Sustainability
at egeplast
Our goal: Future viability – acting in a way that enables future generations to live in an intact world.
Our sustainability management
Environment
Material
Every cable drum counts: Reusing wooden drums is part of egeplast’s practical commitment to conserving resources. That is why egeplast has been offering customers a free service for years: collecting empty wooden drums from the construction site. Every drum that comes back makes an important contribution to environmental protection.
Energy
Our measures at a glance
Resource-efficient production powered by solar energy
With the construction of the egeGigaFab, we invested in state-of-the-art, resource-efficient technology. Our own photovoltaic systems supply our production with green electricity.
Strengthening material cycles
Development of products with a higher recycled content. The egeplast Microduct egeGreen Line shows how resource-efficient materials and reliable performance can be combined – for example through the use of recycled plastics.
Certified environmental & energy management
ISO 14001 (since 2009) and ISO 50001 (since 2012)
Production processes for resource optimisation have received multiple awards
MX Award (Manufacturing Excellence) in the category Best SME and Customer Orientation 2023, “Factory of the Year” for “Outstanding Series Production” 2022. egeplast’s commitment to sustainability and efficiency is supported by the use of 250 IoT (Internet of Things) sensors, which record electricity, water and compressed air consumption in real time. egeplast is also the inventor of the groundbreaking “QuickSwitch” manufacturing technology, which enables more resource-efficient production (Innovation Award 2005).
EcoVadis Bronze Medal February 2025
Our commitment has once again been recognised – our goal is to continue improving our ranking.
Digital sustainability reporting
In 2022, a sustainability report was prepared for the first time in accordance with the GRI (Global Reporting Initiative) standard. For 2023, egeplast switched its reporting to the ESRS (European Sustainability Reporting Standards) of the CSRD (Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive). The European CSRD (Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive) considers various areas that egeplast addresses, among other things, through integrated management systems.
Environment:
- Certified to DIN EN ISO 14001 since 2009
- Continuous reduction of waste and use of recyclable or reusable materials
Materials:
- Reduction of water and compressed air consumption
- Reduction of packaging material and use of reusable systems
- Switch to electric vehicles
- Environmental product declarations / Environmental Product Declarations (EPD)
- CO2 overall accounting of the 3 scopes in accordance with the GHG Protocol
- Electricity generation from our own PV system and use of green electricity
- Use of, among other things, PEFC-certified wood
- Products with circular materials and an environmentally friendly installation option
- Biodiversity projects and employee clean-up/cleanup campaigns
Social:
- Certified to DIN EN ISO 14001 since 2009
- Continuous reduction of waste and use of recyclable or reusable
Governance:
- Code of Conduct (code of conduct for egeplast employees)
- ImPROVe programme: To be able to offer our customers sustainably improved performance, we introduced the ImPROVe excellence programme (ImProvement of Porcesses, Resources and Organisation for Value at egeplast).
- Ethics policy (guidelines for our decisions and actions in line with legal requirements and international standards)
- Collective agreement for employees
- Risk management and compliance
- MX Award and Factory of the Year
- Involvement of employees and suppliers
Employee involvement
Sustainability is part of our corporate culture. Employee suggestions feed into our strategy and measures.
A Code of Conduct defines how employees act and also describes the corporate culture. (Link to follow)
ESG at egeplast: We take a comprehensive view of sustainability – ecological, social and economic
Environmental: CO2 reduction and resource conservation
Social Fairness: Working conditions, comprehensive social benefits & participation, adherence to collective agreements
Governance: Transparent, future-proofed structures
egeplast plastic pipe systems
Sustainable through quality, future-proofing and resource conservation.
egeplast pipe systems form the backbone of sustainable infrastructure. They are durable, resource-efficient and technically future-proofed – and make a key contribution to achieving global sustainability goals, especially in the areas of water supply, energy transition and environmental protection.
Durable & recyclable
Plastic pipes with a service life of over 100 years – fully recyclable afterwards
For clean drinking water
Our systems ensure a hygienically safe supply worldwide.
For the energy transition
Infrastructure for transporting renewable energy.
To drive the energy transition forward, the expansion of power grids is required. Underground cable routes such as A-Nord will supply people in North Rhine-Westphalia with green electricity from wind farms in the North Sea in the future. The power cables are protected by egeplast protective conduit systems.
Intelligent pipe systems for sustainable infrastructure actively contribute to environmental protection and minimise the loss of drinking water.
For decades, egeplast has focused on developing value-added plastic pipe systems that can be installed using trenchless installation. Trenchless techniques offer ecological advantages, reducing interventions in nature.
Increased safety requirements
Permeation-resistant pipe systems
Permeation-resistant pipe systems protect drinking water from pollutant ingress and the environment from contamination.
Monitored pipe systems
Monitored pipe systems prevent water losses through early leak detection.
Transparency through EPDs
The following products have received an EPD:
Macroduct Mono
Microduct Mono+Multi
Power Protect PE-RT
Overall, PE pipes have a very good environmental footprint – especially compared to other materials.
Energy-efficient production
Low CO₂ emissions
Long service life
Recyclability
Low operating costs
Microduct egeGreen Line - Highest quality made from up to 100% recyclate
Sustainability in the supply chain is an important decision criterion for grid operators and investors when expanding fibre optic networks. The focus is on installation methods that are as environmentally friendly as possible while using sustainable materials.
With the Microduct egeGreen Line, egeplast offers a product range that combines ecological responsibility with technical performance. The protective conduits are manufactured from up to 100% high-quality recyclate from our own PE regranulation. They are suitable for resource-efficient installation methods .
Sustainability
egeGreen Line is made from up to 100% high-quality recyclates, reducing the CO₂ footprint compared to conventional products
Resource efficiency
By using recycled plastics, fossil raw materials are conserved without compromising product quality
Technical performance
egeGreen Line meets all relevant standards and norms for microduct systems and matches the PE version made from virgin material in terms of functionality and quality
Against the backdrop of increasingly scarce primary resources,
egeplast demonstrates how a closed-loop
recycling cycle in plastics processing
can be successfully achieved. 3R also reported on this:
