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Sustainability approach
At Treston, we are dedicated to creating a more sustainable world through high-quality, innovative and ergonomic workspace solutions tailored for industrial environments.
Our vision
Creating a more sustainable world by
Innovating ergonomic workspace solutions for industrial environments
Our sustainability strategy relies on three key pillars:
Sustainable products
Employee wellbeing
Responsible production and practices
1. Sustainable Products and Services
Treston continuously gathers customer feedback to innovate solutions that are not only better for the user but also more sustainable.
- Ongoing Development: Our product development team is continuously innovating, exploring more sustainable designs, practices, and materials as well as services.
- Durability and Modularity: We design our products to be long-lasting and adaptable to various needs, supported by a leading 10-year guarantee on most items. This ensures that workstations can evolve with changing processes and individual requirements, making them future-proof.
- CO2 Footprint Calculation: In the year 2022 we started to build our internal expertise on CO2 calculations. These insights help us identify and improve the most impactful aspects of our environmental footprint. In the year 2024 we reached the capability to calculate the CO2 footprint for our products. We target to offer the CO2 results for our customers and stakeholders in the year 2025.
- Recyclability: All metal, plastic, and aluminium parts in our products are recyclable, ensuring end-of-life sustainability.
2. Employee Wellbeing
Treston believes that employee wellbeing is the foundation for a successful business. We continuously measure and monitor our progress and implement various initiatives to enhance employee wellbeing. By providing ergonomic furniture solutions and services to the industry, we empower our customers to improve their employee wellbeing and, consequently, their productivity in a responsible manner.
- Ergonomic working environments for our customers: By offering ergonomic furniture and services, we enable our customers to enhance their employees' wellbeing and, as a result, their productivity in a sustainable way.
- Health and Wellbeing: Our in-house wellbeing teams regularly organise activities to promote employee health, such as exercise breaks, and provide extensive healthcare services.
- Ergonomic Environment: Every employee is provided with an ergonomic working environment.
- Career Development: We support continuous skill development through various training programmes and career development opportunities within the group.
- Employee Satisfaction: Regular surveys indicate high levels of employee wellbeing, with 87% rating their work wellbeing as very good. Employee satisfaction is reflected in an average employment relationship of 12 years.
3. Responsible Production and Practices
Treston stands for responsible production. We are committed to continuously improving and developing our practices to enhance sustainability.
- Quality & Environmental Management: Our operations focus on manufacturing high-quality products and delivering exceptional work. Our Finnish operations are certified to ISO 9001:2015 and ISO 14001:2015, reflecting our commitment to high standards.
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- EcoVadis Commitment: We are committed to improving our sustainability practices and have earned the EcoVadis committed - status and have a goal to achieve the bronze medal in 2025.
- CSRD directive and ESRS reporting: We are committed to adhering to the sustainability reporting legislation in effect at all times. We closely follow the requirements of the CSRD directive and ESRS reporting standards and will act in accordance with them.
- Manufacturing Transparency: Our manufacturing facilities are located in Finland and United States, ensuring transparency and capability to sustainable practices.
- Energy Efficiency: We have committed to reducing energy consumption at our Finnish manufacturing sites by 7.5% from 2017 to 2025, as part of an agreement with Finnish Motiva.
- Water and Waste Management: Constant monitoring has led to reductions in water usage, and all plastic and steel waste generated is fully recycled. Heat generated by our machinery is repurposed to heat factory premises.
- Ethical Standards: We follow our code of conduct, and we expect our partners to comply with our ethical guidelines. In Finland we offer a whistleblowing channel for reporting non-compliance.
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What does bioplastic mean?
Biotechnology is evolving at a rapid pace right now. There has been a clear shift in the attitudes of both policy-makers and consumers towards more conscious consumption. Bioplastic is a new general term that still raises many questions.
What does the term bioplastic mean? What is the difference between bio-based and biodegradable plastic? Can bioplastics be made from fossil-based raw materials? In this blog article, we take a closer look at these frequently asked questions about bioplastics.
What does the term bioplastic mean? What is the difference between bio-based and biodegradable plastic? Can bioplastics be made from fossil-based raw materials? In this blog article, we take a closer look at these frequently asked questions about bioplastics.
Actions for the environment #1: Ecological Pre-treatment Method
Think further - act greener. We want to play our part in a cleaner environment and making sustainable choices. In the ‘Actions for the environment’ series, we want to highlight the concrete actions we are taking for the environment.
This article introduces the transition of a pre-treatment line to a completely phosphate-free alternative. Phosphates cause eutrophication when ingested. Advanced eutrophication clouds the water and thereby, for example, species typical of the water body are disappearing. Phosphorus (P) is a limited and irreplaceable natural resource.
This article introduces the transition of a pre-treatment line to a completely phosphate-free alternative. Phosphates cause eutrophication when ingested. Advanced eutrophication clouds the water and thereby, for example, species typical of the water body are disappearing. Phosphorus (P) is a limited and irreplaceable natural resource.
‘The Apprentice’ accelerated the story of Treston BiOX
In the spring of 2021, Treston's product group manager, Kari Nokka, sat on his own sofa without a clue that in the next hour he would get an idea that would revolutionise Treston's plastic production. ‘The Apprentice’ was his programme of choice.
On that evening’s episode, competitors were given the task of creating a promotional video for MySoda’s new sparkling water makers. These products were made from environmentally friendly raw materials. Kari began to consider the option of using the concept for Treston’s own products. And just like that, the journey towards a carbon-neutral workstation had begun.
On that evening’s episode, competitors were given the task of creating a promotional video for MySoda’s new sparkling water makers. These products were made from environmentally friendly raw materials. Kari began to consider the option of using the concept for Treston’s own products. And just like that, the journey towards a carbon-neutral workstation had begun.
