Sustainability Network in the Mexican Automotive Supply Chain Content

Sustainability Network in the Mexican Automotive Supply Chain Content Preface – Continental AG 3 The Network 4 The Objectives 4 The Process 5 The Network partners 6 – DEG 6 – Continental AG 7 – Arqum GmbH 8 Company pages 9 The Results 19 Imprint Editor: Arqum, Gesellschaft für Arbeitssicherheits-, Qualitäts- und Umweltmanagement mbH Leonrodstraße 54, D-80636 Munich Desing and Layout: kreativmandat, Munich Text, pictures and photographs: – Arqum GmbH – Deutsche Investitions- und Entwicklungsgesellschaft – Continental AG – Appearing companies The companies are responsible for all company- related information and data published in this booklet. Edition: September 2017 2 Sustainability Network in the Mexican Automotive Supply Chain 3 Preface Continental AG Suppliers as Partners in Environmental structures, productivity, employee retention, and Protection competitiveness. In six to eight full-day seminars, the suppliers’ energy and environmental managers are given practical training in basic knowledge, One important factor for the implementation of the proven methods, and technological and organiza- environmental strategy 2020 is the sustainability of tional solutions for more efficient operational use the supply chain. Continental aims to raise aware- of resources and energy. In addition, possibilities ness of environmental and energy management for improving the collaboration with Continental in among its suppliers, particularly through improved the field of environmental and energy management networking and closer collaboration. This was are also developed. The topics and proposed meas- Continental’s aim when, for example, it launched ures developed together in the seminars are then a development partnership in Mexico, where we implemented at the respective production sites in have more than 120 local suppliers of electronic three-day consulting modules for each supplier. and mechanical components and providers of sur- face finishing and pre-assembly services. Select- ed suppliers in the Mexican states of Jalisco and Guanajuato are now being given training in the Findings to be applied internationally areas of environmental and energy management over a two-year period. Although many environ- In addition to the project’s development policy mental measures have already been implemented plans, which are particularly important to our successfully as a result of this collaboration in the project partners, we also aim to apply effective past few years, the systematic networking and col- solutions and best practices to other company laboration is still in its early stages and is to be de- locations and other regions as part of our corpo- veloped on the basis of specific projects. ration-wide environmental and climate protection strategy. In this way, we want to improve our joint environmental performance and operational effi- Sponsored project ensures transfer ciency in the Continental Corporation while also making an effective contribution to reducing the of expertise environmental impact. In this project, we want to promote environmental- ly friendly and resource-efficient business processes at our suppliers and thus make a contribution to sustainable economic growth in Mexico that goes beyond just a business relationship. For this reason, the project is supported by KfW-DEG, a development project company belonging to the state-owned KfW banking group, as part of its “develoPPP.de” support program. The resulting transfer of expertise not only benefits Continental, but can also be used by the suppliers to improve their own performance in environmental and energy Thomas Sewald, management - and thus also their operating cost Head of Corporate Environment 2 Sustainability Network in the Mexican Automotive Supply Chain 3 The Network One important factor for the implementation of Going beyond current practice of customer-supplier Continental’s environmental strategy 2020 “cre- cooperation, the network hence not only provides ating sustainable solutions” is improving the sus- a communication forum but also allows concrete tainability performance of its global supply chain. solutions to be jointly discussed, identified and op- Continental therefore entered into a collaborative erationalized and for them to be implemented into partnership with a group of suppliers in Mexico. their operations. For this reason, the project is sup- Together with Arqum GmbH, an international con- ported by DEG, the German Investment and Devel- sultancy for sustainability, the project “Sustain- opment Corporation, member of the state-owned ability Network in the Mexican Supply Chain” was KfW Banking Group, as part of its “develoPPP.de” launched in 2016. support program. The key idea of this network is to jointly identify “Closer networking and a more intensive exchange and tackle challenges for practically implementing of experiences between our suppliers in Mexico environmental protection and energy efficiency on are aimed at improving the environmental perfor- the basis of integrated approach to knowledge and mance of all project partners, including Continental best-practice sharing, onsite consultancy and tai- itself. In the end, it is primarily about making a joint lor-made training. contribution to sustainable development.” Jim Egner, Environmental Manager for NAFTA The Objectives The overall aim of the network is to foster sustain- The results help all participating companies to not ability in the Mexican automotive industry through only improve their environmental and energy per- improved environmental and energy performance. formance - but also reduce their operating costs, Following aims are therefore targeted: while at the same time increasing productivity, employee retention, and competitiveness. u Exchanging of experiences, know-how and best-practices u Developing capacities for sustainability and environmental management u Implementing concrete improvement actions u Facilitation of continuous improvement processes u Establishing foundations for systematic environmental and energy management u Demonstrating the benefits of investments + into green technology and solutions 6 2 WORKSHOPS WEBINARS ON SITE CONSULTANCY 30 VISITS 1INDIVIDUAL0 TRAININGS 4 Sustainability Network in the Mexican Automotive Supply Chain 5 The Process Going beyond current practices of collaboration u Operation and reduction of hazardous substances, between suppliers and customers, the Network calculation of economic viability, CO2 emissions, follows an integrated approach. It consists of three hazardous waste and waste reduction working modules which are implemented in paral- u PV and ventilation lel during a year: collaborative workshops, onsite consultancy and tailor-made training. In addition, possibilities for improving the collaboration with Continental in the field of environmen- In a series of 6 full-day professionally moderated tal and energy management are also developed. workshops, the energy and environmental managers of the participating supplier companies and Concurrently, an individual consultancy is conducted Continental sites exchange experiences and know- at each participating company. The consultancy how on proven methods, technological and organ- module aims at developing and implementing izational solutions for more efficient operational concrete and measurable action programs for im- use of resources and energy. Besides best-prac- proving energy efficiency and environmental man- ti ces presented by the managers themselves, experts agement. Therefore, the topics presented and dis- contribute presentations on the related topics. The cussed in the workshops are operationalized in the topics are selected jointly by the suppliers and Con- context of each individual company in line with a tinental and include: systematic procedure. u Environmental management and the transition As a third pillar of the project, tailor-made training to ISO 14001:2015, energy management accord- will be conducted in the participating companies ing to ISO 50001, lighting, staff motivation, in order to further raise environmental awareness waste water treatment and water management, and instruct experts of the respective company on data collection and data analysis individual chosen topics. KEY ACTIVITIES Consultancy Workshops Training Environmental perfor- Environmental and Promoting environmental mance assessment energy management awareness of technical (ISO 14001, ISO 50001) and administrative staff Development of environmental action programs Water and waste water Identification of training treatment needs and content Cost-benefits analysis Waste management Facilitating continuous Implementation of action and recycling environmental perfor- programs mance improvements Green technologies and solutions CSR and sustainability reporting Environmental improvements and cost savings Knowledge and best-practice sharing Environmental management capacities 4 Sustainability Network in the Mexican Automotive Supply Chain 5 The Network partners DEG More than finance International experience and promotional programmes For 55 years DEG – Deutsche Investitions- und Ent- wicklungsgesellschaft has been a reliable partner Customers can rely on our expertise and bene- to private-sector enterprises operating in develop- fit from our market knowledge, our 14 locations ing and emerging-market countries. We provide worldwide and our international network. We also our customers with tailor-made solutions, includ- use this network to involve other financiers and ar- ing financing,

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