Salus Sustainability Report 2021 - Report - Page 23
Direct environmental impact
Direct environmental impact
Our raw materials – we
believe in organic cultivation.
Food and medicine are only as good as the raw materials they
contain. This is why we at Salus place great value on carefully
selecting the herbs, fruit, and spices for our products.
No matter what we do at Salus: It is done because we firmly
believe in it. For many years now, we have continued on the very
same path first taken by Otto Greither, who could be described
as a pioneer in the field of organic raw materials. We try to source
all raw materials required for our herbal remedies from ecological
production, if possible. As a matter of principle, we do not use
any raw materials from genetically modified crops.
We are firmly convinced that organic cultivation is active environmental protection across the supply chain. Organic cultivation
without chemical fertilisers and pesticides helps preserve natural
resources such as soil and water. Soil structure in organic farming
makes an important contribution to climate protection, because
it allows for more CO2 to be stored in the ground.
Wild harvesting continues to play a small, but significant role.
Well-qualified and quality-conscious harvesters are crucial, as is
the environmental compatibility and sustainability of the harvest
ing itself.
All raw materials, whether harvested wild or cultivated, are
subject to the same strict quality testing. All raw materials are
carefully screened in our in-house laboratory. This allows for the
best possible product safety and helps rule out contamination
by pesticides, for example. In recent years, our quality control
inspectors have increased their focus on environmental toxins
such as mycotoxins, polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons, or pyrrolizidine alkaloids.
It is our goal to maintain the high share of organic raw materials
and increase it even more, if possible. We try to achieve such an
increase by developing new, innovative organic products.
Material efficiency
The annual mass flows are stated in the
input/output tables. Seeing as natural
products are processed, calculating a key
figure for material efficiency would not
produce a meaningful result.
Key indicators on organic share:
Page 73 – diagram 10 (Salus)
Page 75 – diagram 23 (Schoenenberger)
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