Sustainable development means to consider environmental points equally with social and economical points of view. Future capable economy then means: We must leave our children and grandchildren an intact, ecological, social and economical structure. One thing is not to be had without the other.

LIWO activities impact the environment in many areas. The environmental effects resulting from daily operations, such as the use of energy or creation of waste, can be acquired and with the assistance of an environmental management system, can be controlled and guided. They are subject to direct control and are therefore the consequence of direct environmental aspects.

As a an indirect consequence there are also important indirect environmental effects:

In our environmental policy we have set the goal to deepen environmental knowledge, drive environmental awareness and to achieve respectful environmental behavior in our private and professional lives.

These aspects are however, a long-term awareness process and can only be acquired and controlled within limits . Having said this, environmental education represents an environmental aspect with positive but indirect environmental effects, which has however a direct aspect on everything.

Further environmental aspects and influences such as e.g. those created in collaboration with purchasing, are subject to most technical or customer specifications and are therefore also categorized as indirect.