Liebherr's Green Approach
As a company, Liebherr makes environmental consciousness part of their core values through their many ActiveGreen initiatives. They proudly “walk the talk” of green design.
Liebherr’s list of green initiatives includes:
- Full RoHS compliance in its refrigeration products (Reduction of the use of certain hazardous substances in electronic equipment and manufacturing practices)
- All indoor refrigerators meet or exceed ENERGY STAR® standards for energy efficiency
- Liebherr was the first appliance manufacturer worldwide to remove CFC’s completely from the production process in 1993
- Since 2000, Liebherr’s considerable investment to ensure environmental compatibility has resulted in the reduced use of chemicals (by 30%), solvents (by 5%) and energy consumption (by 5%)
- Liebherr has established central waste and resource collection stations at their manufacturing facilities
- The packaging materials on all products are 100% recyclable
- The water used in the production process is purified and pollution-free
- The energy released during production is recovered and utilized again in heating the manufacturing environments.