Ecophon is building on better principles, materials and transparency to bring credible sustainability back to our industry. We believe that true sustainability has nothing to hide. That working to its highest ideals is a natural part of having a sound effect on people. And that if we want sustainability to be meaningful, it has to start with an honest approach, high ambition, and the best of intentions.
This page, and all of the activities and commitments you’ll find on it, show where we are so far. But we have much more to do – and have also listed many of the goals we’re aiming to achieve in the nearest and not-too-distant future. We invite you to explore, compare, assess and even question – because a sustainable future needs all of us, building on better together.
Ecophon is implementing sustainable practice across our operations and through our supplier chain in as many ways as we can. Here are some of those efforts and goals – there are more to come, and when they do, we’ll communicate them as quickly and completely as possible.
Ultimately, our prevailing sustainability goal for the company is to not be emitting more carbon than can be absorbed by 2050. We’re on the right track, and have many publicly-declared and independently-verified goals to mark progress along the way, including:
*Scope 1+2 target for 2030: 33% reduction (2017 reference year)
Scope 3 target for 2030: 17% reduction (2017 reference year)
Ecophon has made full transparency a cornerstone of our sustainability activities. Current industry practice falls short of meaningful sustainability, resorting instead to greenwashing, misleading figures, and empty measures, statements or promises. We are leading by example to transform sustainability standards and expectations for our industry.
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We believe in and are working towards a true circular business model where we reduce our use of raw virgin materials, reduce production of waste in every way, and avoid landfills if at all possible through reuse and recycling. Ecophon circularity is a continually developing programme, with more capabilities coming online all the time.
The movement to true sustainability is driven by innovation. At Ecophon, it is a key for finding ways to limit the footprints of our current products and operations. But also to unlock new and more radical ways to improve, such as with new materials, processes or partnerships. Both are equally important to get to a net zero emissions world by 2050.
Thanks to their unique properties and extensive and transparent documentation, Ecophon solutions are the optimal selection for ceilings in Green Buildings. Our products contribute in many ways to successful certification. All supporting documentation for Green Building assessment is easily available in our Download centre.
With full transparency as a core promise, we provide supporting documentation for the claims we make. Many of our activities, assessments and certifications are available here in the download centre.
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