Sustainability at HAURATON

Sustainability, environmental awareness and responsibility for the future are fundamental issues of our time and are particularly relevant in large-scale construction projects and in concrete processing. HAURATON have firmly integrated them into their corporate values and have thus made significant progress. This is confirmed by our CSC certification in gold.

Environmental policy at HAURATON

Sustainability does not only play an important role for HAURATON in the product area. This is reflected in our guiding principle for environmental policy:

We are committed to conserving our environmental resources by striving to continuously improve our environmental performance while minimising our environmental impact. We take all steps that can be expected to ensure that all our activities comply with applicable laws, requirements, regulations and local ordinances.

Sustainability Report 2023

The CSC (Concrete Sustainability Council) promotes transparency in the concrete manufacturing process and its value chain, as well as its impact on the social and ecological environment. The CSC certification thus leads to a continuous increase in sustainable management in the cement, raw materials and concrete industry. With the Gold certification, HAURATON’s achievements in the areas of management, economy, ecology and social affairs have been honoured. HAURATON are present worldwide with a broad range of systems and consulting services in comprehensive rainwater management. The company have developed forward-looking solutions for a clean environment that are both ecologically and economically successful. The CSC certification not only brings transparency and evaluation, but also responsibility for the future.

This means that we are committed to considering and optimising our entire value chain – from cement production, including mining and delivery processes, to the end product – from a sustainable perspective.

Marcus Reuter Chairman of the Board of General Directors at HAURATON

Economy

Economy refers to the efficient and responsible use of resources to achieve sustainable economic success. At HAURATON, this is a core corporate value that is reflected in our economic performance, responsible procurement policy and strict anti-corruption measures.

Our concrete raw materials are procured exclusively from local and regional producers. Almost half of all HAURATON’s total orders are placed with local, nearby suppliers, which has an extremely positive effect on the CO₂ balance. HAURATON also already have the classic ISO 14001 certification.

Continuous optimisation of picking and loading reduces the amount of packaging per product, shortens loading times and ensures better customer service.

Resource-efficient production of sustainable systems

In 2024, renewable energy sources will cover over 31 percent of total energy consumption. As part of our environmental management, we regularly review energy consumption and continuously look for possible improvements in accordance with the European standard DIN EN 16247-1. In addition, various measures in our production process help to steadily reduce environmental pollution:

Separate collection ensures clean material cycles

In our plant, 98.96% of the waste generated is collected separately and sent for recycling. In this way, we help to ensure that valuable materials remain in the cycle and that natural resources are conserved.

Electricity from the roof provides energy for the machines

The entire roof at the plant in Ötigheim is equipped with photovoltaic modules. Electricity generation using photovoltaics can produce around 280 tonnes of CO per year.₂* can be saved.

Water savings in concrete production

The production process of the FASERFIX channels is based on so-called hydration-optimised recipes. This ensures that only the quantities of water that are actually necessary are used in the production process, thus adequately protecting the resource of water.

* Basis of calculation: Emission factor electricity mix Germany with upstream chains 445 g/kWh – Source: Federal Environment Agency, estimated value for 2023.

The fact that we received Gold status on our first attempt is an incentive to continue reducing our environmental footprint in our work with concrete, sand and gravel.

Matthias Kieninger Head of Corporate Development at HAURATON

The approach of comprehensive rainwater management is to maintain the natural water cycle as best as possible, to use rainwater as a resource in a meaningful way and to protect us from the dangers of heavy rainfall events.

By developing and using such systems, we are able to have a positive influence on people and the environment. This is what drives us at HAURATON and creates meaningful jobs.

Of course, we also use our comprehensive systems on our own premises. The rainwater that falls on the entire car park at our head quarters is collected and cleaned using the DRAINFIX CLEAN filter substrate channel. This allows the water to seep away directly on site.

We use recycled polypropylene (PP) to manufacture our composite channel bodies, which can also be recycled again after use. The same applies to the ductile iron and (stainless) steel materials used. They too are almost completely recyclable after use. Our RECYFIX channels also the ‘Blue Angel’ environmental label.

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Our FASERFIX concrete channels are reinforced with fibres made of basalt. This gives the concrete channels their exceptional stability.

The best thing about basalt is that this mineral particle is available in sufficient quantities worldwide and is newly formed every day, it is therefore renewable.

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