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Environmental management
Sustainable management is an integral component of the Audi Group strategy and strives to
reconcile environmental protection with innovations. Through its pioneering technical inno-
vations, the Audi Group is contributing towards major advances in protecting the environ-
ment and displays the European Union’s symbol of environmental excellence. This gives
customers the reassurance that optimum environmental compatibility was heeded in the
manufacturing of their vehicle, alongside such aspects as durability, quality and safety.
Environmental protection organisation of the Audi Group
Work group: End-of-Life Vehicles
Work group: Sustainability
Work group: Environmental Report
Work group: Environmental Management
Work group: IPP
Steering Committee
for Ecology
AUDI AG
Production plants:
Ingolstadt,
Neckarsulm
(Germany)
Environmental
Management Officer
AUDI HUNGARIA
MOTOR Kft.
Production plant:
Győr (Hungary)
Environmental
Management Officer
Automobili Lamborghini
Holding S.p.A.
Production plant:
Sant´Agata Bolognese
(Italy)
Coordinating Committee for Environmental Protection
The Audi Group is among the pioneers of location-based environmental protection both in
Germany and internationally.
AUDI AG for example covers up to 95 percent of the overall water requirements of its
production facilities at Ingolstadt within a closed cycle and conducts analyses to verify that
the specified limit values for waste water are complied with. A modern, ultra-efficient emul-
sion evaporation plant for the physical treatment of the emulsions and wash water arising at
the location was moreover opened in March 2006. This cut such components as the trans-
port costs for their disposal by around 70 percent.
A new waste water treatment plant in which process water is purified was opened at
Neckarsulm. This investment, costing EUR 3.7 million, significantly boosted the output of
the central industrial waste water treatment plant. Saving energy at engine test rigs at
Neckarsulm furnishes another example. At the new engine test rig centre, the electrical
energy that is generated by the electric machines during testing of the internal combustion
engines is used to cover the energy requirements of the building’s technical facilities in full.
This represents an efficient form of energy recovery.
Complex recycling management arrangements also now help to avoid waste at AUDI
HUNGARIA MOTOR Kft. in Győr, Hungary. Recycling management includes for instance
comprehensively checking the waste that arises until it reaches the point of its re-use, and
the delivery of components in returnable packaging. Predominantly emissions-free cold
tests are used as a means of minimising the environmental impact of developing and test-
ing engines. The recovery of heat means that the waste air from the production halls serves
as an additional source of energy.
Environmental aspects