Environmental footprint

As a globally operating company, we respect the resources we need to conduct business.

We commit to being responsible in

• how we bring our products and services to market,

• how we use natural resources, and

• how we conserve energy and eliminate waste.

We are taking action to preserve a healthy environment and are working on a road map to guide our progress, from reducing our environmental footprint in the short-term to continuously improving our value chain. As a global company with various manufacturing facilities and many office locations, we are aware that our business activities have an environmental impact. We strive to keep this impact to a minimum – a healthy and clean environment contributes to people’s health and quality of life.

In terms of supply chain and manufacturing, we keep an eye on our environmental footprint through a global monitoring process. But we also aim to keep reducing that footprint by improving the way we work.

Our global environmental objectives are three-fold:

• to reduce waste, energy, water, raw materials;

• to reduce our CO2 emissions;

• and to raise environmental consciousness within the organization.

Our greenhouse gas emissions result mainly from energy use. Through improved manufacturing processes, we’ve reduced titanium waste by 50% in the last reporting period. We work with a global network of transportation partners that have a strong environmental focus and provide more eco-friendly transport options. And we train our employees on environmental issues.

Our Environmental Management System (EMS) helps us achieve our goals for the environment while delivering continual feedback on environmental impact and other parameters. As part of our ISO 14001 certification, all production sites undergo regular third-party environmental audits.

• eCert EMS 69777 (PDF, 360 KB)

CO2 (kg) per produced unit