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Wilo publishes new sustainability report

12 October 2009

German pump manufacturer Wilo SE has just published its sustainability report for the calendar year 2008.

The new Wilo 2008 sustainability report focuses on improving energy efficiency and gives an updated overview of the sustainability measures and management systems that the pump maker has already implemented. The report provides a detailed overview of Wilo's key economic, social and ecological performance indicators in table format including further education, employee structures, healthcare, consumption of energy and water as well as waste and recycling rates.

In their foreward, Oliver Hermes, Wilo chief finance, control & human resources officer, and Dr Holger Krasmann, Wilo chief technology & production officer, emphasised the need to push energy efficiency in all areas, given the big challenges of climate change and the shortage of resources.

A copy of the Wilo 2008 Sustainability Report can be downloaded at www.wilo.com

 

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