Glamox AS
Climate Impact & Sustainability Data (2021, 2023)
Reporting Period: 2021
Environmental Metrics
Total Carbon Emissions:4606 tCO2e/year
Scope 1 Emissions:2868 tCO2e/year
Scope 2 Emissions:1739 tCO2e/year
Renewable Energy Share:67%
Total Energy Consumption:27,831,104 kWh/year
Waste Generated:1828 tons/year (hazardous and non-hazardous combined)
ESG Focus Areas
- Environment and climate sustainability
- Human rights and labour rights
- Business ethics
Environmental Achievements
- Reduced GHG emissions from 5,443 tonnes CO2 equivalents in 2020 to 4,606 tonnes CO2 equivalents in 2021
- Increased share of renewable electricity to 67%
- Established circular design criteria for new products
- Kirkenær factory achieved net zero emissions Scope 1 and 2
- More than 95% of luminaires delivered are energy-efficient LED luminaires
Social Achievements
- 80% of surveyed employees said Glamox is a great place to work
- 88% of employees said they have interesting and challenging tasks
- 356 suppliers were screened using social and environmental criteria
Governance Achievements
- Launched an updated set of core values (Competent, Connected, Committed, and Responsible)
- Implemented a group-wide Anti-Corruption Policy
- No incidents of corruption, breach of competition law or other laws and regulations reported
Climate Goals & Targets
Long-term Goals:
- Become a net-zero company by 2030
Medium-term Goals:
- Enable customers to save CO2 emissions from their Scope 1 and Scope 2 activities through products and solutions
- Increase the share of circular products in portfolio
Short-term Goals:
- Increase share of turnover from connected lighting
- Increase number of circular products in portfolio
- Continue to increase share of LED
- Develop objectives/environmental policy on group level for reducing climate emissions
- Increase recycling rate at factories
- Develop Environmental Product Declarations (EPDs) on product level
- Set and receive approval from the Science Based Target initiative for emission reduction
- Start reporting average number of training hours per employee
- Implement group-wide whistleblowing channel that enables anonymous reporting
- Maintain a high employee engagement score (above 80% saying Glamox is a great workplace)
- Maintain track record of zero fatal accidents
- Work to decrease number of LTI
- Screen all new suppliers using social and environmental criteria
- Create measurements for ethics, social and governance related issues in the supply chain and establish routines for follow-up
- Implement common group policies, ensuring a global standard for onboarding, follow-up and development plans for employees
- Implement Diversity, Equity and Inclusion policy and training with focus on unconscious bias
Environmental Challenges
- Reducing environmental impact across the full product life cycle
- Maintaining high supplier oversight and engagement on ethics, social and governance issues
- Increasing gender diversity in leadership positions
Mitigation Strategies
- Implementing energy efficiency measures and offsetting unavoidable emissions
- Implementing digital supplier screening with IntegrityNext
- Setting targets to improve the ratio of men and women in all parts of the company
Supply Chain Management
Supplier Audits: 356 suppliers screened in 2021
Responsible Procurement
- Glamox Code of Conduct
- Responsible Business Partner Policy
- Anti-corruption policy
- Digital supplier screening with IntegrityNext
Climate-Related Risks & Opportunities
Reporting Standards
Frameworks Used: GRI Standards Core Level, UN Global Compact
Certifications: ISO 14001, ISO 50001 (Keila, Estonia factory)
UN Sustainable Development Goals
- SDG 7
- SDG 8
- SDG 9
- SDG 12
- SDG 13
Each strategic pillar contributes to specific SDGs and targets.
Sustainable Products & Innovation
- Energy-efficient LED luminaires
- Connected lighting solutions
- Human-centric lighting (HCL) solutions
Reporting Period: 2023
Environmental Metrics
Total Carbon Emissions:3280 tCO2e/year
Scope 1 Emissions:2,251 tCO2e/year
Scope 2 Emissions:1,029 tCO2e/year
Scope 3 Emissions:1,903,745 tCO2e/year
Renewable Energy Share:91% of total energy use
Total Energy Consumption:26,016,674 kWh/year
Waste Generated:17 tons/year to landfill
ESG Focus Areas
- Environmental and climate sustainability
- Labour rights
- Business ethics
Environmental Achievements
- Reduced Scope 1 and 2 CO2 emissions by 64 to 17 tons, equivalent to 73%
- Reduced waste to landfill from 55 to 17 tons
- Increased the numbers of EPDs offered on our products by +55 (#)
Social Achievements
- Reduced lost time injuries from 11 to 7
- More than three out of four employees confirmed (high) engagement in working at Glamox.
Governance Achievements
- Expanded scope of GRI reporting through a double materiality assessment
- Submitted Science Based Targets for validation
Climate Goals & Targets
Medium-term Goals:
- Become net-zero in our own operations (Scope 1 and 2) by 2030
Short-term Goals:
- Reduce absolute Scope 1 and 2 GHG emissions 40 percent by 2025, from a 2021 base year
- Reduce Scope 3 emissions in line with our Science Based Target
- Make progress towards goal of reducing the share of non-hazardous waste sent to landfill to 1 percent by 2025
- Increase the share of turnover from connected lighting to 45 percent by 2025
Environmental Challenges
- Climate change disruption could affect the supply chain, production, logistics and suppliers.
- Emerging regional and international climate regulations could increase logistical, raw material, and component costs.
- Building compliance and proper follow-up of employees, safety and production that meets our high standards, is an important task that must succeed in different cultures and labor markets that have other standards and traditions.
- Stricter regulations and requirements on the demand side could present a competitive edge, especially against non-European competitors.
- Investing in production improvements and developments that further enhance ESG metrics is costly, and may allow competitors to later adopt similar technologies at a lower cost.
- Glamox mostly uses European and some Asian suppliers. Both sources could potentially face short- and more long-term disruptions due to anything from geopolitical instability to climate change effects.
Mitigation Strategies
- Glamox offsets this somewhat with a balanced supplier portfolio and local production.
- Glamox has implemented a Group-wide anti-corruption policy since November 2020
- Annual anti-corruption training is conducted, specifically tailored to employees’ tasks.
- Glamox is currently liaising with suppliers to procure more comparable data from 2022.
- Glamox has sent near-term company-wide emission reduction targets in line with climate science for validation by the Science Based Targets initiative (SBTi).
- Glamox actively directing inbound freight away from air and road, towards marine when possible.
Supply Chain Management
Responsible Procurement
- Code of Conduct
- Supplier screening process ensures that we operate in accordance with the Minimum Safeguards
- Increasingly sourcing recycled materials as well as switching to more sustainable alternatives, for example with regards to packaging
Climate-Related Risks & Opportunities
Physical Risks
- Rising temperatures that impact working conditions
- Increased prevalence of extreme weather
Transition Risks
- Emerging regional and international climate regulations
Opportunities
- Development of energy-efficient products
Reporting Standards
Frameworks Used: GRI Standards
Certifications: ISO 9001, ISO 14001, ISO 45001, ISO 50001, ISO 87079:34ATEX, ISO 13485, MED
UN Sustainable Development Goals
- SDG 7
- SDG 8
- SDG 9
- SDG 12
- SDG 13
Glamox supports the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and these SDGs relate to Glamox operations.
Sustainable Products & Innovation
- C80 G2, C81, C88, C94 and Motus Line (recycled aluminum)
- Multi G2 industrial luminaires (repairable and upgradable)
- Nordic Collection (flexible and modular platform)