The foundation-owned company group TROX defines sustainability as part of its company DNA. As a long-established company, we at TROX GmbH have placed our trust in long-term goals, efficiency and innovation as well as socially and societally responsible behaviour since 1951. We offer our customers and society components and systems which use the available resources in the best possible way while making a significant contribution to climate protection along their entire value chain. Sustainability is at the core of our how we do business, a growth driver and at the same time part of our responsibility.
For us, environmental and social responsibility and profitable growth belong together. That’s because continuous improvements make our company all the more viable for the future. It’s about more than just saving energy, lowering water consumption and reducing waste. We are orientating our company towards strictly applied sustainability in order to meet our aspiration to be climate-neutral by 2040, thereby making use of the entrepreneurial opportunities available to us for a productive future.
As part of our sustainability strategy, we are vigorously grappling with the UN’s 17 Sustainable Development Goals. For us, these goals are an avowal of our responsibility as a global company group. They include goals which we have always considered important, such as sustainable economic development, technical innovation, energy efficiency and, most central of all, human well-being.
We pursue a 360° sustainability approach which comprises 6 defined strategic fields for action. These cover nearly all 17 Sustainable Development Goals. TROX's strategic fields for action are largely focused on achieving these goals. In this way, we want to meet the vast challenges of our times and actively promote sustainable living, working and business.
The Paulownia plantation near to the TROX GROUP International Headquarters, in Neukirchen-Vluyn, Germany, with the aim to research and use sustainable raw materials from local sources to reduce and avoid CO2 emissions, is a joint project between:
The Paulownia plantation covers approx. 5 hectares (about 10 football pitches) and with 4,000 trees which are now 7-8 metres tall. Under optimal conditions, Paulownia trees are one of the fastest growing in the world and can reach a height of 15 to 20m within 10 - 12 years, with a trunk diameter of up to 45 cm. Due to their rapid growth they can store many more times CO2 (At 10 years old this equates to approx. 700kg for each Paulownia tree, compared to about 15kg for Oak - that's 46 times more, and stores it for longer than most other types of trees). Paulownia trees can also be cut at least 5 times each and will re-shoot themselves and rapidly regrow – pure sustainability!
For the plantation after 12 years this equates to approximately 2.5 million kg of CO2 stored. Also, the Paulownia tree flora is also great for wildlife, especially bees, with a high honey yield of up to 1,200kg per hectare. Read more about the Paulownia (also known as the 'bluebell' tree), its great properties and this special community project.
BREEAM (British Research Establishment Environmental Assessment Method) is a certification system, which assesses the overall building concept. BREEAM specifies nine main categories on which your building is evaluated. Credits are awarded and weighted for each category. This results in a final score for the building, in ratings from ‘Pass’ to ‘Outstanding’. Overall, the BREEAM certification is a quality label, it encourages you to focus on sustainability in building design and the environmental impact of products in buildings.
TROX can help towards obtaining these credits in different categories by using our products, in combination with other building components. The TROX-products could contribute and impact in six of those nine main categories.
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