SHARED RESPONSIBILITY
VOX’s sustainability strategy is intrinsically linked with that of our customers. Capturing their values and needs in partnership with all our stakeholders enables us to deliver sustainable brand experiences.
As committed stewards in shaping partnerships for good, we guide our clients to:
- reduce and optimize by using the most sustainable resources and processes
- reuse and upcycle effectively by relying on the most adaptive and innovative designs
- offset their impact on the planet by cutting out waste and creating a circular model for POP marketing
VOX’S GREEN MISSION
We are committed to helping our customers measurably reduce their ecological footprint by working across their entire POP supply chain. By partnering with our customers on optimisation and innovation, we can improve the sustainability and effectiveness of their POP procurement.
Green mission in action
REDUCE
- Remove unnecessary stages or processes from clients' POP supply chain
- Source and use the most sustainable, or recyclable, materials and processes
- Optimised production process made possible with design-to-value model
- Build with steel to ensure increased display durability and adaptability
- Reduce packaging, shipment size and correlated carbon emissions by building with robust raw materials
MEASURE
- Reduce wasted materials, surplus supply and reproduction with in-house QC experts overseeing manufacturing
- Charter the greenest route and monitor carbon emissions by digitalising POP systemization and rationalization
- Reduce, monitor and regulate embedded CO2 volumes by optimising production process with design-to-value model
OFFSET
- Predominant use of steel - the most widely and easily recycled metal
- Support clients’ end-of-life planning and resource management - conscious of sustainable disposal at store level
- Innovate ways for clients to reuse waste packaging in future POP displays
IN PARTNERSHIP WITH
Together for a sustainable future
VOX is proud to be a recognised EcoVadis partner.
EcoVadis is the world’s largest and most trusted provider of business sustainability ratings that provides performance data in four main categories – environment, ethics, labour and human rights, and sustainable procurement.
We have our sights set on an EcoVadis silver medal in 2022, and are confident that we’ll be able to achieve it with our robust sustainability roadmap in place.
VOX has partnered with the University of Cambridge’s Department of Engineering for several years, taking on student interns to expose them to the challenges and possibilities of working as part of a global supply chain – making use of the insight, enthusiasm and academic skills that they bring with them.
This partnership has proved invaluable on a number of VOX projects, covering areas such as: sustainable design, 3D scanning and automated development processes.
We are proud to be travelling on a structured sustainability journey with EcoVadis but we aren’t stopping there. Corporate Social Responsibility is very important to our customers so we’re committed to making sustainability an essential criteria within all the benefits that we aim to deliver to our customers, our stakeholders and our employees.
achieving operational excellence
Roadmap to 2025
Explore our 4 year sustainability roadmap driven by a governance structure, aligned to our stated vision, the needs of our clients and that of our people.
50% of the VOX team represent ethnic, ability or gender minorities
Established employee resource
groups, promoting, supporting and representing women and ethnic minorities at VOX creating a more inclusive culture at all levels of seniority.
Launch sustainability action plan
Comprised of 3 main parts: Sustainable Procurement Policy, Supplier Code of Conduct and Environmental Policy. Ensuring our green objectives align with our clients’, suppliers’ and global sustainability goals.
Accredited EcoVadis partner
Proud to be a member of EcoVadis, who recognise and accredit sustainable business protocol in four main categories: Ethics, Labour, Sustainable Procurement and Environmental.
Roll-out sustainability software
Launch Solidworks Sustainability tool to measure the environmental impacts of VOX’s POP designs, including the effects of materials, manufacturing, assembly, transportation, product use, and disposal.
Remove single-use materials
Eliminate single-use packaging from our supply chain and replace with 100% recyclable materials – creating 0% to landfill.
Reduce carbon usage in MNC clients’ shipping processes by 20%.
Silver EcoVadis partnership
Fast-track our route to Silver Recognition by diligently implementing changes across the board in the areas recommended by EcoVadis – focusing particularly on bringing our supply network under the EcoVadis umbrella to create a sustainable supply chain.
Gold EcoVadis partnership
Continue building our EcoVadis score across the four core areas to become one of the top 5% of companies who receive the Gold Recognition Level from the world’s most trusted provider of business sustainability ratings.
Reduce operational energy and water consumption by 30%
By partnering effectively with our clients and suppliers, we can ensure that, end-to-end, we prioritise sustainable ways of working and adhere to a collective code of conduct that make this reduction possible.
METAL MAKES SENSE
Why VOX chooses steel
Improved durability
- Less material use and less transport journeys to store - reduced in-transit damage or obsolescence
TRUE, CLOSED-LOOP RECYCLING
- Every tonne of scrap recovered substitutes one tonne of primary steelmaking
Multicyclable
- With no impact on its properties or performance
IMPROVED ADAPTABILITY VS. PLASTICS
- Modular steel structures that can be easily adapted or built upon requiring less replacements
Supply ChaiN
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Many parts of the steel supply chain are ISO 14001 accredited - as part of their compliance with the Steel Construction Sustainability Charter.
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SUCCESS STORIES
Green business cases
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PEPSICO
Take waste out of internal packaging
Analyse waste throughout supply chain – via digital tech (rack tracking)
Sustainability driver, facilitated by tech
STANLEY BLACK & DECKER
Academic research
Real world, large scale
Upcoming call on this: Thursday 3pm
US and EU
Temporary >>> durable
By End of 2021
CLIENTS
Our partners are leading the sustainability effort
