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Sustainability

sustainability

At Prinoth sustainability is part of our purpose.

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OUR COMMITMENT

We understand that our responsibility extends to the entire lifecycle of our vehicles, products and services from sourcing raw materials to manufacturing, use, and disposal. Through sustainable supply chain management, energy-efficient manufacturing processes, and responsible waste management practices, we strive to minimize our ecological footprint and preserve the natural resources we rely on.

OUR PURPOSE

Your success is our passion. We develop sustainable technology that delivers perfect results in challenging conditions.

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EMPLOYEE WELL-BEING

We owe our existence to the unwavering commitment and dedication of our exceptional workforce. To be the best employer for our international team, we are resolute in providing a culture that prioritizes well-being, purpose, and individual development. Here are some of the initiatives we have in place to achieve this:

Work-lifebalance

Smart working, home office as well as flexible work schedules and summer schedules for production, are family friendly and help employees maintain their work-life-balance.

Eat well, live well

We have three high-quality, low-price cafeterias as well as catering services at our major facilities in Italy, Germany, Canada and Austria serving fresh local products and seasonal vegetables.

More Security

Additional health insurance is offered for employees to help improve the quality of their healthcare in Canada, Germany, Italy and the USA.

Training & Talent
management

Prinoth offers internal and external trainings to all employees, as well as a talent management program to develop individual skills for future management and key positions.

Open Innovation

Prinoth has a company suggestion system in Italy and an innovation culture program in Canada enabling employees to share and get compensated for ideas that improve any aspect of work life.

Financial Rewards

Employees profit from positive company results through bonus incentives. Moreover, they can earn a bonus by referring job vacancies to potentially new employees.

Team Spirit

There are regular get-togethers and sports events in the organization, that foster unity and reinforces the strong sense of camaraderie.

Employee Recognition

Every year, Prinoth honors employees that have been with the company for a longer period. Depending on the location, honoring starts at 5 years and takes the form of gifts, financial rewards and access to special deals.

A Warm Welcome

Prinoth’s new employees go through a clearly structured onboarding process to help them settle in. The company also supports training and has established a college for in-house courses.

SUSTAINABLE
PRODUCTS

Our product designs demonstrate our commitment to sustainability. Whether through the selection of clean engines, the attention to efficiency or the focus on minimizing our carbon footprint, we endeavor to set benchmarks in the industries we operate in and help contribute to a cleaner future.

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PRODUCTION SITES

Our focus goes beyond regulatory considerations when it comes to our manufacturing and production operations. The measures that we put in place enable us to grow without compromising the environment, while supporting customers who desire sustainable practices from their suppliers. Here is a short summary of some of our activities:

Power
sources

We aim to power our facilities with as much renewable energy as possible considering the available supply and location of the site. We power both our plants in Vipiteno, Italy and Granby, Canada, where collectively all models of snow groomers and crawler carriers are produced, with 100% renewable energy gained from local hydroelectric stations.

Energy management

Whether through the use of district heating, building automation systems (BAS) or the re-using of electricity produced in our test chambers, we focus on managing our energy consumption as efficiently as possible. In Granby, Canada for example our BAS reduces energy needed for lighting, ventilation and heating and in Vipiteno the electricity produced by testing the breaks on the vehicles is fed back into the grid for reuse.

LED
lighting

A complete move to LED lighting in all our facilities is well underway. At our production site in the US we started the transition in 2018 and in Italy the entire production hall which covers over 5000m2 has LED lighting. In Canada the factory, offices and parking lot were upgraded between 2018 and 2019.

Solar
panels

Solar and photovoltaic panels are installed at our facilities in Europe to assist heating and produce energy. In Herdwangen, Germany the installation uses the sun's energy to power the heating supplied to our production halls. In Vipiteno, two larger scale installations provide electricity to the plant all year round.

Charging
stations

For our electric vehicles including cars, forklifts, stock chasers and order pickers we have installed battery charging stations in our facilities in Italy, Canada and Germany.

Waste
management

In all our plants we have practices and procedures to efficiently handle, reduce, recycle and dispose of waste. Whether through the use of reusable containers instead of disposable packaging, the separation of materials for recycling such as metals, plastics, wood, cardboard and paper, or through employee training to raise awareness, we focus on sustainable waste management.