Sustainability

Leading The Charge in Sustainability

Sustainability is fundamental to how ORVUS operates. We seek to advance sustainability in society through our innovative products and processes, and we are committed to minimizing the negative impacts of our operations on people and planet. We strive to cause no harm to employees, local communities, and customers, and we work to achieve climate neutrality, circularity, and zero pollution in our value chains, while avoiding adverse impacts on water scarcity and biodiversity. We aim to meet or exceed all sustainability regulatory requirements.

Innovation for a
Sustainable Tomorrow

ORVUS’ climate and energy network (CEN) is coordinated at a group level via a steering group that oversees eight issue teams working on a comprehensive range of sustainability topics. Issue and topic leads are experts from within our businesses; they have ownership of specific ESG areas and share expertise across the group through the network.

ORVUS Sustainability Governance Structure

Leads are also selected to represent each ORVUS business and country of operation, and a dedicated future-looking group of young colleagues (yCEN) prepares post-2025 strategies and actions in dedicated calls every two months. Ultimate governance of CEN is provided by our business leaders. News reports are distributed to all CEN members weekly, steering group calls and mailings happen monthly, and the network holds a globally attended annual meeting. ORVUS’ Team Leaders meet 4 times a year on manufacturing excellence days to discuss matters such as SHE performance, ISO management systems, energy efficiency audits, water and waste audits, and emission reduction plans.

ORVUS Procurement and Business Leaders meet every two months to discuss matters such as implementing ORVUS’ Supplier Code of Conduct, sourcing sustainable feedstock, purchasing emissions allowances, calculating product footprints, and exploring power purchase agreements (PPA).