At APD, sustainability is not just a policy—it’s the core of our business ethos, driving every decision we make. This commitment allows us to uphold the highest standards and continuously enhance our performance, creating long-term value for all stakeholders.
We recognize sustainability as the ability to manage business risk profitably. This involves streamlining our production processes, prioritizing employee welfare, respecting the environment, and nurturing relationships with the communities we serve. True sustainability requires balancing economic viability, environmental stewardship, and social responsibility by:
APD is dedicated to promoting sustainability within our company, the communities we operate in, and among our suppliers. Our continuous pursuit of better economic, environmental, and social outcomes is evident in our innovative research and development of ecological solutions. These efforts aim to reduce fuel consumption and minimize emissions, showcasing our commitment to environmental protection.
We integrate environmental considerations into our business and product development processes by using natural resources efficiently, focusing on waste reduction, and managing waste production responsibly. To achieve low environmental impact, we invest heavily in research, development, and innovative transformations, which are vital for sustainable growth.
Our principles of social responsibility and business ethics inspire us to balance and guide our growth, product choices, and innovations towards sustainable development. This approach includes protecting the environment, respecting cultural differences, and ensuring the safety of our employees.
At APD, we prioritize the well-being and skill development of our workforce, aiming to enhance competitiveness and improve our business climate. For us, innovative solutions in sustainable mobility and social responsibility mean not only creating new products and services and entering new markets but also operating ethically and transparently. We are committed to sharing benefits, resources, and growth sustainably with the community.
Current Attributes
95% of our products are 100% recyclable even after they have completed their working lives.
(UN Goals 9,11,12 and 14)
We are always looking to use more recycled raw materials.
(UN Goals 9,11,12 and 14)
The scrap from chemical tank manufacturing is then remade into sheet for us to use in non-potable water products. (StormLite³® and StormSlab®)
Future Initiatives
Redevelopment of the site will include solar energy and Stormwater Detention/Retention.
United Nations Sustainable Development Goals
Current Attributes
APD offers good jobs, in a safe, diverse and inclusive environment with fair pay and development opportunities. Our people go home safe and fed.
(UN Goal 3,8 and 10)
Future Initiatives
Introduce benefits that promote good health and wellbeing.
Introduce and achieve targets of zero for:
Develop an inclusion and diversity policy.
Ensure all our employees are paid at least the living wage.
United Nations Sustainable Development Goals
Current Attributes
Our products have been developed and are designed specifically to protect the environment from spills of harmful chemicals or to slow down and help prevent flooding.
They have been developed through extensive customer engagement with ease of installation as a key design feature. Lightweight recyclable Polyethylene contains less that 10% of Embodied Carbon compared to similar products made with concrete.
Our products are manufactured to maximise their design life of up to 100 years and still be fully recyclable at the end or their working lives.
(UN Goals 3,6,9,11,13, and 15)
Future Initiatives
All new product development will have Sustainability as a prerequisite.
We will continue to use recyclable Polyethylene as our main raw material in the products that we make which will be used to design alternatives to heavier solutions in the built environment.
United Nations Sustainable Development Goals
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