MILESTONES OF SUSTAINABILITY

 

1980

  • Establishment of the Safety and Environmental Protection department

1987

  • Establishment of the Leisure, Sports and Cultural Committee

1988

  • Creation of an integrated management system covering quality, environmental protection, health and safety

1990

  • BAUER und MOURIK Umwelttechnik GmbH is the first company specializing in environmental technology

1991

  • Production of the first Social Report
  • Contribution to the definition of various trades

1995

  • Production of the first company eco-statement
  • First audit by an eco-auditor

1996

  • First registration as an EMAS-tested company operating an environmental management system
  • Sign-up to the Bavarian Eco-Pact
  • Founding member of the Association for Ethical Management in the Construction Industry

1997

  • First certification of ethics management

2004

  • Establishment of the BAUER Foundation

2005

  • Founding of BAUER Umwelt GmbH as a holding company for the Group’s environmental businesses

2006

  • First employee satisfaction survey

2007

  • Establishment of the Resources segment and focus on the topics of water, the environment, energy and mineral resources
  • Drafting of a Group-wide set of guidelines
  • First external certification of the health and safety management system

2009

  • BAUER Group publishes its first Sustainability Report for the years 2007/2008
  • Largest capital investment programme in company history is completed: opening of new head office administration building in Schrobenhausen and of Edelshausen plant; inauguration of machinery manufacturing plant in Conroe, Texas, USA
  • When establishing new production and office facilities, or when extending existing facilities, we thoroughly investigate all possibilities for using renewable energy and saving energy.

2010

Oman treatment plant
  • 20 years of environmental technology in the BAUER Group
  • Completion of the BAUER Group’s first large-scale reed-bed treatment plant in the Sultanate of Oman
  • Opening of the BAUER Training Center
  • Opening of the training circuit at the Aresing plant and licensing of BAUER Training Center GmbH as the first institution in Germany accredited to conduct drilling rig and pile-driver operator’s permit testing