The idea of sustainable business is particularly close to us, and stems from the family roots of the company. economic development goes hand in hand with care for the local community and the natural environment.
Mutual respect, honesty, and tolerance are foundations on which we build relations in our teams. The sum of these good practices turns us into an increasingly better employer and reliable business partner.
Recycled plastics
Out of our many environmental activities, one should specifically mention the so-called RE-PET solution, which significantly reduces water and land pollution.
Environmental organizations’ reports estimate that plastic consumption in Western Europe alone amounts to ca. 150 kilograms per person per year. In order not to contribute to the production of such gigantic amounts of waste, we’ve started the project recently to switch to recycled plastics.
Reduced use of plastic
Seeking further opportunities to reduce the use of plastic, as standard secondary packaging we introduced trays with higher sides. By doing so, we eliminated additional protection made from shrink film.
This new solution efficiently protects products during transportation, and at the same time is a green alternative to plastic, allowing us to reduce nearly 2 kilograms of plastic from every pallet. But this is not the end of the plastic reduction plan. In the years to follow, we anticipate reducing it to even 30%, which translates into 121 tons a year.
Recycled raw materials
The idea of using recycled raw materials also applies to metal and glass. The advantage is that such materials can be recycled numerous times without loss of quality.
Our suppliers take every effort to maximize recycling efficiency, which in practice means that the recycling rate is 81% for glass waste, and 74.5% for aluminum packs.
Trusted trading partners
We communicate the idea of responsible business both among employees, and trading partners. It is one of the criteria used for supplier selection, as it is our deepest desire to make sure that respect for the environment and for people unites everybody who works for us.
Employee support
Employees are the most valuable resource of our organization. It is them who through engagement, knowledge, and skills contribute to the development of our company.
Our intention is to give them such support that will not only satisfy their economic needs, but also inspire them to take up professional development, and in effect give a feeling of satisfaction and fulfillment. That is why we invest in training courses thanks to which our employees will be able to fully use their potential – at work, and in private life.
In a crisis situation, like the epidemic risk, we provide all possible security measures, and introduce appropriate procedures having the wellbeing of our team in mind.
Equal opportunities
We are convinced that the competencies of an employee are based on his or her experience and not on gender.
At Krynica Vitamin we guarantee equal opportunities to both women and men, and note that 55% of key managerial positions are held by females.
Facing the crisis
In the face of a crisis we respond dynamically and effectively. In the light of the global outbreak of COVID-19 epidemic we started up an unused production line to manufacture a hand sanitizer.
The Hygea Med sanitizer became our response to local market needs caused by the coronavirus pandemic threat. Watching closely the developments in Poland and the world we gave top priority to the production of a disinfectant, to provide customers and consumers with a product for personal protection.
