Making it easier for customers to achieve their sustainability objectives
At Essentra Components we are aiming to be the world’s leading, responsible, hassle free supplier of essential industrial components. We are committed to making it easier for our customers to achieve their sustainability goals and objectives, by developing sustainable industrial component solutions for them.
We have set our own ambitious corporate sustainability goals, and with our culture of continuous improvement, are helping our customers to achieve theirs too. By remaining transparent about our progress and working alongside customers to provide more sustainable solutions, Essentra Components is reducing our environmental impact while still delivering a hassle-free service to our customers.
Find out more information by exploring the sections below
Essentra Components Sustainability Goals
Essentra Components are committed to playing our part in solving global sustainability challenges. Our corporate sustainability goals supported by our Senior Leadership Team are integral to being a responsible corporate citizen:
- 25% reduction in Scope 1 and 2 emissions by 2025, and making direct operations net zero by 2040
- All sites will be Zero Waste To Landfill certified by 2030
- 20% reduction in the volume of waste produced by 2030
- 20% of packaging and raw materials from more sustainable sources by 2025
See how Essentra Components is making manufacturing more sustainable:
Essentra Components has set a target to use 20% packaging and polymer raw materials from more sustainable sources by 2025 across our global manufacturing operations. 
Scott Fawcett
Divisional Managing Director
Making our products recyclable and use resources effectively
As an active participant in the circular economy, Essentra Components are a signatory of the European Commission’s Circular Plastics Alliance. This solidifies our commitment to increasing the use of recycled polymer raw materials in our product range, alongside playing our role in expanding the European recycled plastics market to ten million tonnes by 2025.
Essentra Components are committed to developing products that help our customers reduce their environmental impact and that’s why we are focusing on making our products recyclable and using resources effectively. This includes increasing the amount of recycled plastics across our polypropylene (PP) and low-density polyethylene (LDPE) product ranges. Our LDPE products contain 50% recycled content as standard. The plant in Kidlington has been manufacturing products including recycled material since April 2021, and our Erie and Barcelona plants since March 2022. We continue to support our customers in their waste management activities with our recyclable solutions, looking at our other ranges to bring our customers a variety of sustainable solutions. We can also offer our customers flexibility with sustainable alternatives for their custom products, tailored to their needs.
Working with our Customers
Essentra Components listened to our needs and delivered a solution that not only worked but helped us achieve our customers sustainability goals, saving 2.5million parts from landfill.
Alan Webb
Company Secretary and Director, Iracroft
Operational Efficiency and Reducing our Carbon Footprint
As part of our carbon footprint reduction programme, we have made significant investment in new electric injection moulding machinery. All end-of-life inefficient hydraulic machinery is due to be replaced by the end of 2031. So far we have replaced 180 machines and 32 more have been identified for replacement in the next year. As part of our energy reduction programme we are working to optimise the energy consumption of each of our sites globally, including introducing more efficient LED lighting and carrying out energy audits.
Zero Waste To Landfill
As part of our aim to have all our sites certified Zero Waste To Landfill by 2030, Essentra Components is optimising its operations to monitor and reduce waste. We are working to divert at least 99% of all our business waste from landfill, choosing more sustainable disposal methods alongside implementing the waste hierarchy.
Sustainability Reporting
Essentra Components and the wider Essentra Plc believe in being transparent about our sustainability journey, progress and challenges. We disclose our data to CDP and Ecovadis annually to meet the needs of our customers who request this information and help us to identify areas for improvement.
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Contact us
Contact us to discuss your sustainable product solution request through the local sales team. You can speak to our team about your sustainability challenges.