MATERIALIZING SUSTAINABILITY
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TRESPA. SUSTAINABILITY POSITION PAPER MATERIALIZING SUSTAINABILITY

INTRODUCTION SUSTAINABILITY IS NOT SOMETHING YOU DREAM ABOUT, BUT SOMETHING YOU DO. IT’S ABOUT ACTING. THIS IS WHY TRESPA ALWAYS TAKES ACTIONS THAT PROVIDE A ‘WIN’ FOR THE ENVIRONMENT, OUR BUSINESS, OUR COMPANY AND OUR CLIENTS. THIS IS HOW WE CONTINUOUSLY IMPROVE AND MATERIALIZE SUSTAINABILITY. Sustainability at Trespa is about common sense, a fact based approach and complete integration in the business planning. It is not about achieving zero impact in the production process but about durability and a cradle-to-gate approach that allows materials and products to re-enter the production...

SUSTAINABILITY INSIDE TRESPA WAS FOUNDED IN 1960. THE COMPANY EXISTS TO CREATE MATERIALS THAT HAVE A POSITIVE IMPACT AND MEANING IN THE LIVES OF PEOPLE, ON SOCIETY, AND ON THE ENVIRONMENT AROUND US. TRESPA'S SUSTAINABILITY POLICY IS BASED ON A DEEPLY FELT MOTIVATION TO SHIFT FROM 'BEING LESS BAD' FOR THE ENVIRONMENT TO BEING 'GOOD' AND CREATING NEW VALUE. Since then we have been developing and producing high quality panels for exterior cladding, decorative facades and scientific surface solutions. Trespa’s focus is on product development, combining quality-manufacturing technologies with...

MATERIALIZING SUSTAINABILITY REQUIRES A REALISTIC VISION HANDS ON ACTION AND INTEGRATED APPROACH IN THE ENTIRE COMPANY. TRESPA HAS DEFINED 3 PRINCIPLES THAT SHAPE THE WAY OF THINKING AND ACTING. “It is not about ‘zero’. It is about the perfect balance between impact and longevity/functionality.” COMMON SENSE Trespa will use a common sense approach in addressing the topic of sustainability. A product can never have a zero environmental footprint as certain interferences with the environment are unavoidable. By acknowledging that, it goes without saying that the pursuit of “zero impact”...

THE MAIN DRIVER TO SUSTAINABILITY: DURABILITY As the sustainability performance of products is evaluated throughout their entire lifetime, durability, defined as reliability and long service life, is one of the major features of sustainable products. The longer the product lasts, the longer the period of time to spread the environmental impact associated with the production of those raw materials and the environmental costs that incurred in the product’s manufacturing, such as energy, waste, and emissions. Furthermore, by implying fewer replacements, long-lasting products entail less use of...

V Electron beam (EB) curing TRESPA'S HPL MANUFACTURING PROCESS Our guiding principle is “do more with less”, enhancing the functionality of our products and at the same time reducing the inputs required to manufacture them. Despite its simplicity, the implementation of such a principle is far from easy and its successful adoption relies on the firm commitment of the Company towards the protection of the environment. The integration of sustainability within our LTO reflects our full engagement and commitment in this sense. This is the key for addressing the big challenge of “doing more with...

LIFE-TIME EXTENSION INITIATIVE: THE TRESPA SECOND LIFE PROGRAMME In light of the environmental benefits arising from life-time extension (explained in the section "The main drivers to sustainability" in page 8), Trespa launched in 2018 the Second Life Programme. The Trespa® Meteon® exterior panels sold within this program frame work will be collected and given a second life after dismantling, instead of being disposed. TRESPA SECOND LIFE Service life LIFE TIME Technical life Figure 6. Graphical representation of the environmental benefits associated with the Trespa Second Life Programme....

2022 CRADLE-TO-GATE TARGETS AND PROGRESS Based upon a series of activities and projects —that are planned to be implemented by 2022—we, in 2018, defined our “impact reduction targets” as follows (NB: 2015 results are used as a reference): ■ Global warming: -8% ■ Primary energy demand: -4% ■ Water footprint: -5% Improving our LCA model The accuracy of LCA models is very much dependent on the data available. Data quality is at the forefront of our priorities. In LCA a clear distinction is made between data collected on site (primary data) and generic average data (secondary data), with the...

Between 2015 and 2018 the global warming impact of 1 m2 of packaged Trespa HPL panel at the plant gate improved by 2%— thanks to the increased use of wood chips. A bigger improvement can be seen in the water footprint category, where the reduction of the impact by 4% is mainly due to an increased efficiency in the use of resources (reduced waste generation). The positive effect of using wood chips and reducing waste were nonetheless diluted by the change in the mix of products produced and sold, which occurred between 2015 and 2018. In year 2018 we witnessed an increase in the market demand...

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