Our CSR policy
Our purpose being to move towards a circular economy, we work every day to improve our CSR performance.
Our CSR policy determines the focus for work in the company in terms of CSR. Each year a CSR committee, consisting of some fifteen employees representing the complete range of diversity in terms of the services and business lines in the company, gathers proposals and determines the CSR projects on which the company will actively work to achieve its goals in terms of improvement.
Working groups, consisting of experts but also novices on the subject with a real interest in the advancement of the issue, are formed to move the company forward on a specific issue. For example, one group is working on reducing our energy consumption, another on reorganizing workstations to improve working conditions using the 5S method.
A 3-year CSR policy based on 4 pillars:
Product & process innovation
Imagine products of tomorrow that are more sustainable and continuously optimize our manufacturing processes
Social & ethics
Improve working conditions to promote the well-being of our employees while continuing to encourage inclusion and diversity
Environment
Evaluate and reduce our carbon footprint while raising awareness among all stakeholders (employees, suppliers, etc.)
Responsible purchasing
Encourage our suppliers to adopt a CSR approach and prioritize more ecological modes of transportation
Innovate to design the products of tomorrow
Bong is committed to constantly innovating to meet the needs of its customers. We continuously optimize our manufacturing processes to create the packaging solutions of tomorrow: products that are more environmentally friendly and made in Europe, close to our customers. Innovation is at the heart of our activities and partnerships: we collaborate with engineering companies to improve our processes and have an “Innovation” department within our factory.
Our CSR commitments focused on innovation for 2024-2026:
- Contribute to European reindustrialisation
- Design the products of tomorrow at attractive prices: offer more environmentally friendly (packaging, conditioning) and reusable solutions.
Ensure the well-being of our employees and encourage inclusion and diversity
Bong is stepping up its social commitment by launching concrete initiatives aimed at improving workplace well-being, promoting teamwork, supporting professional development through training, and enhancing access to employment opportunities for all.
Our social and ethical commitments for 2024-2026:
- Implementing project-based work for CSR initiatives
- Ensuring a minimum of one training/awareness day per person annually
- Ensuring that the company’s code of ethics and values are respected
- Increasing employee awareness regarding CO2 emissions
- Providing opportunities for employees to engage in physical activities
Raising awareness about the environment
We are committed to continuously reducing the environmental footprint of our operations by fostering a culture of sustainability through raising awareness among our employees and customers. Following our initial carbon footprint assessment, we have implemented multiple actions to reduce our consumption and waste. In 2024, we are intensifying our efforts by extending the measurement of our CO2 emissions to all our production sites. Concurrently, we are enhancing our initiatives to educate and train our employees in eco-responsible practices.
Our environmental CSR commitments for 2024-2026:
- Reduce our environmental impact by decreasing water, energy, paper consumption, and waste production
- Measure our greenhouse gas emissions for each of our sites through carbon footprint assessments
- Stimulate employee participation in CSR initiatives
- Encourage our customers to collaborate with us in reducing CO2 emissions by providing product emission information at the quoting stage
Adopt a purchasing policy more focused on CSR
We aim to raise awareness of the importance of sustainable development not only among our teams but also among our suppliers. Each year, sending out a dedicated social and environmental responsibility form helps us better understand our suppliers’ commitments and encourages them to make progress by reducing their carbon footprint and strengthening their social initiatives.
Our CSR commitments related to our purchasing policy for 2024-2026:
- Encourage our suppliers to adopt sustainable development practices
- Favour maritime and rail transport for our raw materials and finished products
Some CSR actions in pictures
An external plan to support our customers
We are deploying a plan to support our customers in their ecological transition by adapting our production facilities to new paper products, to help them replace plastic. As a result, for each request for a plastic-based product, we undertake to propose a greener, paper-based alternative.
CSR Report 2022-2023
As a partner committed to our customers and the preservation of the environment, we work every day to improve our CSR performance. In 2024, we are publishing a new CSR report that compiles all the actions we were able to take in 2022 and 2023, thanks to the involvement of our stakeholders, to reduce our carbon footprint while ensuring that we value our employees and innovate to meet our customers’ challenges. Our aim is to establish a culture of sustainable development. It’s a real source of satisfaction to see that, little by little, each department is integrating CSR into its operations, and that our efforts are producing results.
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