Energy and emissions

Carbon footprint

SG Armaturen keeps climate accounts that give us an overview of our total greenhouse gas emissions. We enter our data and receive reports showing our carbon footprint in the various areas. The climate accounts highlight which of our activities generate the most greenhouse gases and enable us to set targets and implement methods to reduce them.

Eco-Lighthouse

SG Armaturen's head office was certified as an Eco-Lighthouse in 2019. Since then, we have used the scheme as a concrete tool to reduce our impact on the environment. We were recertified in 2022, and again in April 2025 - which commits us to working systematically and documented with improvements

Our transportation

Since our largest factory is in China and our head office and market is in Europe, making good transportation choices can save a lot of greenhouse gas emissions. By filling containers in China that are transported by boat all the way to Kristiansand, the greenhouse gas footprint per unit is less than 1% of the product's total environmental footprint. This also avoids wastage and breakage during reloading. However, it is inevitable that some freight is transported by road on trucks. Every day, containers from China arrive at our warehouse in Lillesand, and every day trucks leave Lillesand for wholesalers around Europe. The aim is to switch these to emission-free energy sources.

Solar panels

SG Armaturen largely covers our own energy needs with the help of solar energy. So far, we have installed 2,000 solar panels on the roof of our head office in Lillesand, with more to come. When the factory in China is soon to be upgraded, it will also have solar panels on the roof. We're looking at the possibility of doing the same at several of our other locations. Smart energy measures such as geothermal heating and good power management systems mean that we have low energy consumption.

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