Bathroom specialist Bette has celebrated the production of 100,000 bathroom products using ‘green’, CO2-neutral steel.
By using the steel, Bette, based in Delbrück, Germany was able to reduce its CO2 emissions by 10% per cent in 2021, and by almost 40% in 2022, which corresponds to around 8,000 tonnes of CO2, the firm said.
Managing Director Thilo C. Pahl said:
We are celebrating an important milestone on our path to greater sustainability: each of these 100,000 bathroom products represents our commitment to a greener future and sustainable interior design.
A counter on the Bette website provides information on the current number of bathroom products produced from green steel:
In a further sustainability move, the company is supporting its German steel suppliers switching from fossil to regenerative blast furnaces, even though these are around three times more expensive. Bette said it is doing this at no extra cost to its customers.
The company said that some steel suppliers are now certifying their CO2-neutrality, which can be made available at product level.
Bette is currently able to offer certain products made from CO2-neutral steel subject to minimum quantities, while in the future, there will be product ranges made exclusively from this ‘green’ steel. By the end of 2024, the company wants to manufacture half of its products from this steel.
The manufacturer is using combined heat and power (CHP) plants and solar PV to generate energy in order to largely produce its own electricity and heat.
However, the firm noted that its biggest source of emissions remains its product, so it emphasises sustainably-produced, recyclable and quality products that are also long-lasting, but also takes care to avoid overproduction – around 70 % of Bette’s baths, shower trays and washbasins are made to order, it said.
