Foam and underlay group Vita has made ‘incredible progress’ in its environmental targets.
The group has seen a reduction of 43% reduction in its Scope 1 and 2 emissions, while its greenhouse gas intensity figures have decreased by the same amount since the 2019 baseline.
Its target of using only renewable electricity by 2030 has already been met and in 2022 it diverted 25,422 tonnes of excess material (trim) from landfill and repurposed, and 31 sites sent zero production waste to landfill, representing a 98% group diversion.
‘The second year of our sustainability report reflects the incredible progress our company has made in a relatively short period of time. This has been possible through our work with leaders in other fields such as academia and the chemicals industry, as well as collaborating closely with our suppliers and customers. All of us share a common goal in using the tools at our disposal to innovate and help protect the planet for future generations. While our progress is pleasing, we will not rest on our laurels: our achievements so far only provide us with more motivation to go even further. Therefore, we will continue to use our R&D capabilities to create products that marry commercial imperatives with sustainability, allowing clients and consumers to be assured Vita is the ethical foam manufacturer of choice,’ says Ian Robb, The Vita Group ceo.
In 2022, Vita became the first flexible polyurethane manufacturer to be validated by independent climate scientists through the Science Based Targets initiative and achieved a gold medal from EcoVadis, the world’s most trusted provider of business sustainability ratings, ranking it in the top 3% of assessed organisations.
Vita’s sustainability achievements have been made possible through strategic partnerships with leaders in academia and industry, including collaborations with Dow and Evonik to repurpose end-of-life foam into new raw materials, such as using RENUVA polyols to create the Orbis range of flexible, revitalised foam.
