First 'Building on CSR' certificates for tiling companies awarded

On March 24, SKG-IKOB Certificatie presented the first SKG-IKOB 'Building on CSR' certificates to two tiling companies at the Building Holland trade fair in Amsterdam. This makes these companies, Oostbörg and Tuijps Tegels, Sanitair en Keukens, the leaders in the tiling industry in the field of corporate social responsibility (CSR). 

A company with this certificate operates in a fundamentally socially responsible manner. The certificate indicates which themes within corporate social responsibility the company scores extra on.

SKG-IKOB has developed the recognition scheme 'Building on CSR' for the construction sector and supplying industry and provides low-threshold opportunities for companies to implement corporate social responsibility. The recognition scheme is a growth model. Companies can determine their own social ambitions. The scheme is made up of five development phases. In combination with the five theme modules, Governance and Management, People and Work, Customer, Environment and Society, a company can choose where its own ambitions lie and where it wants to grow. Phase one is theme-wide mandatory. A company chooses which stage it wants to achieve for each of the themes and which growth objectives it wants to achieve. A company's previous recognitions and certificates (such as ISO/Environment/VCA) count towards this.

SKG-IKOB cooperates with trade associations which, in turn, encourage member companies to engage in corporate social responsibility. In cooperation with the branch organization in question, the 'Building on CSR' recognition scheme is tailored to a branch. Sector-specific aspects are then taken into account and a minimum level of quality expected of the participants is also established.

For more information, please contact Mr. R. Kruit , manager process and system certification SKG- IKOB (tel.: 088 - 244 0100 or e-mail: This email address is being protected from spambots. JavaScript must be enabled to view it.).

Tuijps 

Tuijps photo: from left to right: R. Kruit (SKG IKOB Certification), Mark Tielemans (Tuijps Tegels, Sanitair en Keukens BV) and Marc van Driel (Tuijps Tegels, Sanitair en Keukens BV)

Oostborg 

Photo Oostbörg: from left to right: R. Kruit (SKG IKOB Certification), Jeroen de Goeij (Tegelzettersbedrijf Oostbörg BV), Peter Burger (Tegelzettersbedrijf Oostbörg BV)