The trust of customers and stakeholders in our Company and its products is our most precious asset. We therefore have a shared responsibility to live up to this trust every day by conducting ourselves with honesty and integrity. The Volkswagen Group Code of Conduct is available to download.
Integrity and Compliance
Acting with integrity
Integrity is one of our core values and at the heart of everything we do. We understand that our culture is the sum of the actions taken by each employee. It is our responsibility to model ethical behaviour for our employees, customers and third party business partners.
Sustainability
Alongside innovation, sustainability is the key lever for successfully driving forward the transformation of the Volkswagen Group. To understand our approach towards this topic, as well as to access the latest Group Sustainability Report and Raw Materials report, please click below.
Battery recycling
All battery producers in the UK are required to be registered with the Government as part of an EU-wide initiative to increase battery collection/recycling and completely prohibit the landfill/incineration of automotive and industrial batteries. Volkswagen Group UK Ltd is registered as a Producer of Batteries
under Registration Number BPRN00504.
Automotive batteries
As a producer of automotive batteries under the Waste Batteries and Accumulators Regulations 2009, we Audi are obliged to collect, free of charge and within a reasonable time, waste automotive batteries for treatment and recycling from final holders e.g. garages, scrap yards, end-of-life vehicle Authorised Treatment Facilities, Civic Amenity Sites, etc. We are required to do this in any calendar year we place new automotive batteries on the market.
If you require us to take back any automotive batteries, please contact us at environment@vwg.co.uk We will agree the necessary arrangements for the collection, proper treatment and recycling of the waste automotive batteries.
Industrial batteries
As a producer of industrial batteries under the Waste Batteries and Accumulators Regulations 2009, we Audi produce NiMH, Li-Ion and lead-acid industrial batteries. We are obliged to take back free of charge, waste industrial batteries supplied to an end user for treatment and recycling. We are required to do this in any calendar year we place new industrial batteries on the market. If any of our customers or in certain cases other end users, require us to take back Industrial batteries, they should contact us at environment@vwg.co.uk. We will agree the necessary arrangements for the return, proper treatment and recycling of the waste industrial batteries.
Volkswagen Group UK Ltd manage their producer compliance obligations through Clarity: www.clarity.eu.com
To find your nearest portable battery disposal facility and find out more about the benefits of battery recycling, please visit www.recycle-more.co.uk
End of Life Vehicles
Volkswagen Group United Kingdom has partnered with Autogreen (Rewarding Recycling) to provide a Government-approved national network of take back points and certified dismantling companies. The Rewarding Recycling process will ensure that your vehicle is disposed of in a responsible and lawful manner, and that all necessary paperwork is completed in accordance with UK legislation and that all of this is fully auditable route for compliant vehicle disposal. To find your nearest Volkswagen Group-appointed recycling facility or to arrange collection, please call 08005422002 or visit www.rewardingrecycling.co.uk
