Environmental Policies

Victorinox make efforts for its products and the manufacturing thereof to be enviromentally friendly.

• Regarding the production process, due to several closed water circuits:
  1. all factory buildings and 120 appartments can be heated with recovered waste heat
  2. the company is almost completely independent of mineral oil
  3. 600 ton grinding sludge can be recylced
  
  
• Regarding material selection, careful material selection and manufacturing processes have resulted in:
  1. environmentally friendly and completely recyclable end products
  2. comprehensive waste disposal concept for solid and liquid materials
  3. total omission of heavy metals
  4. pesticide free wooden handles (FSC certified)
  
  
• Regarding packaging, careful selection of materials for the packaging and documentation have resulted in:
  1. complaince with the requirement of "green point", member since 1993
  2. 90% of the packaging consists of recycled materials
  3. chlorine-free instruction manuals and other papers that are packed with the product