International commitment Climate Change requires international commitment Acting responsibly towards society and the environment is part of Hilti’s corporate culture. This is why membership in the UN Global Compact is consistent with wanting to have our societal commitment reflected more strongly to the external world. The principles of the UN Global Compact touch on a worldwide consensus derived from: • The general declaration of human rights, • The International Labor Organization declaration on fundamental principles and rights at work, • The Rio declaration on environment and development and • The United Nations convention against corruption. The UN Global Compact requires that companies acknowledge, support and imple- ment a catalog of basic values focusing on human rights, labor standards, environ- mental protection and anti-corruption in their respective areas of influence. We are facing up to future generations in this responsibility and are aware that our business activities, products and services have an influence on the environment. It is particularly important that we counter climate change. We therefore decided to sign the Caring for Climate initiative in 2007 and to become more involved in climate protection. UN Global Compact: the environment Principle 7: Business should support a precautionary approach to environmental challenges Principle 8: Undertake initiatives to promote greater environmental responsibility, and Principle 9: Encourage the development and diffusion of environmentally friendly technologies Our response: • Hilti has committed to introducing systematic sustainability ma nagement with corresponding responsibilities. (plus see page 4: Environmental management) • Hilti introduced a “Global Car Policy” with regional fuel caps plus safety training • Plant Thüringen (Austria): Benefits to the environment Each year approximately a million kilowatt hours can be saved with the ground collector and groundwater utilization alone. Put another way, this reduction in energy saves approximately 210,000 kilograms of carbon dioxide. That cor- responds to the CO emissions of an average car travelling approximately 2 1,300,000 kilometres per year. 6 Environmental management at Hilti