Environmental Management
Climate change | Electricity | Waste | Responsible sourcing | Partnerships
Environmental ManagementThe Ergonomic Solutions Group takes its environmental responsibilities seriously.
We recognise that our activities have an impact on the environment in terms of the use of raw materials, emissions into the air, water, and waste generation. The company seeks to minimise this as far as is reasonably practicable.
At Ergonomic Solutions, we calculate our carbon footprint each year based on our energy consumption: fuel, electricity and gas for the period 1 January – 31 December.
Trends for Ergonomic Solutions Manufacturing: CO2 Emissions
In 2023, we achieved our goal of reducing emissions across all scopes 1, 2, and 3, evident when compared to the previous year's data.
Scope 1 (direct emissions) stems from gas usage in our paint shop, and saw a notable decrease with the introduction of Bio-Mix which was re-introduced in 2023, resulting in reduced CO2 emissions.
Scope 2 emissions are related to the use of electricity and district heating usage, which also decreased due to the contracts with our supply partners.
As for Scope 3 emissions, where we have a set target emission per product shipped, we observed a decrease in CO2 per product, largely attributed to the documented use of recycled steel.
Ergonomic Solutions’ Northern Region participates in a waste reduction scheme
Waste segregation:
- Recycling of all card and paper
- Recycling of other mixed recyclables
- Recycling of disposable batteries
- Recycling of used printer cartridges
Segregation at source helps us to achieve our target of reducing general waste. Our general waste is currently one-third of what was generated before segregation for recycling.
Awareness of plastic usage is an explicit cornerstone of our Environmental Policy and by the end of 2019, we discontinued the use of plastic cups in our factory in Denmark.
In 2019 the Ergonomic Solutions Group implemented double-sided printing as standard in all locations to prevent unnecessary paper usage, and we implemented a new automated paint shop, where we now are re-cycling 100% of paint powder and thereby eliminating any waste.
The Ergonomic Solutions Green Initiative
Recycling our incoming cardboard boxes as packaging material
In November 2021, we introduced a shredder machine that allows us to reuse incoming cardboard as packing material within our packing process.
This brings a number of important improvements to our incoming and outgoing packing processes, all of which have a positive impact on our local environment.
- We will no longer have to purchase 5.5 tons of cardboard per year for use as packing material
- By recycling our incoming boxes, we utilise what was previously waste cardboard
- This a more environmentally friendly method of packing which has an improved impact on our carbon footprint
The shredding process has been comprehensively tested for dust ingress, and all were positive with no impact on our products.
Responsible sourcing
We will continue to ensure responsible sourcing in the selection of materials and reduce the impact of resources used to operate the buildings.
Partnerships
Our aim is to:
- Create an incident-free and zero harm environment
- Create a great place to work where all staff are valued, respected and motivated and are knowledgeable about environmental issues and impacts
- Encourage local sourcing across the business
- Create a positive impact on the communities where we work
Proud to support the EET Group A/S “Green Friday” initiative and have donated 10,000 trees to be planted in the EET forest
“Sustainability and the environment are at the forefront of our business. It’s exciting for us to be supporting our partner EET in this way”
ES Group CEO Ian Dewar
Learn more about EET’s “Green Friday” initiative on the EET website.
