Environmental Management

Climate change | Electricity | Waste | Responsible sourcing | Partnerships

Environmental Management

The 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. 

 

As part of our commitment to sustainability, we have achieved group-wide ISO 14001:2015 certification, which demonstrates our dedication to environmental management.

The Ergonomic Solutions Group is committed to:

Continual improvement in our environmental performance

Preventing pollution

Compliance with all environmental legislation, regulations and codes of practice relevant to our industry

EcoVardis Bronze Award - April 2024

Ergonomic Solutions Manufacturing A/S proudly awarded EcoVardis Bronze Medal

As part of our commitment to society, our people, and the environment, Ergonomic Solutions Manufacturing A/S completed a thorough assessment of its business sustainability practices through EcoVadis, the global standard for business sustainability ratings.

The EcoVadis assessment includes 21 sustainability criteria across four core themes: Environment, Labor & Human Rights, Ethics, and Sustainable Procurement.

We chose to align with EcoVadis because we aim to minimise our environmental impact as a direct result of supporting our customers needs via our joint end-to-end supply chain.

In our first evaluation, which was completed in April 2024, Ergonomic Solutions Manufacturing A/S earned a Bronze Medal, a recognition awarded to the top 35% of companies assessed by EcoVadis, which demonstrates our progress toward sustainability, and a commitment to promoting transparency throughout the value chain.

ENVIRONMENT LABOR & HUMAN RIGHTS ETHICS SUSTAINABLE PROCUREMENT
Operations
  • Energy Consumption & GHGs
  • Water
  • Biodiversity
  • Local & Accidental Pollution
  • Materials, Chemicals & Waste
Products
  • Product Use
  • Product End-of-Life
  • Customer Health & Safety
  • Environmental Services & Advocacy
Human Resources
  • Employee Health & Safety
  • Working Conditions
  • Social Dialogue
  • Career Management & Training
Human Rights
  • Child Labor, Forced Labor & Human Trafficking
  • Diversity, Discrimination & Harrassment
  • External Stakeholder Human Rights
  • Corruption
  • Anticompetitive Practices
  • Responsible Information Management
  • Supplier Environmental Practices
  • Supplier Social Practices

Climate Change

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.

CO2 Emission for Ergonomic Solutions Manufacturing

Waste

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 recycling 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:

Work towards 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

Ergonomic Solutions are proud to support EET Group A/S’ “Green Friday” initiative

Since 2021, Ergonomic Solutions / SpacePole Inc has contributed 38,000 trees to the EET forest. EET, a distribution partner of Ergonomic Solutions, partnered with Ecologi, a company focused on addressing climate crises.

To transform "Black Friday" into "Green Friday," EET invited select partners to support this initiative by contributing trees to their forest.

 

So far, our trees have supported projects in:

  • Reforestation in Changalane and Mussuquelane in Mozambique
  • Mangrove planting in Marotaola and Kadrany in Madagascar
  • Forest restoration in Kenya

With species including:

  • Adansonia digitata
  • Rhizophora mucronata
  • Dodonaea viscosa
  • Acacia nilotica
  • Bruguiera gymnoohiza

Ergonomic Solutions CEO and Group Managing Director says:

“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”.

The reforestation projects support the UN Sustainable Development Goals, number 15 for Life on Land, which covers sustainable management of forests and combating desertification.

Ergonomic Solutions CEO Ian Dewar supporting EET Green Friday

Our Environmental Policies

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