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MINIMISINGOUR
ENVIRONMENTAL
IMPACT
PRECIOUSMETALS& STONES
Recycled preciousmetals are of the exact same quality
and value asminedmetals, but have less social and
environmental impact. As part of our efforts to advance
social and environmentally responsible sourcing practices,
96% of all gold grains used in PANDORA products in 2015
originated from recycled sources.When it comes to silver,
83% of the silver grains sourcedby PANDORA in2015
originated from recycled sources.
As PANDORA is committed to helping improve ethics
throughout the jewellery supply chain, in 2015, we opened
a dialoguewithour suppliers to develop a standard for
responsible silvermining (described under PRODUCT).
Man-made stones are fully traceable and are considered
tohave a significantly lower environmental impact than
their natural counterparts. Furthermore, the ability to create
stoneswith fewer colour andquality variations considerably
reducesmaterial waste.
CRAFTING
In2015, PANDORA experienced a sharp increase in
demand and shippedmore than 100millionpieces of
jewellery, comparedwith 91million in 2014. Further,
increased complexity of jewellery designs hasmade it
challenging to simultaneously reduce our energy and
water consumption at our crafting facilities. In2016, we
will open a new state-of-the-art crafting facility in northern
Thailand.This new sitewill be a Leadership in Energy and
Environmental Design (LEED) certified facilitywith8,500
m2 of solar cells, capable of recycling up to 90%of the
water tapped andwithother environmentally friendly
features. In additions, we are planning yet another LEED
certified crafting facility inBangkok, whichwill become
operational in 2017.
With the planned capacity expansion, we expect to be
able to improve our performancewithin energy andwater
consumption in the years to come.
Energy
PANDORAProductionThailand (PPT) is by far ourmost
energy-consuming entity.The amount of energy usedhere
increased from 23,243,000 kWh in2014 to29,472,000
in2015.The rise in energy consumption reflects the
increase in crafting complexity and the number of pieces
of jewellery produced. Besides the burn-out ovens used in
the crafting process, the extensive use of chillers to ensure
a comfortably cool working environment also consumes
a considerable amount of energy. Ovens and chillers
put together account for approximately 40%of energy
consumption.
PPT is ISO50001 (EnergyMangement) certified, the
standard throughwhichwe define andmonitor our goals,
methodology and performance. In 2015, we introduced
several newprojects aimed at reducing our energy
consumption.The optimisationof air compressor systems
has both increased efficiency and saved energy and the
replacement of chillers has reduced the amount of energy
used.We also carried out small scale projects like installing
LED lights in various training and crafting areas. In addition
to these already implemented features, we are testing
how to optimise energy consumption indifferent crafting
processes. Also, in 2015, 480 selectedpeople received
training in energymanagement.
