The MOTOR JIKOV Group a.s. is fully aware of its high social responsibility for environmental protection. The adopted policy of quality and environmental protection addresses active measures that reduce the environmental impacts of production. As part of sustainable development and improving the environmental profile, the company focuses primarily on timely identification of possible harmful effects on the environment, reducing energy sources, waste management, and employee education and personal responsibility.
The MOTOR JIKOV Group a.s. manages and coordinates the activities of individual companies in the field of ecology, waste management, environmental protection, landscape and public health, including energy and water savings in their production and other activities. In these activities, the company collaboratively works under contract with INVESTIX a.s.
The individual companies adapt to the amended Czech legislation according to the conditions set by the European Union in the field of ecology and environmental protection, and they also regularly update internal regulations dealing mainly with safe handling of dangerous hazardous chemicals, preparations and packaging, use of product take-back, protection against air pollution, as well administration of waste, surface, and groundwater, including rock environment under the premises of the operating companies.
Within the company, quarterly auditing days are carried out, focusing on adherence to internal regulations and all applicable legislation in the areas of ecology and environmental protection. Organizational and technical measures are in place to reduce the occurrence, volume, and danger of waste from production processes, sorting of usable waste fractions as secondary raw materials. Reduction of waste amount is ensured by consistent compliance with measures for product take-back under the waste law.
In all operations, regularly updated safety data sheets of hazardous chemicals and identification lists of hazardous waste, with labeled collection and gathering containers and a list of responsible persons, are available in a visible place.
Regular checks are carried out to ensure compliance with the waste management plans of individual companies, the readiness and equipping of facilities in accordance with updated emergency plans for operations or facilities in case of hazardous substance leaks. All operations have drip trays beneath containers of hazardous substances and waste, and drip and spill trays under production equipment filled with oils or cooling and cutting fluids, reducing the risk of accidental discharge of hazardous substances into groundwater and rock environment.
All of the holdings companies focus on continuously reducing emissions released into the air. There are no cases exceeding the emission limits set by standard, nor any accidental releases of harmful substances into the air.
For rented land, operating, and other buildings, the MOTOR JIKOV Group, through the contractual company INVESTIX a.s., monitors whether tenants and subtenants comply with the principles of ecological behavior in rented spaces, whether prescribed measurements of individual environmental components are carried out in time in compliance with valid legislation, lease, and sublease agreements, and if the results of these measurements do not exceed permitted limits.
The medium frequency induction melting furnaces with new extraction and filtration station in the MOTOR JIKOV Foundry a.s. ensure reduction of the amount of emissions released into the air and thus meet environmental standards. The melting furnaces are also equipped with solid pollutant filters.
After two years of development, the first domestic MOTOR JIKOV compressed natural gas (CNG) filling station is launched in the Czech Republic. It is designed for tradesmen or private owners of CNG cars. The filling station uses the domestic gas supply, which is compressed by a specially developed compressor into the car's tank.
With the start of serial production of compressed natural gas (CNG) filling stations, an extensive promotional campaign was also launched. At the same time, this system of ecologically clean energy is being introduced in used forklift trucks and part of passenger and utility vehicles. It achieves a significant reduction in operating costs in addition to reducing CO2 emissions.
Technological Development Center of Robotic Workplace Processes and Concepts for the Production of High-Pressure Aluminum Castings in Unattended Operation with Minimal Production Times. As part of the project implementation, modern energy-efficient technologies with a positive impact on the environment will be acquired:
This means saving both in production and when using structural castings, for example, in transport, where they allow reducing weight and consumption - reducing the total weight of the car by 10 to 15 %. Structural castings can be used for body parts, axles, wheel suspensions, seat structures, LED headlamp frames, etc. Introducing the production of technologically more demanding castings with higher added value that generate higher production at lower natural resource mining.
