Improving Energy Efficiency with LEGO

No more plastic

The LEGO Group is a very popular and famous family-owned company based in Billund, Denmark that manufactures Lego brand toys. For them, energy efficiency, the impact of their work on the environment, climate change, sustainability, etc. are topics to worry about. Stay here and discover what this company is doing for our Planet.

Going green. Nowadays, the world is demanding eco-friendly designs, constructions, processes, etc. As new products are developed, the toy maker is not far from this principle. It has to look for the means to apply eco-design principles more widely across the business. This could have implications for another focus area – the search for more sustainable materials, for example. The raw materials used by Lego for its bricks represent 30% of its greenhouse gas emissions and it is looking to implement greener alternatives by 2030.

Thinking green

In order to impact positively on the environment, Lego must acknowledge and address the challenges of climate change. The company is committed to reduce its CO₂ emissions and to work very close with suppliers in reducing theirs while aiming to produce more renewable energy to balance the company’s global energy use. Aspects considered by Lego are:

• To improve energy efficiency by reducing the amount of energy they use.
• To use a carbon neutral supply chain and work closely with their suppliers to find and co-create CO₂ reduction initiatives.
• To be balanced by 100% renewable energy by 2020. The company invests in a wind farm to produce renewable energy to balance the energy they use to manufacture their Lego bricks.

Supply chain and the energy efficiency. Lego is always taking important actions in reducing carbon emissions. However, they also need to address the CO₂ emissions, which are related to their raw materials and activities that originate in their supply chain.

Therefore, Lego works very close with their suppliers for a carbon neutral supply chain. Together with WWF, the company is stepping up all its efforts with suppliers to innovate solutions for reducing their CO₂ emissions.

Improving sustainable actions