Written Assignment Unit 2

BUS3306 Business and Society

Wellington Williams (Instructor)

June 29, 2022

Introduction

After a thorough investigation, Boxmark was chosen as the name of the business. I'll

be talking about the assigned question for the essay.

WebLinks: https://www.boxmark.com/leather-processing_132.htm   

A Brief History of the Boxmark Company: The Boxmark Company, which has

been around for more than 200 years, was founded in 1780 in Jennersdorf, Austria, to

produce sole leather. It got off to a good start, and in 1840 it started making upper

class vegetable shoes. It inaugurated a new split leather plant in Fieldbach in 1985, a

century later (Boxmark, n.d).

Public criticism from stakeholders: Due to the growing climate change catastrophe

and multiple agitations resulting from the global economic forums on climate change,

public criticism of stakeholders first surfaced in 1985. It was said that Boxmark's

stakeholders were extremely reticent to address the subject of climate change, despite

the fact that their companies lead the way in air and environmental pollution. The

leaders of other nations and corporations have expressed a desire to ameliorate the

global climate change situation. The critics were interested in how Boxmark, a major

producer of leather, and its stakeholders would approach the environmental problem

of climate change given the level of pollution risk it poses to the environment.

Boxmark Response to the criticism: The feedback motivates the stakeholders to

resolutely take action and upgrade the state of the manufacturing facilities. The city of

Fieldbach installed a biological sewage treatment facility in 1986. In 1990, the second

plant in Fildbach was finished in order to increase output under more environmentally

friendly circumstances (Boxmark, n.d). The Boxmark Leather Company was one of

the first to increase its output and adhere to green standards. It also capitalised on the
opportunity and developed its market abroad as a pioneering business in

contemporary leather products globally.

The type of business that it provides: Boxmark focuses primarily on producing

high-quality leather bags in a variety of designs. Chair upholstery styles in vintage

homes, vehicles, and aircraft, etc. Its international market reach has increased to

include Mexico, China, Croatia, etc., in addition to Austria. The company type was

integrated into the creation of the environmentally friendly leather invention X-

GREEN and the introduction of the XTREME collection of designer furniture

(Boxmark, n.d).

The Mission of Boxmark: The goal of Boxmark is to be a global leader in the

manufacturing of leather while committing to sustainable business practises and

upholding a strong sense of environmental responsibility.

Boxmark's Operation Internally: it took a consensus within the organisation to

respect human rights, root out corruption, and promote sustainable growth in order for

the mission to be successful. All parties involved, employees and business partners,

concurred to strengthen their social commitments. They changed the way they dealt

with the environment, partners, customers, and staff. Additional improvements were

made to the ethical standards in the areas of anti-corruption, fair competition, political

donations, human rights, privacy and trade secrets, prohibition of forced labour, and

discrimination (Boxmark, n.d).

The continual improvement of human capacity to ensure productivity through active

labour and social conceptions is the foundation of boxmark productivity. Workplace

conditions are favourable for employee growth, and occupational health and safety

duties are given first priority (Corporate goal). Labor-intensive human resource
development results in high-quality output. Plans for ongoing employee training

across departments become necessary. Concerns were raised about the quality of

seminars on topics such as the human rights matrix, climate change, accountability,

and communication. Boxmark made sure that workers received their salaries on time

and had the freedom to discuss their pay agreements with their employers. Other

small problems that affect social interactions were fixed. There is a social fund for

employees that enables the management of staff sustainability, a workplace canteen

that promotes multicultural understanding among the staff, and arranged food services

(Boxmark, n.d).

The business makes sustainable leather that pleases the consumer by using animal

hide and skin as raw materials. It conducts sufficient research and development to

supply the market with goods like premium purses, seats for vehicles and aeroplanes,

green leathers, etc. that will support the client base. Boxmark operates under a green

policy that substitutes a vegetable-synthetic production process for conventional

tanning in order to achieve the high-quality grading level necessary to establish a

secure environmental management system. About 80% of the factory's waste is

recycled, and the byproducts are tissue remnants that are converted into animal fat and

alternative fuel. Through the use of biofilter plants and high-level biochemical

treatment of soil, noise, and air pollutants, all these operations are made possible. As a

result, the surroundings are secure and welcoming.(Boxmark, n.d).

Word Count 788

Reference

Boxmark. (n.d.). Leather processing. Retrieved June 30, 2022, from

https://www.boxmark.com/leather-processing_132.htm