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2030 long-term goal

objective

35% of the waste from our operations

should be sent for material recycling.

2025 Goal

analysis The proportion of waste for material

recycling has increased to 37%, which means

that we’ve achieved our target for the year. At the

Jönköping factory, we’ve installed a purification filter

in the washing process of metal components which

enables us to purify the water and reuse part of it

in the process, which results in a water saving of

approximately 2,600 litres per month, while reducing

the amount of hazardous waste. Leftover sound-

absorbing material is returned to our material supplier,

who recycles it into new material. We’ve also started to

use fabric bags, which we make in-house from fabric

remnants, for transporting plastic seat shells from

our factory in Skillinaryd to Kinnarp. These fabric bags

replace plastic bags and are used again and again.

During the year, our logistics concept has been

expanded to include products from NC Nordic Care,

which reduces not only the need for packaging

material but also the amount of waste by reusing

blankets as packaging material instead of single-use

packaging. Since the concept was expanded to include

all our product brands, we’ve been able to reduce the

use of packaging boxes by about 90 tonnes per year.

* Production in Kinnarp, Jönköping, Skillingaryd, Tranås, Vinslöv and sales subsidiaries.

PROPORTION OF RECYCLED WASTE

FROM OUR OWN OPERATIONS*

Our goal is for all our products to be designed for a long lifespan, and for

our interior design solutions to be part of a circular flow that extends the

life of products and materials. We aim to use more recycled materials in

our products and find innovative ways of using the leftover material from

our operations. This goal is linked to the UN’s Sustainable Development

Goal no. 12 ‘Responsible consumption and production’.

2020

2021

2022

2023

Material for recycling

30%

28%

31%

37%

Material for energy generation

68%

66%

65%

58%

Landfill

1%

3%

3%

3%

Hazardous waste

1%

3%

1%

2%