Sustainability

OUR SUSTAINABILITY APPROACH: TRANSFORMING CONSTRUCTION TOGETHER

Elematic strives to engage its value chain in carbon reduction and to enable a more positive handprint of precast industry with its solutions. We are developing solutions towards low-carbon construction together with an extensive network of partners.

Sustainability runs through our strategy from mega trends to customer needs and our offering. Skilled and diverse Elematic people and good leadership play a central role in the sustainable progress and growth of our business.

Precast concrete solutions for sustainable construction

Precast concrete is resource-efficient, scalable, and flexible, and provides architectural freedom. It makes the whole construction process more efficient. Concrete structures have a long service life and low need for maintenance and repair, providing significant sustainable value.

Elematic delivers performance and sustainability over the entire lifetime of precast technologies and products. Examples of Elematic’s innovation and high quality include the following:

Energy and resource-efficient production technology
Shear compaction technology to reduce the use of cement
Solution for recycling concrete during production
Reusable shuttering system to reduce waste
Services to extend product lifecycles
Durable design to extend product lifecycles
Solutions for water recycling in manufacturing processes

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CONCENTRATING ON WHAT MATTERS MOST

In our materiality assessment, we analyzed Elematic’s and our stakeholders’ interests concerning relevant topics through interviews and a survey and reviewed the regulatory landscape regarding sustainability. For each potential topic, we considered Elematic’s environmental, social, and governance (ESG) impacts. As a result, we prioritized the most material sustainability topics for Elematic. The latest materiality assessment was carried out in 2022

Committed to United Nation’s SDG’s

Our sustainability approach and targets are aligned with the following UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), prioritized as the most relevant for our operations:

Decent work and economic growth (8)
Industry, innovation and infrastructure (9)
Responsible consumption and production (12)
Climate action (13)

Elematic will further align the company’s sustainability targets and performance reporting with SDGs.

OUR KEY SUSTAINABILITY THEMES, TOPICS AND TARGETS

Elematic’s sustainability themes and topics are based on in-depth understanding of or impacts and stakeholders’ expectations. Through targets and KPIs, we measure our progress and continuously raise the bar.

SOLUTIONS AND INNOVATIONS

PRECAST CONCRETE SOLUTIONS FOR SUSTAINABLE CONSTRUCTION

In a typical housing project, on fourth of the lifecycle carbon footprint comes from the manufacturing of building products. The frame is the biggest source of building emissions, accounting for 69% of all emissions. Elematic innovates building construction with precast.

OUR MATERIAL FOCUS ARE:

Sustainable products, technologies and services
R&D and innovations

We invest strongly in research and development, and the share of R&D expenses of our annual net sales is 3.2 percent (3.8 percent). One of the cornerstones of our R&D work is the safety and environmental friendliness of our machinery. We continuously reshape and develop our precast technology. We provide our customers with effective, energy-efficient, environmentally friendly, and safe products that leverage the latest technology.

We will evaluate the environmental impacts of all our key machines (40 pcs) by 2025.

ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY

ETHICS AND TRANSPARENCY ENABLE EFFICIENT AND PREDICTABLE OPERATIONS

Elematic develops the built environment with a focus on how materials, methods, and processes can reduce the environmental burden and contribute positively to society.
Along with this important role, Elematic strives to minimize its own environmental impact.

OUR MATERIAL FOCUS AREAS:

• Resource & energy efficiency of products over the lifecycle
• Elematic’s emissions, waste, and recycling

Concrete is the world’s most widely used construction material. However, it has significant environmental impacts due to the high CO2 emissions arising from the production of cement, which is used as a raw material in concrete. As the demand for sustainable building materials grows, low-carbon concrete is becoming increasingly important.

Elematic plays an important role in the transition towards a more environmentally sustainable society. Our aim is to develop innovative products as well as process improvements to minimize the use of energy and raw materials, CO2 emissions, waste, and hence costs. We are also dedicated to promoting sustainable practices throughout the precast industry and actively participate in initiatives to reduce environmental impacts.

Automated hollow core production at Contiga in Norway

OUR CARBON FOOTPRINT

By 2030, our main target is to reduce our scope 1&2 emissions by 50% compared to 2023.

Elematic’s Scope 1, 2 and 3 emissions are calculated in accordance with the Greenhouse Gas (GHG) protocol. The calculation was done by GreenCarbon.
* First calculation was limited in extent compared to years 2022 and 2023 and is not fully comparable. The emissions of Indian and US locations have been calculated partly and the UAE site is excluded from the calculation process.
** Emissions for the whole group. The UAE site is excluded from the calculation process.

SUSTAINABILITY IN THE PRECAST VALUE CHAIN

Precast is a more sustainable building method than cast-in-situ. It provides material and energy efficiency in floor slabs and wall panels. Precast factories using modern technologies save cement, concrete, and water – and can reduce CO2 emissions. Precast enables safer and cleaner construction sites with less traffic, noise dust, and support structures. It has a sustainable lifecycle when machinery is maintained, precast slabs and leftover concrete recycled, and CO2 emissions in production systematically decreased.