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Protecting the planet: our sustainability roadmap

To meet our Net Zero targets, we’re making energy efficiency and carbon reduction integral to our operations.

So we pursue our sustainability goals the same way we drive innovation in other areas of our business:

with clarity, precision, and passion.

Clear ambitions and science-based targets keep us on the right track. And we’re already making strong progress.

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The approach

Empower the Innovators

We enable our customers to create innovative solutions, products, and services which, in turn, help the world decarbonise:

  • Providing products like the advanced driving simulators, which help customers build fewer vehicle prototypes – cutting 2,855 tonnes of CO2 emissions a year
  • Simplified, smoother testing helps customers get new green innovations to market faster

Own our responsibility

We set and pursue Net Zero targets, making our operations, our value chain, and our processes as efficient and sustainable as possible:

  • Embracing renewable energy 
  • Choosing sustainable suppliers
  • Cutting down on waste
  • Committing to the EV100 initiative to run an all-electric vehicle fleet before 2030
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The Goals

Our goals are ambitious, but they’re achievable.

First, we’ll cut the waste and the unnecessary emissions from our operations by harnessing renewable energy, electrifying our fleet, improving our energy efficiency, and empowering our people to make greener choices.

By 2030, we’ll have reached Net Zero on Scope 1 and 2 emissions from our operations.

By 2040, we’ll have achieved the same with our value chain by seizing every opportunity to make our products, our logistics, and our partner selection process more environmentally friendly.

Real change comes from pursuing realistic goals. We’re helping bridge the gap between ambition and reality by underpinning our Net Zero targets with concrete, science-based goals.

To achieve Net Zero, by 2030 we’ll need to achieve an 85% absolute reduction in Scope 1 and 2 emissions, and 74% by 2040 for Scope 3. 

We’ve reshaped the way we do business around Net Zero, implementing Net Zero focal points at ten of our major sites.

The volunteers at these focal points are there to push forward change, share crucial information, and provide support to local energy efficiency teams. Working alongside both our Head of Operations and Net Zero Director, they ensure that progress moves rapidly and consistently – and make sure each team gets the support they need, when they need it. 

HBK is part of the Spectris Group, which means our Net Zero targets are aligned with the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).

By building our strategy around these goals, we’re ensuring that our products, operations, and stakeholder engagement are optimifor sustainable and profitable long-term growth. 

The strategy: address emissions from every angle

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Scope 1 and 2

Reduce (in)direct emissions

  • Use self-generated solar at our owned sites and procure renewable energy at non-owned sites (58%)
  • Fully electric fleet by 2030 (9%)
  • Energy-efficient operations and employee training (16%)
  • Embrace biofuels and adopt more sustainable refrigerants (3%)
  • Neutralise the remaining 15% of emissions
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Scope 3

Build a sustainable value chain

  • Supplier engagement and product circularity (43%) 
  • Build more efficient products (6%)
  • Reduce air freight and business travel (2%)
  • Reduce waste (1%) 
  • Take advantage of greener grids and suppliers using renewables (22%)
  • Neutralise the remaining 26% of emissions 

Find out more about HBK's sustainability efforts

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