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SUSTAINABILITY AT THE CORE OF OUR BUSINESS MODEL

Sustainability is at the core of our business model, reflected in our product offering, as well as sourcing and production processes.

Sustainability is key across all steps of the value chain

Our strategic sustainability areas

GLOBAL TRENDS

Corialis is well positioned to comply with the new EU building renovation standards towards 2030, by already focusing on a sustainable product offering via responsible processes.
Key EU principles for building renovation towards 2030 & 2050
  • Energy efficiency
  • Affordability
  • Decarbonisation and integration of renewables
  • Life-cycle thinking and circularity
  • Tackling the twin challenges of the green and digital transitions together
  • High health and environmental standards
  • Respect for aesthetics and architectural quality

RESPONSIBLE SOURCING

Corialis is certifying its products with country and market-specific labels to prove that the raw materials and the products are meeting the highest environmental and social standards.

Many of our products have cradle-to-cradle certifications and all major hubs are in the process of increasing the number of certified products.
  • Label acquired by Aliplast for certain windows and doors series (Max Light, EcoFutural, Star75 and Star90)  and sliding doors (VG 500 and  Infinity)

  • Assessment of sourced raw materials from suppliers based on :

    • Material health (safety for environment and people throughout life-cycle – Not possible for PVC)
    • Material reutilisation (design to eliminate waste as a concept)
    • Renewable energy (reduction of greenhouse gasses in production)
    • Water management
    • Social justice (responsible business and supply chain management)
  • Label acquired by Profils Systèmes
    from the "Organisation professionnelle
    représentative de concepteurs,
    fabricants et installateurs de
    menuiseries aluminium" (SNFA) and
    the "Groupement des Fileurs d'Aluminium" (GFA)

  • Assessment of carbon footprint of the sourcing of aluminium billets and the extrusion process
    • Aluminium billet carbon footpint below 6.7 tCO2e / ton of aluminium
    • Extrusion process below 0.5 tCO2e / ton of aluminium
  • Label acquired by Smart Systems
    in  2016 – Building Research
    Establishment's (BRE) standards

  • Proves that manufacturers have made
    products with responsibly sourced
    materials with a focus on environmental
    performance improvements

UN GLOBAL COMPACT

UN GLOBAL COMPACT
Business as a force for good.
Since 2021 Corialis has been committed to the UN Global Compact corporate responsibility initiative and its principles in the areas of human rights, labour, the environment and anti-corruption

SOCIAL RESPONSABILITY

Corialis is practicing social responsibility through all sustainability initiatives.

For the survival of this planet, it is crucial for people to do their part to improve the world. All employees engage themselves in stopping using plastics as much as they possibly can! It is our corporate effort to use resources efficiently.

Corialis' commitment to sustainability extends through all phases of our product's life cycle, from design and manufacturing to support and end of life. We continuously focus on reducing our environmental footprint.

Discover the areas on which we have worked recently

Reducing energy consumption

Installation of energy efficient ovens

Green electricity production
by installation of solar panels

Technical improvements to
reduce gas consumption on
existing painting lines

New, more energy efficient
painting lines

We selected 4 key ISO's
to be implemented by 2021
in all major hubs : ISO 9001,
14001, 45001 and 5001

Chrome Free Compliance

Our coating equipments comply
with chrome free regulations

Paperless supply chain

Our entire supply chain process
from ordering over picking
to delivery is paperless

Ecological purchasing

Wherever possible
we try to purchase
products with a lower
environmental impact

Our punch tools are refurbished
to service for new product series,
this saves energy and CO2 emission
compared to producing new ones

Waste management

Incoming packaging is reused onsite
for material storage.

To avoid waste generation, Corialis
invested in the last decade in more
than 30,000 galvanised steel
containers to supply the profiles
at our customers.

This way we avoid the consumption of
a massive volume of wood and plastic
spiral rap.

Optimise material usage

We provide our customers with
calculation software to optimize
material consumption and
reduce waste

Water management

We have state-of-the art
vertical powder coating lines
with low water consumption
rates in all our hubs with
powder coating facilities.
By utilising best available
technologies, we have significantly
improved our water efficiency.

Powder saving and recuperation

Our coating lines are equiped
with Opti Speeders an innovative
technology which saves and
recuperates coating powder.

Our vertical powder coating lines
capture and reuse 98% of excess
powder on average.

On site recycling parks

Reuse of scrap and waste
from own production process

Continuous R&D developments

During research and development
of our new products series we
look to further optimise our
environmental footprint and
increase products lifespan

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