Sustainability:

People – Planet – Product

 Sustainability is not just a statement at Avisa Parseh. It is our way of living and doing business. Sustainability and all of its issues and concerns are embedded in our daily operation, business procedure, our core values and in the company's philosophy.

 We deeply believe that care for the environment and our social responsibility regarding the safety, health and well-being of every single employee, their families, costumers and  the global community that we are a part of go hand in hand with maximizing profit and long-term prosperity. We understand that in order to be a sustainable company, we need to monitor and reexamine our achievements and challenges on a regular basis.

 Thus, sustainability for our business requires continuous learning, adaptation, and improvement of our basic business processes while satisfying the priorities of our stakeholders and shareholders. We continually work to optimize our impact, reevaluate our priorities, assess risks and opportunities and ensure that our core business and financial strategy are aligned with our duty toward people and environment.

People

 We fully understand that sustainability occurs when the formal and informal processes, systems, structures, and relationships actively support the capacity of current and future generations to create healthy and livable communities. Socially sustainable communities are equitable, diverse, connected and democratic and provide a good quality of life. We define our social responsibility as:

• Protect, maintain, and restore access to basic resources (e.g. water, food, land, and energy) for current and future generations.
• Enhance the education on sustainability for the general public, stake-holders, and potentially affected groups.
• Protect health of communities over-burdened by pollution by empowering them to take action to improve their health and environment.
• Protect, sustain, and improve the health of everyone who comes in contact with our process and products.
• Promote the development, planning, building, or modification of communities to promote sustainable life.
• Maintain or improve prosperity, safety, and health and job security for all of our employees.
• We do not classify people by their culture, beliefs, gender or background.
• Equitable, dignified working conditions, fair wages, and occupational health protection are priorities for us as a family company.
• Creating job opportunities, enhancing livelihoods, and developing a skilled workforce for today and the future.
• Continuous development of workforce through training.

Planet

 We are fully aware of our obligation toward stabilizing the currently disruptive relationship between earth’s two most complex systems: human culture and the living world, toward living in perfect harmony with the environment and to improve the quality of human life while living within the carrying capacity of the earth’s supporting ecosystems.

• Design products and processes to eliminate toxic hazards and reduce total lifecycle costs.
• Minimize environmental footprint in our operation by reducing energy, water and consumption of natural resources whenever possible and adhering to clean air regulations set by environmental agencies.
• Eliminate waste where possible and reuse and recycle as much as possible.
• Manage the supply chain by working closely with our suppliers and customers to find environmentally friendly packaging and shipment methods.
• Reduce exposure to contaminants in water systems and infrastructure (including protecting source waters), optimizing aging systems, and next generation treatment technologies & approaches.
• Working closely with NGOs and External stakeholders and engaging our employees, their families and specially their children in environmental issues through constant training.
• Implementing systems, policies, hiring procedures and practices to promote environmental friendly behaviors. (Green HR).

Product

• Committed to long term economic growth without negatively impacting the environment and society.
• Educating and providing consultation to our customers about our products and technologies in order to enable them to make the best of their capacity to produce more at less cost.
• Innovation and research to develop new environmentally friendly products.
• Positively impact costs of processes, services, and products throughout the full lifecycle by striving to develop waste-free processes, eliminating need for regulation, treatment, and disposal costs throughout systems.
• Strengthening and maintaining current and future jobs by promoting jobs through introduction of innovative technologies and practices that provide multiple benefits to communities and the environment.
• Improve understanding and quantification of ecosystem services in cost-benefit analysis by Sustainability Assessments.