Success for generations: environmental protection at WAGO

At WAGO, we see environmental protection not only as compliance with environmental protection requirements.

As a growing company, our commitment to the environment drives our efforts to deliver new ideas, new concepts and new technologies along the product lifecycle. Here our employees and business partners support us.

Business growth also leads to higher consumption of resources. We have realized that the economic success of a company also depends on the achievement of environmental goals.As a manufacturing company, we therefore support developments that make a contribution to environmental protection. In doing so, we always pursue individual material flows along the value chain, because we see resources, product design, production and consumption as a whole.With our environmental management system certified in accordance with DIN EN ISO 14001, we ensure that the required national and international requirements are complied with in all areas of the company and that the concept of environmental protection is practiced in all corporate processes. In addition, WAGO is pursuing further efforts in the field of environmental protection that go far beyond the requirements of ISOSome examples include the recycling of plastics, resource savings on product and packaging materials, the use of recycled paper throughout the company, the introduction of e-filling stations and the use of waste heat from production processes.

Product-related environmental protection plays a significant role in WAGO's sustainable environmental management. We place high priority on ensuring adherence to substance prohibitions/limitations worldwide (e.g., REACH, RoHS). Further information about REACH and ROHS can be found on our site ”Environmental Product Compliance Search.”

This relates to the EU directive that regulates the use of hazardous substances in equipment and components. In addition to reducing impacts on people and the environment, the regulation’s goal is to improve possibilities for recycling. WAGO closely monitors RoHS developments and promptly respond accordingly to any changes in these requirements. Further information about ROHS can be found on our site ”Environmental Product Compliance Search.”

On 01.06.2007 the regulation (EC) no. 1907/2006 (REACH regulation) came into force and since then forms a valid legal basis for all EU member states. To protect human health and the environment, this EU Chemicals Regulation aims to classify and identify all chemicals, including their effects.

The REACH Regulation creates specific obligations for each actor in the supply chain. The products manufactured by WAGO are to be designated as products in the sense of the regulation. Since products are not subject to registration, WAGO usually assumes the role of the downstream user in the supply chain. WAGO therefore has an obligation to provide information along the supply chain in accordance with REACH Article 33. WAGO is naturally aware of this obligation.

The WEEE Directive 2012/19/EU regulates the take-back and recycling of electrical and electronic devices. Manufacturers and importers of electrical and electronic devices are obliged to be registered as “WEEE Manufacturer” and to comply with the requirements for reporting and acceptance of returned goods. We have always taken adherence to the WEEE legal regulations very seriously – for our own benefit as well as for the recognized interests of our customers.

Only a few of our projects fall under the purview of the WEEE Directives and the Member State Implementation Laws. We have marked these products as WEEE-compliant wherever such a mark is prescribed by law (which is not uniformly mandated for the B2B area across all Europe).

For more information regarding the WEEE directive please, contact ehs-product-compliance@wago.com.