Sustainability in Borregaard

Borregaard’s sustainable solutions can play an important role in addressing some of the world’s greatest challenges: population growth and climate change.

Our products have documented low climate footprints and provide better environmental performance than the alternatives in almost all environmental categories.

Borregaard’s products solve different challenges for different customers.

Borregaard has prioritised six of the seventeen sustainable development goals (sdgs) set out in the un 2030 agenda for sustainable development based on how we as a company can contribute to solving the global challenges through our activities and solutions.

The 2019 un special report on climate change and land shows that land use and forests play a vital role, serving three important purposes: climate: co2 uptake and storage biodiversity: provide the principal basis for important species renewable raw material: for sustainable products that can replace fossil-based alternatives

In a circular economy, the aim is to make the best possible use of society’s resources for as long as possible, simply explained by the 3 r’s: reduce, re-use and recycle.

A safe and healthy working environment is essential for ensuring a sustainable business and a prerequisite for attracting motivated and highly skilled people.

Borregaard strives to prevent all forms of human rights violations, as well as ensure decent working conditions.

In line with our integrity and sustainability values, borregaard aims to enhance diversity among our employees and is committed to avoiding discrimination based on gender, sexual orientation, ethnicity, religion or age.

High competence is one of the key elements in borregaard’s specialisation strategy. the combination of unique competences in sales & marketing, r&d and production drives the specialisation strategy and differentiates borregaard from our competitors.

Borregaard has developed a strong corporate culture over many years and through changing times, which helps create a common mindset, core values and an understanding of the business across functions, business areas and geographical boundaries.

Borregaard’s corporate culture and our integrity and sustainability values include standards and objectives for sound business ethics.

We play an important role in the city and region as an employer, a customer of many suppliers, a socioeconomic contributor through taxes and duties from our operations and as an associate for many stakeholders and voluntary organisations.

We see sponsorship and supporting activities as an investment in the local community, in terms of living environment, business climate and cultural aspects. borregaard contributes annually around 5 million nok to support measures that benefit both the company and the region.

Borregaard works closely with schools and educational institutions.