Dauphin Worldwide Headquarters,Offenhousen, Germany
Since the early 1990s, the Dauphin group has embarked on a program of environmental management, culminating in 1996 in the publication of a mission statement on environmental issues. This statement was intended to guide both product development and actual manufacturing practices at Dauphin locations around the world. These activities reflect the personal ethos of the founding family and company stakeholders. They welcomed the requirements of European Union regulations on the Recycling of Materials and Products, which makes European manufacturers responsible for the waste they produce. This same environmentally friendly attitude is embraced by the United States of America and Dauphin finds itself well positioned and able to comply with the standards being established in the United States.
Dauphin Environmental Vision
It is our vision to continue to manufacture all of our products in a sound environmentally-friendly manner and to ensure that our company continuously improves and develops both healthy and safe environmental procedures. We also strive to educate our employees and our customers on the importance of our environment and how, together, we can make a difference by protecting it.
Dauphin has been aiming above and beyond the environmental standards for years. In November 2002, our Green efforts resulted in ISO-14001 certification and we continue to advance our environmental efforts dailyas we continue our journey for a responsible and environmentally-aware lifestyle.
Manufacturing Measures
- Starting with design, the overall quantity of materials required is reduced.
- Chairs are made from recycled metal.
- All components can be replaced and some of them can be retrofitted to expand the product life.
- The packaging consists of cardboard which is manufactured using recycled material and PE film (polyethylene film) which contains approximately 30 % recycled material.
- Fabric, foam scraps, and discarded cardboard packaging are bundled and recycled.
- Mixed waste passes through a sorting system to ensure that the largest possible quantity of waste can be recycled.
- Full return recycle guarantee: once the chair is no longer needed, we take it back and recycle its parts.
- We use an independent transportation company to deliver our products instead of our own fleet of trucks. By doing this, we avoid running empty vehicles to return to the factory after deliveries.
- Chairs are manufactured closest to the customer in order to reduce transportation costs: Dauphin operates nine production sites across
Dauphin Environmental Mission
Our mission is to design and manufacture furniture which is visually appealing, affordable, well-engineered and environmentally respon- sible. By doing so, we reduce the use of fresh raw materials, energy usage and greenhouse gas to help preserve the natural environment.
Estimated Recycled Results for 2007
