How we define Wewalka
Especially with the background of an established production company in the region, we are obliged to sticking to specific core values.
The company is sure to build on a strong basis from the past, at the same time working hard on it's future development. That is important to ensure lasting growth and thus a reliable employer.
Our core values
Our code of conduct at Wewalka is influenced by our core values. They are the basis of our interactions and if in balance, help us have a good gut-feeling.
Wewalka as an employer, emphasizes the importance of keeping to theses values and invites all employees to embrace these in the basics.
In a respect to this understanding everyone working at Wewalka is requested to get involved and work on a daily improvment. A group of employees spent time together to define how the basic understanding at Wewalka can be defined, what is important, what unites us and how we want to deal with each other.
The goal is to work with clear targets and create a meaningful work environment for our employees. Be happy in what you are doing, one could say, is what we want!
4 core values define Wewalka:
Be true to our past. We have a strong emphasis on quality. To know about the past and to be proud of the development of the company is important. However that doesn´t mean to get stuck in this past. Building on our history we can break new ground.
No success without effort. Being result- and outcome-oriented is key to our succes. A good market position is the evidence of this constant commitment. With praise and recognition of achievements, we define clear targets.
Quality and functionality go together. Being a production company Wewalka is outlined by clear processes. However we stay flexible in thinking nevertheless. Areas are left clear in structures to ensure our teams perform best.
With consequence we can be successful. Team spirit unites, especially in hard times. We demonstrate power of endurance. We know about the sense of our work - without being arrogant. Flexibility is important but not at all costs.
Responsibility
We live quality. Our employees, masterminded by the quality management team, demonstrate every day that we are able to reach and maintain highest quality standards on international level. That is the basis to provide fresh-doughs in perfect quality for our customers.
Wewalka is continuously audited by inernational certification bodies and has been able to reach best scores throughout the years.
The understanding for quality at Wewalka doesn't only mean product quality. On all levels our employees influence this view with their own actions every da. We all are Wewalka.
Quality Management
A holistic quality management system ensures, that Wewalka maintains highest quality levels throughout the whole production process. Raw materials, semi-finished goods and final products are undergoing strict inernal quality controlls. Our strict measures in the incoming-goods-system allows us to produce our fresh doughs only with the best raw materials.
As a compentent consultant in all quality and food safety topics, the quality management team guarantees saftety of Wewalka's products.
Engineering and maintenance
Our own in-house engineering and maintenance team is responsible for our machines to be up-to-the standards. Our employees in this department ensure technical maintenance at all hours for our production. That is the basis of our ability and reliability in delivery to our costumers.
A team of engineers is working on tailor-made technical solutions for our fresh-doughs. With this we set standards in product quality, food safety, work safety and process security.
Production
The swift, reliable and punctual delivery to our costumers with our fresh-dough products has the highest priority for us.
Our employees on our two production sites are ambitious to fulfill these targets. With our efforts we combine artisanry with modern production processes on a standardized, high level.
Awards and Quality Standards
FSC
FSC® stands for the traceability and the considerate handling of the available raw material wood, which comes from well-managed forests - in which controlled, certified and resource-saving cultivation takes place. We only use paper packaging with the FSC® (Forest Stewardship Council®) seal. This is how we ensure that all of our cardboard packaging comes from sustainable forestry.
Energy
A big part of the energy used derives from renewable sources, mainly from hydrodynamic power. Sollenau also uses photovoltaics on site.
RSPO
Wherever possible we use alternatives to palm oil. Since 2012 Wewalka is a certified member of RSPO (Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil), and has been using only RSPO certified palm oil ever since, which also includes RSPO SG certified palm oil. SG stands for the segregation, which ensures the palm oil comes from certified raw material sources and is therefore clearly separated from non-sustainable goods. In this case, oils from several certified plantations may be mixed together. This guarantees a corresponding certainty of the availability of goods, since this option represents a corresponding volume on the market.
Check our progress at www.rspo.org!
Rainforest Alliance
With buying only Rainforest Alliance-certified cocoa, Wewalka supports plantations with sustainable growth of cocoa.
The Rainforest Alliance is working to solve some of the most pressing social and environmental issues of our time—including the climate crisis—by changing the way the world produces and consumes. When you choose Rainforest Alliance Certified [product], you are supporting the farmers who are looking after their workers and our natural resources.
The Rainforest Alliance seal means that farmers follow more sustainable farming practices that protect forests, improve their livelihoods, promote human rights of farm workers, and help them mitigate and adapt to the climate crisis. To learn more about the Rainforest Alliance, visit www.rainforest-alliance.org.
IFS Food Standard
The IFS Food Standard is a GFSI (Global Food Safety Initiative) recognized standard for auditing food manufacturers. The focus is on food safety and the quality of processes and products. It concerns food processing companies and companies that pack loose food products.
Organic Certifications
Through organic food certifications, we guarantee compliance with the legal requirements according to the EU organic regulation (EG) 848/2018. At the same time, we protect the environment and meet consumer demand for certified organic food.
