Mission
Our vision
We are the institute for research, testing, certification, qualification and production in Europe for building products in rooms, with a focus on interiors. With our developments, we shape the future of building products for floor and room systems and enable manufacturers of building and furnishing products to produce responsibly and sustainably - for the healthy and safe living and working of tomorrow. The commitment and expertise of our employees and our network, consisting of manufacturers, trade, craftsmen and other organizations from science and industry, will continue to ensure the quality of our well-founded, practical actions as from now and in the future.
Our mission
We shape the future through innovative, application-oriented research that advances our member companies. Our tests and certifications ensure safe, healthy and comfortable spaces. In the area of qualification, we support you on your way to becoming a sustainable, agile and creative organization. In production, we design prototypes and samples according to specific customer requirements, develop test carpets, distribute standardized dirt dust and provide support in the construction of special machines and test equipment on customer request.
We work together to ensure success: with our customers, employees
Our values
People always come first for us - regardless of whether they are customers, employees or partners. Research, testing and certification are all about supporting manufacturers and consumers. Competent and committed employees make this possible.
Corporate Social Responsibility
TFI is committed to the idea of Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) and focuses not only on consumer and environmental protection in its traditional fields of activity, but also on assessing and promoting sustainability. The Institute is also committed to its corporate and social responsibility in the sense of shaping social, ecological and economic sustainability. Therefore, we have created our Code of Conduct as a voluntary commitment. You can download it as a pdf under the LINK.
Social responsibility
We live family friendliness. By creating suitable framework conditions, we take individual life situations into account and enable our employees to achieve a better work-life balance. This includes, among other things, a high degree of flexibility in the organisation of working hours as well as the possibility to work part-time or in a home office.
Equality
Equal treatment and equal opportunities for male and female employees are also important to us. For example, the proportion of female employees is currently 54 % and the proportion of female managers is 50 %.
Procurement
TFI also pays attention to sustainability in procurement. We procure our energy, electricity and gas from certified suppliers according to ecological criteria. We select our partners for the procurement of office supplies and consumables according to environmental criteria and social aspects. When purchasing, we make sure that products and services come from our region wherever possible.
Energy and environment
Sustainability is a central element of our corporate philosophy. Our aim is to minimise our consumption of fossil fuels.
An important step on this path was our investment in a high-performance photovoltaic system in 2023.
In 2024, we calculated our company-related CO2-footprint for 2023 for the first time. In order to ensure consistent and transparent data collection and precise calculations for the coming years, the calculation methodology was verified by TÜV Hessen. Our quality management system was also expanded to include the additional requirements.
From now on, we will report annually on our CO2-footprint and specific measures to reduce it. For emissions that cannot be completely avoided, we rely on suitable compensation measures. In this way, we contribute to global climate protection and offer climate-compensated services in research, testing and certification.
We have also signed the City of Aachen's Climate City Agreement as a framework partner. The city of Aachen has set itself the goal of being climate-neutral by 2030. A liveable Aachen concerns us all. And the change starts with us. The TFI is part of a community of over 140 local stakeholders who are taking responsibility for the common goal: a healthy, CO2-neutral Aachen.
These initiatives are our contribution to taking responsibility for our environment, our community and future generations.
Want to find out more?
- You can find our full GHG report HERE
- DNK Sustainability Report 2022
- DNK Sustainability Report 2023
- Verification certificate
- DNK training partner
