DANZER BLOG

Danzer has introduced a systematic, global approach for its efforts to reduce its environmental footprint in all of its operations.

It has decided to use “Objectives and Key Results” as a tool (OKR). OKRs address the two critical conditions of any goal worth fighting for: the “WHAT” and the “HOW.”  Objectives (Os) are WHAT you aim to accomplish. Key Results (KRs) tell us HOW we’ll get the O done. Os are significant, action-oriented, durable, and inspirational. KRs are specific, timebound, aggressive, realistic, measurable and verifiable.
At mid-year, the Danzer’s OKR teams assessed progress and found impressive results projected for the end of 2024, compared to 2023. The results show the teams beating their goals in many cases:

Carbon Reduction Objective: reduce petrol & natural gas consumption by 5% and electricity use by 10%, and the results:

< 26% natural gas (<76.9 t CO2eq)
< 9% petrol (<217.4 t CO2eq)
< 15% electricity (<1,941 t CO2eq)

 

Injury Reduction Objectives: reduce injuries of the type “lacerations” or “strains/pulls” and of the cause “slips/falls” by 50%. At mid-year, we see the following results:
11 injuries of this type, compared to 19 by end Q2 ’23, or 42 at Q4 ’23

Conserve Water Objective: reduce water consumption per m3 produced by 15%.
Danzer-wide we measured the following:

Overall consumption is down by 32%

 

Zero Plastic Objective: the goal to eliminate individual drinking water bottles (distributed by Danzer to employees) achieved, the remaining goal was to reduce wrap and straps per m3 produced by 20%. Overall we achieved the following reduction:

< 57% kg/m3

 

The Board of Directors of Danzer was VERY impressed with these very tangible results. At Danzer, we set meaningful objectives, put our mental and physical resources behind it, and get things done to better our surroundings. See more in the Danzer Sustainability Report, now annual.