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The circular economy goes digital

Sustainability
Sustainable product developments

Plastic is a much-discussed material.
We know that high-performance
plastics can contribute to protecting
resources and the environment, and we
have made this the focus of our Certified according to ISO 14001 Power consumption
activities. In order to make our environmental We purchase 100% green electricity
policy transparent and comprehensible, and reduce the consumption of our
we have been certified according to machinery and equipment. We acquire
We look at plastics in three phases:
during their production, in use and at ISO standard 14001 since 2019, a injection moulding machines that are
the end of the product's life. We will recognised basis for environmental 40% more energy efficient. The power
management systems. This helps us
consumption was reduced by 11% in
give you our answers to sustainability towards having a CO neutral factory. 2021, while increasing production.
questions for both our products and 2
everyday life at igus . Not everything
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has been answered yet, and for some
things, especially with regard to 95t 31.2% 150
sustainable production, we are still
working on answers and solutions.
99% recycled clean igus programme
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igus has been focusing more and more 99% of our rejects in injection-moulding Mechanical measures such as magnetic
on sustainability in manufacturing and production (sprues, defective parts) are foils and guide plates prevent parts from
products since 2018. As a result, we
are now also able to state the carbon recycled and reused in the manufacturing falling out of the machines in the
process.
production process and becoming
footprint of a large number of our waste. The waste ratio (production of material returned as part of the renewed IT equipment sold
iglidur plain bearings. In addition, there waste + processed material) could be chainge recycling program since CO₂ savings 2021 internally and proceeds
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are new products that are largely or 2019 compared to 2020* donated in 2022
completely made from recycled material reduced by 21% in 2021 due to these
and other measures.
from our own production. And these are
also tested in the laboratory and have a
predictable service life.
CO emissions 196 64,409
2
In 2021, we achieved 31.2% less CO
2
emissions than in 2020.This figure
relates to Scope 1 and Scope 2
emissions. The switch to green electricity
in mid-2021 and to climate-neutral gas
in October 2021 played a key role here.
new energy-efficient injection
moulding machines, 275
old machines exchanged for trees planted since
new ones between 2021 - 2022 2020

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