COP 22/23 - Report - Side 40
4.3 QUALITY FOR
THE ENVIROMENT
Start taking action
No waste policy
As catchy as the phrase may be, we need to take it seriously: ‘There is no planet B’.
When establishing quality for the environment, we simply
need to start taking action. There is no time for discussion on
best practice, but there is steep learning curve, and we constantly need to readjust and improve our actions. We know
that, because what we thought and were taught, were the
right solution just five years ago, is no longer enough, when
we say our vision is completely green.
The following are our current thoughts on what is quality for
the environment.
While we can optimize sizes and cuts to avoid a lot of
spare elements, and teach the end user how to ensure that
their product will last ages, requiring a challenge to current
consumption patterns, service and our schooling of maintenance processes? We cannot avoid waste at some point, but
we can transform trash to treasure. We therefore believe our
work at Denwood by HORN makes the biggest difference,
why we increasingly will be looking into how we can design
upcycled products from our countertop waste material and
potentially establish take-back solutions.
CO2 Strategy
Implementing a data-driven decision making process to our
CO2 action plans, have given us 3 years of overview about
our emissions. We now know, that we have several milestones on the road to reach our vision, of becoming a climate
positive manufacturer – But we also have a clear strategy
and plan on how to remove our CO2 emissions and not
least a relevant solution to how we might actually store CO2
as well.
Simultaneously we will start implementing more upcycled
material in our countertops, a process which as an example
include our laminate products, which is of high relevancy
cause to a high demand and low possibility for upcycling.
Therefore we have started to look into, how we can lower
the amount of core material, and potentially how we may
produce our own 100% upcycled core.
We furthermore applied for the (SBTI), Science Based Target
Initiative, to ensure that our actions are third party validated.
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