A SUSTAINABLE COMMITMENT: AIR QUALITY FOR A BETTER FUTURE

Stockholm, Sweden, 16th May 2022 – In the past nearly 60 years the mission has been to deliver solutions for indoor air quality to protect people, processes and the environment. The Covid-19 pandemic ongoing in 2021, highlighted the importance of indoor air quality (IAQ) especially in protecting people. The year also highlighted the relationship between humans and nature, with city streets quieter and cities more visibility of nature.

Sustainability at Camfil

IAQ is essential to protect people, processes and the environment and with energy efficiency product solutions the focus for its own business and of that for its customers has been providing innovative technology. The sustainability report highlights the deep commitment and activities in all parts of its operations. Mark Simmons, President and CEO of Camfil explains, "Since more than half a century - sustainability is not just something we do, it is who we are."

The importance of indoor air quality

Sustainability and climate change issues remains a major focus globally with more and more people becoming aware that the air they breathe indoors can be even more polluted than the air outdoors. IAQ solutions do not only benefit humans and their health, wellbeing or productivity but also can impact processes and the environment, especially in critical or essential environments and manufacturing processes; brought to the forefront during the pandemic, is now seen as a necessary standard going forward into the future.

“The 2021 Sustainability report highlights our numerous initiatives to further improve indoor air quality alongside energy and operational efficiency, to reach our sustainability targets ourselves as well as for our customers. Our sustainability actions are a daily expression of our owner’s directive to positively impact people, processes and environment with indoor air quality, delivered with great passion by my Camfil colleagues globally, whom all are on a daily basis “walking-the-talk” – Åsa Lidström, Quality and Environmental Initiatives Manager

Customer sustainability at Music City Center

A customer case study is reported on in the Sustainability Report 2021 demonstrating how the local Camfil office and the Music City Center in Nashville, TN worked together as partners to deliver higher indoor air quality for visitors while reducing landfill waste, energy consumption, carbon footprint and overall operational costs. “This is a great example of how staying committed to sustainability doesn’t costs, it pays.” Mark Davidson, Manager of Marketing for Camfil, USA

United Nations Sustainable Development Goals

The United Nations 17 sustainable development goals (UNSDG) and related targets aim to fight inequality, end extreme poverty and protect the world we live in. To achieve the SDGs, businesses must make significant efforts by adopting a sustainability mindset, anchoring sustainability in company strategies, core business activities and employee behaviour. In this report, Camfil provides key performance indicators how it is creating a better and more sustainable organisation steered by its vision and values statement, “Clean air a human right?”

United Nations Global Compact

Camfil complies to the code of conduct with UN Global Compact's ten principles and guidelines for both employees and business partners. This includes environmental compliance requirements for external partners with an approach to modern practices and technology to promote energy efficiency and sustainable use of resources. The Compact was established to encourage businesses around the world to embed responsibility into their activities and as a member it reports on its progress annually.

Report highlights: Customer cases and business initiatives

• In Denmark, Camfil worked with Middelfart on a molecular housing and carbon filter solution to eliminate outdoor air pollution at the wastewater plant.
• In a study, University College Dublin and Dublin’s Mater Hospital found that Camfil’s City M air purifiers removes aerosols from poorly ventilated rooms at four times the normal rate in the context of the WHO that declared that Covid-19 is mainly transmitted by inhaling airborne aerosols in close range.
• The Alto Garda Power plant in Italy was able to reduce its CO₂ emissions at its plant from gas turbines by 1,100 tons annually, resulting in significantly lower pressure drop, longer filter lifetimes and major fuel consumption savings.
• A million visitors to the Swedish Pavilion, the forest at Expo 2020 in Dubai breathed easier with a co-sponsorship of clean air technology.
• Ongoing actionable projects are presented in the report, such as product life cycle assessment (LCA), reduced waste generation efforts, and reduced carbon emission examples towards energy-efficient solutions.

Camfil’s sustainability journey is growing and improved on an ongoing basis. The World Economic Forum indicates that more than half of the world’s GDP is dependent on nature and a functioning eco-system. It is therefore all-round important for companies across the world to establish a long-term balance and relationship, positively interconnected with nature in its people, products and processes such as what Camfil delivers in this industry. To learn more download here: 2021 Camfil Sustainability Report