Based on a life cycle approach, we know that the greatest potential for Electrolux to contribute to sustainability lies in improving product efficiency during use. But our work does not stop there.
Our goal is to maximize the use of purchased material and components. This not only reduces costs, but also reduces waste.
We are stepping up efforts to improve energy use within our own operations, thereby saving measurable CO2 emissions and operational costs. Electrolux has set a target to cut energy use by 15% group-wide by year-end 2009, compared to 2005 energy consumption.
Operational environmental concerns include:
- Energy and water efficiency;
- Reducing factory emissions;
- Reducing waste;
- Transportation;
- Handling hazardous materials, and;
- Designing products with sound material use, high levels of environmental performance and recyclability.
