Overview

At Videndum, we are working to minimise our impact on the environment and safeguarding natural resources, ensuring long-term sustainability for our business. 

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Our approach

Videndum is committed to being an environmentally sustainable organisation. Although our operations do not have a particularly negative effect on the environment, we take our responsibilities seriously and have implemented initiatives to reduce the impact of our operations, products and services. To achieve our targets, over the last three years we have expanded our reporting to better monitor and manage our environmental impact, and we continue to develop our projects and initiatives. To drive success, we encourage cross Divisional learning and the sharing of best practice of ESG performance.

We aim to adopt technologies, materials and processes which minimise our impact on the environment and maximise our use of sustainable resources. Our efforts and environmental awareness continue to evolve, to comply with regulations and to make our business better and more sustainable. We have a wide range of initiatives aimed at sustaining and protecting the environment. These cover reducing energy use, carbon emissions, water, packaging and waste. We encourage environmentally sustainable behaviour at work and ensure that our employees understand how they can contribute. 

Download our Environmental Policy

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Our Targets

Reduce carbon emissionsplus

Progress in 2024

Videndum aims to annually reduce scope 1, 2 and 3 emissions across operations and our value chain. Please see page 40 of the report for more information on the Group’s emissions reduction progress.

Reduce packaging and wasteplus

Media Solutions:

  • 4.5% of the total Media Solutions waste generated goes to waste-to-energy, with 0% going to landfill.
  • 50% of Media Solutions’ main plastic packaging comes from recycled materials. Internally, Media Solutions is redesigning its packaging to eliminate plastics wherever possible and working closely with suppliers for further improvements in sourcing sustainable packaging materials.
  • 80% of Media Solutions’ main paper and cardboard packaging has been replaced by sustainable, Forest Stewardship Council (“FSC”) certified cardboard.

Creative Solutions:

  • Achieved the single use plastic target of 50% reduction by the end of 2024; a 65% reduction year-on-year has occurred.
  • 55% of Creative Solutions cardboard is FSC.

Production Solutions:

  • FSC cardboard is now used at the Bury St Edmunds site.
  • The newly acquired cardboard supplier at our Cartago site has plans to be FSC certified in 2025.

Embed sustainability into our product life cycleplus

  • Videndum continues to work to embed sustainability into new product development and is undertaking Product Lifecycle Assessments (“PLCA”) where appropriate and feasible.
  • Media Solutions conducted a PLCA to determine the environmental impact of three products (two photo tripods and one microphone).
  • The Anton Bauer Sharkfin PLCA project was completed at the end of 2024. During 2025 the New Product Introduction (“NPI”) process will include PLCA criteria in the decision making of each stage of the development process.

Carbon emissionsplus

As a business, Videndum is dedicated to reducing our environmental impact through reducing the carbon emissions associated with our direct operations.

Water stewardshipplus

Videndum recognises the importance of water as a natural resource and understands that our operations impact this. Therefore, Videndum is committed to actively contributing to its conservation. While our water use is relatively low — primarily for domestic use — our Divisions are committed to minimising consumption where feasible. 

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