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Sustainability at Autoneum
Autoneum takes its responsibility to the environment, people and society seriously for the well-being of current and future generations. As part of its sustainability strategy, the Company continued to carry out various projects and actions in 2024 to meet company-wide goals for environmental, social and governance (ESG) topics. Autoneum shares an annual update on these activities in its Corporate Responsibility Report, which follows the GRI standards. The Corporate Responsibility Report 2024 was released at the same time as Autoneum’s Annual Report 2024.
The new Level Up corporate strategy underlines Autoneum’s dedication to further advance sustainability throughout the whole value chain.
In 2024, the Company continued to make progress in the strategic areas of planet, people and governance. To reduce its environmental impact, Autoneum introduced projects across its plants worldwide to lower emissions, energy consumption and waste, as well as to improve water efficiency. Additionally, Autoneum developed further innovative products that minimize the use of non-renewable sources such as sustainable fiber-based side and rear wall panels for commercial vehicles and a full recyclable trunk side trim made of 100% polyester.
For more information on the Company’s sustainability initiatives and results, see Autoneum’s Corporate Responsibility Report 2024.
The sustainability label Autoneum Pure was launched in 2020 and designates technologies with an excellent environmental performance across all four stages of the product life cycle: from material procurement to production and use to the end of vehicle life.
Thanks to their light weight, high content of recycled materials, sustainable production process and great end-of-life recyclability, Autoneum Pure technologies have a significantly better carbon footprint than virgin material and contribute to reducing energy consumption and CO2 emissions of vehicles.
Components based on Pure technologies feature the following characteristics:
- Partially or entirely made of recycled materials
- Production cut-offs are reclaimed, processed and reused again
- Significantly lighter than comparable standard components
The sustainability label Autoneum Blue was introduced in 2023 and combines the use of recycled materials with protecting the oceans and social responsibility. It is a continuation of the LABEL blue by Borgers®, which was originally launched by Borgers Automotive. Following the acquisition of the German automotive supplier in April 2023, Autoneum has fully integrated the label into its sustainable product portfolio.
In order to qualify for the Autoneum Blue label, components must be based on materials that consist of at least 30% recycled PET that was collected from coastal areas within a 50-kilometer range of the water. In this way, the products make an important contribution to preventing plastic pollution in the oceans.
In addition, the process of collecting the PET bottles must be socially responsible and comply with human rights, and traceable procurement of the bottle flakes must be guaranteed.
The Autoneum Blue label complements Autoneum’s ongoing activities to continuously reduce water consumption in all areas of its operations as outlined in the Company’s sustainability strategy, making it another important step in Autoneum’s contribution to a more sustainable future of mobility.
In principle, Autoneum Blue components can be based on any Autoneumtechnology that contains recycled polyester fibers. The following polyester-based products are currently available under the Autoneum Blue label:
