Green Policy
Lightware’s commitment to environmental sustainability: Prevent and minimize pollution from manufacturing, packaging and daily operation
Sustaining Our Commitment to the Environment
Reduce carbon footprint on transportation by in-house design and manufacturing
Simple product and package designs to reduce use of chemical painting
Consciously reduced accessories for minimal amount of wiring
Minimal design
recycled paper packaging
Smart and effective
package layout
Outgoing deliveries are
consolidated to save fuel
Healthy and Sustainable Operation
Minimize paper waste
Digital documents and emails preferred over prints
Use recycled paper when printing is necessary
Energy efficient lighting
LED-based solutions for all new lights
Waste management
Collect metal, paper, and plastics selectively for recycling
Collect, reuse, recycle and appropriately treat electrical and electronic equipment waste
Eco cleaning materials
We exclusively use environment-friendly and biodegradable cleaning materials
Room Automation
Optimized costs and smaller environmental footprint by reducing control units
Enable users to optimize resources
(e.g. lights, heat)
Turn off equipment automatically
Built-in Room Automation Solutions
Lightware Advanced Room Automation
LARA’s vision is to provide a future-proof room automation platform for system integrators so they can seamlessly and effectively support people's virtual or in-person collaboration
Event Manager
The Event Manager is a smart, built-in, room control feature in the Lightware HDBaseT compatible TPS extender family. With this, you don’t have to deal with complicated controls, because the Event Manager gives you the exact amount of control you need
Employees
We encourage, support and provide conditions for everyone to think and act green whenever possible.
Home office for less commuting
2 home office days per week for those whose jobs allow it
We support employees in purchasing the necessary equipment
Choose ‘green’ options for transportation
Employees are encouraged to use public transportation, electric cars or bikes
Electric carsharing is part of employees’ salary package
Posters to remind people to be eco friendly
Use stairs instead of elevators
Shut down power at the end of the day
Use selective waste bins etc.
Making a Difference Through Business
We constantly review our activities and set goals to reduce our impact on the environment
We pay attention to monitoring, evaluating and refining our energy consumption and waste management
We participate regularly in Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) events and actions.
Besides ad hoc events, the Lightware team cleans a designated area of trash in the city on the annual ‘Clean‑Up Day’, under the Let’s Clean Up Europe initiative.
We are committed to the principles of the United Nations Global Compact
The United Nations Global Compact asks companies to develop and implement their activities and strategies based on universally accepted principles of human rights, labor, environment protection, and anti-corruption, thereby contributing to the achievement of UN objectives. It is a fundamental expectation of companies to avoid human rights violations and to provide appropriate responses to any case associated with such breaches, whether it is a result of their own actions or their business connections. Lightware is committed to follow these principles and actively promote sustainable corporate practices. These principles are not just guidelines for us but they form the foundation of our business activities, influencing our decisions and actions every day.
The principles of the UN Global Compact are as follows:
Human Rights
- Principle 1: Companies support and respect the protection of international human rights.
- Principle 2: Companies make every effort to avoid any association with human rights violations.
Labor
- Principle 3: Companies acknowledge the right to assemble and engage in collective conversations.
- Principle 4: The elimination of all forms of forced and compulsory labor.
- Principle 5: The effective abolition of child labor.
- Principle 6: The elimination of discrimination related to employment and occupation.
Environment Protection
- Principle 7: Companies support a precautionary approach to environmental challenges.
- Principle 8: Companies launch initiatives to promote wider environmental responsibility.
- Principle 9: Companies back the development and widespread of eco-friendly technologies.
Anti-Corruption
- Principle 10: Companies work against all forms of corruption, including extortion and bribery.