Troldtekt and the Environment

The Cradle to Cradle principles serve as a strategic management tool, ensuring continuity and development in our work to minimise the environmental impact and optimise resource consumption and processes.

At Troldtekt, we focus actively on making a positive contribution to the environment. The international Cradle to Cradle design concept is at the core of Troldtekt’s business strategy. That is why we direct our focus on our processes and resource consumption, from the extraction of raw materials for production to the upcycling and utilisation of the acoustic panels that have reached the end of their first life cycle in a building.

Verified environmental documentation

At Troldtekt, documentation and certification are a key element of our CSR work. In relation to the environment, this takes the form of:

 

Ongoing CO2 reduction

In the production of Troldtekt acoustic panels, we use renewable energy: the electricity comes from wind turbines and the heat from our own biomass boiler. The share of renewable energy in our own production varies slightly from year to year, but is typically close to 98 per cent.

By far, the largest proportion of a Troldtekt acoustic panel's carbon footprint comes from the cement production at Aalborg Portland. In 2022, we launched acoustic panels based on the low-carbon cement type FUTURECEM™. In addition, through a number of targeted initiatives, Aalborg Portland has seen a considerable reduction in its carbon emissions, which also contributes to a reduction in our carbon emissions per acoustic panel produced.

The figures for the total carbon footprint of Troldtekt acoustic panels can be found in our EPDs for the individual product variants.

 

Circular Economy

At Troldtekt, we work with the circular economy. Schemes for cement-bonded wood wool waste from our own production and customer building sites have been set up in Denmark. Our ambition is also to reuse, recycle and upcycle panels from demolition sites. 

To ensure that our production waste is reused at the highest possible value level, we sort our waste into a number of fractions. This approach enables us to work with multiple solutions in both the biological and technical cycles – and to regularly test new models.

 

Read more about Troldtekt and CSR reporting

Troldtekt and Labour Conditions

We focus on offering our employees a safe and secure working environment where they can continue to learn.

Troldtekt and Society

At Troldtekt, we engage with society and are constantly in dialogue with our stakeholders.

Troldtekt and Human Rights

As part of its commitment to the UN Global Compact, Troldtekt supports human rights – and works to advance them.

Troldtekt and CSR reporting

Every year, we report on our activities in the four main areas of the environment, social conditions and good governance.

Troldtekt & UN Global Compact

The UN Global Compact is the world’s biggest voluntary initiative for corporate social responsibility with 8,700 member enterprises and organisations in more than 130 countries. Troldtekt joined in 2010.

Corporate social responsibility formalised in CSR policy

Troldtekt wants to be a responsible company that contributes to the circular economy. This ambition is formalised in our CSR policy and in our commitment to the UN Global Compact.