The three pillars of sustainability
Our sustainability strategy is divided into three areas: climate (environmental issues), community (social issues) and compliance (governance issues). In these ranges, we aim to continuously improve our sustainability performance beyond the legal requirements.
Climate
As a building components supplier for products and solutions for interior doors made of wood and glass, Arbonia has a responsibility for protecting the environment and climate. We see great potential in the transformation into an environmentally compatible economy and would like to substantially contribute to making the building sector more sustainable with our product, development, and service portfolio. We want to reduce the ecological impact of our own operating activities and those of our customers through various measures in production as well as in the upstream and downstream value-added chain.
Community
The employees of Arbonia are the driving force for the further development of the company. They act as ambassadors for its values at the same time. The employees show themselves to be dedicated, determined, and reliable in their day-to-day work, while Arbonia endeavours to be an attractive employer for them.
Compliance
For Arbonia, integrity and law-abiding business practices lay the foundation for sustainable corporate governance and hence a future-proof company. The spectrum of topics covers numerous ethical principles relating to our internal cooperation and our work with business partners. Furthermore, the topics of data security and data transfer are becoming more and more important. In addition to our own business practices, we are placing increasing emphasis on due diligence in the supply chain. In all countries in which Arbonia operates, it adheres to the Universal Declaration on Human Rights of the United Nations, the UN Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women, the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child, and the ten principles of the UN Global Compact.
Focus on contributions to greater sustainability
Energy for the future
Two modern biomass cogeneration plants at Prüm and Garant will provide renewable energy in future. Using combined heat and power, these assets will cover round half of the electricity requirement and the entire heat requirement of the two factories. The assets will be fired with production residues, i.e. wood waste from door production.
Climate protection with wood
The use of wood as a building material helps to reduce the greenhouse gas footprint of the emissions-intensive construction sector. In the production of doors and casings, we deliberately use wood, a natural, regionally available and renewable raw material.
Linoleum door
Arbonia introduced a new development for ecological building, a durable door with a linoleum surface. Linoleum not only impresses with its high-quality aesthetics and warm feel, but also with its sustainability.
Obligations and initiatives
Clear terms of reference and external impetus help us to systematically pursue our sustainability goals.
UN Global Compact
The world's largest initiative for sustainable and responsible corporate governance. Arbonia has been a member since 2021 and has committed to 10 principles in the areas of human rights, labor standards, the environment and anti-corruption, as well as annual reporting.
EcoVadis
Sustainability assessment across the ranges of environment, human and labor rights, ethics and sustainable procurement. In the current EcoVadis assessment, Arbonia was awarded a bronze medal, placing it in the top 35% of rated contractors.
Science Based Targets Initiative
initiative, which offers a science-based method for setting emissions targets in line with the Paris Climate Agreement. Arbonia has committed to short and long-term emission reductions according to the Net-Zero Standard of the Science Based Targets initiative (SBTi).
Sustainability reports
Arbonia publishes an annual sustainability report in order to report transparently on its sustainability strategy, developments, measures and plans. The sustainability report is constructed in accordance with the GRI Standards.
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Seraina Kunz
Sustainability Manager
Arbonia AG
Amriswilerstrasse 50
9320 Arbon
Switzerland
