MATERIALISING SUSTAINABILITY
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WHAT WE’VE DONE SO FAR
Over the past years, we’ve embraced a sustainable approach by measuring and improving our environmental impacts. Since our journey towards sustainability started in 2010, we put in place several improvements aimed at reducing onsite energy consumption and waste generation, including: replacing high-energy-consuming electric motors, converting to low-energy-consuming LED lighting and linking it to detection sensors in infrequently visited areas, replacing high-energy-consuming vacuum pumps in the press department with a more efficient Venturi system, and adopting a more efficient steam boiler.
Contribution analysis. Each step of production contributes to a different extent to the total environmental impact of our laminates. The picture below shows the contribution of the main manufacturing stages (as a percentage over the total materials production’s impact). Such contribution is in turn split (doughnut charts) into the share attributable to the production process itself (the energy and water consumed, waste produced and emissions generated onsite) and the one due to the materials used.
SUSTAINABILITY ROAD MAP
Lifetime extension: the Trespa Second Life programme. In light of the environmental benefits arising from lifetime extension, we launched the Trespa Second Life programme, in which Trespa® Meteon® exterior panels are collected and given a second life after dismantling instead of being disposed of.
Cradle-to-gate targets. Over the next five years, we plan to implement a series of activities and projects to reduce our environmental impact (compared to the 2015 results) as follows:
- Global warming: 8%
- Primary energy demand: 4%
- Water footprint: 5%
Engaging our stakeholders. We aim to encourage our stakeholders to embrace a consistent approach to sustainability. Trainings and regular updates will be given to our top management, R&D team, production coordinators and sales department. Our sustainability philosophy and approach will be explained to every new employee coming aboard.
Improving our LCA model. Data quality is at the forefront of our priorities. In the next five years, we aim to get data from our paper and chemicals suppliers. At the same time, we will put continuous efforts into increasing the accuracy of data collected in our plant.
Cradle-to-gate impact reduction. We are putting a lot of effort into reducing the amount of energy required to produce our laminates, aiming at decreasing the consumption of natural gas by 20% over the next five years by carefully optimising the HPL manufacturing process. In order for that to happen, a thorough energy monitoring plan is being put in place across all production departments.
Furthermore, we will increase the use of wood chips in place of the more energy-consuming paper, affecting – and lowering - the impact associated with raw materials production.
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