Awards & Sustainability
Our awards and seals of approval
From receipt of goods to production and to delivery – vorsehen has installed a sophisticated control system for all process steps, to guarantee the high quality of every single kitchen. In addition to the testing stations, up to 21 complete fitted kitchens are put through the paces of a quality audit every day. Quality, environment and energy have been core to our company philosophy since our very beginning. Every single Vorsehen kitchen meets the stringent international quality, environment and energy guidelines.
Certified management system
On a regular basis, TÜV Rheinland / LGA InterCert reviews and certifies our quality management system according to ISO 9001, our environmental management system according to ISO 14001 and our energy management system according to ISO 50001.
The ISO 9001 norm establishes the standards for a quality management system in order to satisfy customer requirements and ensure product quality. The ISO 14001 norm for environmental management systems helps improve a company’s environmental performance. Companies can continuously improve their energy efficiency with the energy management norm ISO 50001.
All three norms are globally recognised standards
Certified management system
On a regular basis, TÜV Rheinland / LGA InterCert reviews and certifies our quality management system according to ISO 9001, our environmental management system according to ISO 14001 and our energy management system according to ISO 50001.
The ISO 9001 norm establishes the standards for a quality management system in order to satisfy customer requirements and ensure product quality. The ISO 14001 norm for environmental management systems helps improve a company’s environmental performance. Companies can continuously improve their energy efficiency with the energy management norm ISO 50001.
“Golden M”
The DGM Deutsche Gütegemeinschaft Möbel – (German furniture quality seal) have tested our furniture in accordance with RAL-GZ 430. Following this test, we were awarded the RAL quality seal, the “Golden M”. This ensures that each kitchen leaving our factory complies with up-to-date standards and quality requirements of the market.
“Furniture made in Germany”
Since August 1, 2020 end consumers have discovered a new label on the market, which gives them information about furniture quality: “Furniture Made in Germany” is the geographical origin mark in accordance with RAL-RG 0191, which labels German-made furniture that meets verifiable, strictly defined criteria. As often before, Vorsehen is once again among the first kitchen furniture manufacturers to be distinguished with the new “Made in Germany” label.
Blauer Engel (blue angel eco label)
In July 2012 the company was the first – and to date only – kitchen furniture manufacturer awarded the environmental seal “Der Blaue Engel” (blue angel). This mark of the German Federal Environmental Agency promotes the concerns of environmental and health protection as well as consumer protection. The products and services which are distinguished are those –– when viewed holistically – which are particularly environmentally friendly and at the same time meet the high standards for occupational health and safety as well as usability. The “Blaue Engel” (blue angel) was awarded to the following ranges: 253, 312, 317, 351, 371, 382, 406, 526, 545, 555, 566, 615, 648, 706, 808, 917, 977 and 985.
TSCA Titel VI compliant
For the manufacture of its furniture we use only derived timber products which meet the stringent U.S. EPA Formaldehyde Emissions Standard of the TSCA Title VI Toxic Substances Control Act. With this step, our company fulfils the American requirements – in effect since June 1, 2018 – for the further reduction of formaldehyde emissions from derived timber products. The maximum permissible values from TSCA Tile VI correspond to the CARB2 (California Air Resources Board) ” standard from California. The furniture is labelled with the information “TSCA Title VI compliant.”
PEFC / 04-31-1281
Since July 2009 nobilia is the first-ever kitchen manufacturer certified in accordance with PEFC (Programme for the Endorsement of Forest Certification Schemes). In this way, we document its dedication to an environment worth living in as well as responsibility in handling the valuable raw material wood. Since the derived timber products processed all come from sustainably managed forests and controlled sources. Forest certification provides the guarantee that the wood products that consumers purchase are not coming from questionable sources nor from overexploitation, but come from managed semi-natural forests.
By applying for PEFC certification, our kitchens demonstrate to the customer a sense of responsibility for our environment.
Climate agreement for furniture industry
We put the focus on sustainability at Vorsehen. The same goes for the subject of greenhouse gas emissions. Here, it is of primary importance to face the responsibility – alongside other manufacturers – that this generation has toward future generations and the environment. In 2016 the DGM (German quality control association) initiated the ”Climate Agreement for the Furniture Industry” and Vorsehen is an established member. In order for the CO2 footprint to gradually be reduced and ideally neutralised, it is important to Vorsehen to take a pioneering role in making this topic public and raising awareness.
Emission Class DGM
(German quality control association)
Having met all award requirements, Vorsehen’s kitchen furniture was awarded the highest emissions class of A by the Deutschen Gütegemeinschaft Möbel e.V. (German quality control association).
RKT recycling certificate
In Germany, we participate in the RKT (Recycling Kontor Transportverpackungen) return and recycling system. We thus ensure that our packaging is gathered, collected, and recycled in accordance with the packaging laws.
GOGREEN certificate
The entire mail and package dispatch is taken care of by the CO2 neutral GOGREEN services of the German postal service and DHL. With this, we offset the CO2 emissions created during transport. The offset is certified through an independent certification company (Societé Général de Surveillance, SGS) according to ISO 14064.
