Sustainable commitments
Sustainable development enables the transition to a greener way of life, while at the same time focusing on the issue of depletion of natural resources and environmental pollution. With its sustainability strategy, we in the Robust company strongly advocate for the changes necessary for the decarbonization of organizations and wider society. We are well aware of the direct impact of production on the environment and the fact that in order to ensure sustainable development, it is necessary to use resources wisely and, if possible, reuse them in products, thus extending their lifespan.
Carbon neutrality by 2030
With the “Carbon neutrality by 2030” as our first commitment, we in the Robust company swore to energy efficiency and energy self-sufficiency, reducing the consumption of natural resources by using recycled materials, and reducing the consumption of electricity and water in business premises. We also ensured a complete transition to digital to reduce office supplies and the resulting amount of waste, while the separation of waste in appropriate containers (paper, glass, plastic and packaging) has been present in the company for some time. We are already working in the direction of reducing the carbon footprint per employee with incentives and special promotions, which has led to the reduction and optimization of business trips. Even the meals provided to the employees as a hot lunch come from the local environment, which results in less transport manipulation. We are committed to buying local, environmentally responsible and certified products, which then become part of our machines and enable the optimization of logistics processes.
Circular economy and the zero-waste concept
We at Robust follow the circular economy and zero-waste concept, which was presented in the second sustainability commitment. We stand for the use of recycled materials and the subsequent incorporation of sustainable components into the structure of the product, and we strive for additional reduction of primary raw materials and excess packaging, as well as a reduction of greenhouse gases during production.
The company’s concept of sustainable management
As part of the third sustainability commitment representing the concept of sustainable management, we in the Robust company are committed to implementing awareness of the importance of reducing CO2 by enriching residues, so we offer know-how recycling services and products, and we also enable all stakeholders to demonstrate residues recycling in our demo center at the company headquarters. We cooperate with the Center for Reuse to donate used items for converting them into new ones. We also have a special group for stimulating employees and managing the operational processes of reducing resources on a monthly basis. Also, the concept of a mobile biomass heating unit, which includes a crushing unit, a metal separator and a furnace, is currently under development. In this way, the accumulated wood waste in the local community, if it is a residential building, can be turned into energy for heating to heat the building.
“The meals provided to the employees as a hot lunch come from the local environment, which results in less transport manipulation.”
– Marko Krajnc, director of Robust d.o.o.
Promoting sustainability
In the fourth sustainability commitment as further goals of the Robust brand, we list high-tech production and engineering in the field of waste recycling, which enable companies their transition to a circular economy, and follow the zero-waste concept with high added value. We see the future in transforming useless materials into something useful and valuable, also with the help of our Robust brand products.