus­to­mers and sup­pli­ers, joint suc­ces­ses are review­ed, and new goals are defi­ned.
  • We main­tain clo­se col­la­bo­ra­ti­on with the asso­cia­ti­ons that are important to us.
4. Sus­taina­bi­li­ty in Sup­pli­er Rela­ti­onships
  • Sus­taina­bi­li­ty is a fun­da­men­tal part of our busi­ness and pro­cu­re­ment stra­tegy. The­r­e­fo­re, we con­sis­t­ent­ly imple­ment our high stan­dards, as well as the sus­taina­bi­li­ty requi­re­ments of our cus­to­mers, in sup­pli­er rela­ti­onships on a part­ner­ship basis.
  • Sup­pli­er sel­ec­tion and deve­lo­p­ment always take envi­ron­men­tal pro­tec­tion and labor and social stan­dards into account along­side eco­no­mic con­side­ra­ti­ons.
Labor Stan­dards:
  • We requi­re all sup­pli­ers to uphold human rights, free­dom of employ­ment, the pro­hi­bi­ti­on of child labor, free­dom of asso­cia­ti­on, and equa­li­ty of oppor­tu­ni­ty. We expect working hours, wages, and social bene­fits to at least meet legal requi­re­ments and ali­gn with indus­try stan­dards in the respec­ti­ve coun­try.
  • Safe­ty and occu­pa­tio­nal health at every work­place must com­ply with appli­ca­ble natio­nal stan­dards. Every sup­pli­er is com­mit­ted to impro­ving and con­ti­nuous­ly deve­lo­ping the working envi­ron­ment.
Busi­ness Ethics:
  • A high level of inte­gri­ty is expec­ted in all sup­pli­er rela­ti­onships. Employees and busi­ness part­ners are requi­red to make busi­ness decis­i­ons sole­ly on objec­ti­ve grounds. Any form of per­so­nal gain is strict­ly pro­hi­bi­ted.
  • Laws that pro­tect and pro­mo­te fair com­pe­ti­ti­on must be obser­ved. Sup­pli­ers are obli­ged to tre­at all non-public com­mer­cial and tech­ni­cal infor­ma­ti­on ari­sing from the sup­pli­er rela­ti­onship as con­fi­den­ti­al.
Envi­ron­men­tal Pro­tec­tion and Pro­duct Safe­ty:
  • Sup­pli­ers, as well as GÜNTHER’s inter­nal pro­duct deve­lo­p­ment, must proac­tively con­sider sus­tainable envi­ron­men­tal poli­ci­es for all pro­ducts and their manu­fac­tu­ring. Pro­ducts must be asses­sed for envi­ron­men­tal stan­dards during deve­lo­p­ment, and the pro­duct life­cy­cle through to recy­cling must be eva­lua­ted. Envi­ron­men­tal­ly fri­end­ly and resour­ce-effi­ci­ent manu­fac­tu­ring pro­ces­ses are expec­ted and requi­red.
  • All pro­ducts and ser­vices must meet the con­trac­tual­ly agreed cri­te­ria for qua­li­ty and pro­duct safe­ty upon deli­very.