As a corporate citizen the HARTING Technology Group is consistently aware of its social responsibility (CSR) and has anchored this position firmly in its company philosophy. Now the company’s management system for the awareness and assumption of societal responsibility has been certified by DQS – a project that is unique in Germany to date.
“It is a great honor for us, as the first German company, to receive the certification on the awareness of our societal responsibility from DQS. We made a very conscious decision to take this step, as we would like to set a standard with regard to how companies and organizations can provide information on their societal responsibility. We regard auditing by an independent third party as an appropriate approach. I would like to thank Michael Drechsel, the Managing Director of DQS, that were have been able to jointly initiate and successfully implement this project,” as Dietmar Harting, President and personally liable partner of the HARTING Technology Group summed up the significance of the certificate for his company on the occasion of the award ceremony.
Michael Drechsel, DQS managing director, commented on the commitment of the Technology Group as follows: “Once again, HARTING has taken the lead. The certification represents a key step in the direction of higher transparency with regard to the awareness of societal responsibility in German companies. I am certain that other companies will follow in the near future.”
In obtaining the certification on societal responsibility HARTING is primarily concerned with taking account of increasing customer demands for ethically correct behavior in the supply and value creation chain in the best possible manner. In view of the multitude of individual customer behaviorcodices and the high time and cost input required for the specific individual implementation, HARTING regards the certification as an active step towards further improving customer care and focus.
