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Sustainability: A Goal Clearly in Sight

On the Road to Carbon Neutrality, With a Focus on Energy, Waste, Materials, Water and Emissions

At Freudenberg Sealing Technologies, we want to do our part in preventing climate change, and we have set ambitious goals in this area. From 2020 to 2025, we will reduce our relative CO2 emissions – as calculated per million euros of revenue – by 30 percent. Until 2030, we will use exclusively electricity from renewable sources.

We know that we can only reach our climate goals if we proceed down this path quickly and systematically. That means we want to cut down on energy use quickly by continually optimizing our products and technologies, reducing waste and improving the energy efficiency of our buildings.

To us, sustainable operation means paying attention to our consumption of materials and energy and minimizing CO2 emissions in manufacturing. We have already electrified our energy supply significantly, and we increasingly obtain electricity from renewable sources.

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30% reduction in terms of CO2 per million euros of revenue by 2025
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Four Steps To Zero Emissions

We have defined our path to carbon neutrality and are pursuing a multi-step strategy involving reduction, electrification, green electricity and compensation. Cutting down on the use of materials and energy is a top priority when the goal is to protect the climate. The electrification of our energy supply, which is well underway in our facilities, is the foundation for our next major step toward zero emissions: the conversion to electricity from renewable sources. Learn more about how we are proceeding at Freudenberg Sealing Technologies and what methods we are using.

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Sustainability in Practice

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“Disruptions Are a Dream for Experts”

COO Dr. Matthias Sckuhr explains why Freudenberg Sealing Technologies is well placed to address the issue of sustainability thanks to processes and materials expertise.

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Freudenberg Sealing Technologies Is Going Greener

We have been committed to sustainable production and business practices for decades. Going green has never been more important to us than today. Learn more in the video.

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How Changes Today Can Impact Tomorrow

Our plant in Tillsonburg, Ontario, is focused on taking active strides to improve its emissions and energy consumption numbers of the facility.

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No More Drafts

Even if our plant Berlin-Adlershof, Germany, is just ten years old there’s always something to improve.

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Trending Downward

Using a range of measures, our North Shields facility in UK has reduced its CO₂ footprint. Natural gas consumption for heating has fallen by nearly two-thirds.

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Leading by Example

Honoring Powerful Sustainability Practices

Honoring Powerful Sustainability Practices

Freudenberg Sealing Technologies earns outstanding rankings from NQC, Eco Vadis

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Gray Makes Way for Blue

We supply our customer Hitachi Energy with seals for gas-insulated, high-voltage switching systems that eliminate the use of SF₆, an extremely climate-damaging shielding gas.

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Sustainable Printing

Sustainable action has multiple dimensions at our company: For one thing, we are reducing our own environmental footprint; for another, our products and services make it possible for our customers to do the same (handprint).

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Pressing for Climate Protection

In its recycling of paper, cardboard and cartons, our mixing plant in Weinheim is breaking new ground – in a way that is both climate-friendly and economically expedient. Now rags smeared with oil are washed instead of discarded.

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The Road to Carbon Neutrality

Freudenberg Sealing Technologies wants to operate carbon neutral by 2045. Vicky Jandreau, responsible for sustainability, answers the question of how the company intends to achieve its goals.

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Sustainability in the Value Chain

At the “Neuland Innovation Day 2022” organized by the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Dr. Eberhard Bock and Dr. Alexandra Heislitz gave a lecture describing Freudenberg‘s approaches to sustainability.

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“Teaching” Plastic to Shield

Replacing metal with plastic to reduce vehicle weight and save fuel is not new. But thanks to electrification, the long-term trend is picking up speed.

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Commuting and “Filling Up” Sustainably

Our plant in Reichelsheim, Germany is surrounded by hills. If you want to commute to work on a bicycle here, you had better press down hard on the pedals. Or climb aboard an e-bike.

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One Idea, Four Queens and 200,000 Diligent Helpers

In June 2021, Freudenberg Sealing Technologies became sponsor of two bee colonies from the "Bee different" beekeeping company. Read more about this project here.

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Wide-Angle View on Sustainability

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A Green Oasis on the Factory Grounds

You don't necessarily expect to grow bananas, spinach and tomatoes on a factory site. A team from the Freudenberg site in Chennai, India, has done just that and is meeting with great approval.

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Leaving No Stone Unturned

The Freudenberg plant in Oberwihl shows the way to climate-neutral production: increasing energy efficiency, thermal energy without fossil fuel oil and as much green electricity as possible.

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One Step Ahead

Sustainability is a project for humanity – with wide-ranging ideas. The new ESSENTIAL points out why it is important for companies to think about tomorrow.

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“To Us, Handprints Are Important and Integral”

Sustainability is the key. We talked with Dr. Bilguun Bayarmagnai, Head of Corporate Sustainability, about the resolute course the Freudenberg Group has charted.

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Gigantic Opportunities

More than 20 countries have adopted a national hydrogen strategy so far. One key aspect is the mass production of “green hydrogen.” Freudenberg Sealing Technologies’ solutions have made it a pioneer in the field.

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A Billion Microorganisms

At Freudenberg in Reichelsheim, billions of bacteria are thriving on solvent vapors. The biological exhaust air system cleans the air and is part of a trend.

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Friction-Free Process

The innovative Levitex mechanical face seal helps to reduce fuel consumption and CO2 emissions. Greatest possible automation and integrated quality control is included.

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Detecting Leaks in Just 120 Seconds

LeaCo is a new self-sufficient and reliable monitoring system by Freudenberg Sealing Technologies. It detects and reports leakages in process industry facilities within just two minutes.

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No More Sparks in E-Motors

Bearings in electric motors can be damaged to the point that, in the worst case, the engine breaks down. The electrically conductive eCON solution prevents bearing damage of this kind.

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Anything but Hot Air

The battery housings of electric vehicles need efficient pressure equalization. DIAvent® guarantees this function. It also handles degassing in an emergency and then immediately closes afterwards.

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Customized High-Skill Occupation

Cara Mia Pesta is training for a profession that didn’t even exist a year ago. The new employee at Freudenberg Sealing Technologies has set her sights on work as a manufacturing metrology technician.

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With a Cold Runner

How quickly an ecologically sound technology catches on - as demonstrated by valve gate injection molding, - depends above all on whether it also offers economic advantages.

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Freudenberg Group Progress Report

Freudenberg Sealing Technologies is the largest of 12 Freudenberg business groups. Its parent company, the Freudenberg Group, joined the UN Global Compact in 2014. The initiative champions sustainable and responsible company management worldwide. Its members are guided by the vision of a sustainable global economy, as enshrined in the United Nations’ 17 Sustainability Development Goals (SDGs). They consistently align their activities with sustainability criteria and develop practical approaches to make their vision a reality and advance the cause of sustainability.

Every year, Freudenberg publishes a so-called progress report for the UN Global Compact. It is part of the its annual report and describes its understanding of sustainability. Looking back at the previous year, the report outlines the measures that Freudenberg has used to carry out the Global Compact’s principles and highlights examples of successful sustainability projects.

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