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GF’s innovative products and solutions enable the safe transport of fluids and gases, provide lightweight casting components for the mobility and energy industries, and supply high-precision manufacturing technologies – with the goal of helping companies and communities around the globe conserve resources, protect the environment and save energy.
To achieve this goal, all GF divisions are committed to continually increasing the positive sustainability impact of their products and services.
GF’s focus on sustainability throughout the research and development process is key to its culture of innovation, and to the success of its products and solutions. To drive this focus early in product development, the divisions have adopted a quantifiable assessment methodology, the Sustainability Assessment Model, to suit the specific divisional markets and goals. If a planned innovation does not fit with the sustainability criteria defined by this model, the project is not pursued. The criteria include:
Environmental: The product features reduce GHG emissions, allow for lower energy or water consumption, or incorporate biodegradable, recycled or recyclable materials.
Social: The product exhibits improved ease of operation (enabling users to maximize the solution’s potential and efficiency) or enhanced health, safety and security for users.
Economic: The product has improved efficiency and/or productivity, or is compatible with circular economy principles.
As a result of these efforts in 2023, 68% of GF sales delivered social or environmental benefits.
In 2023, 68% of GF sales delivered social or environmental benefits.
GF’s understanding of the circular economy is based on the Value Hill model, where the highest value is retained in the use phase of the product, which is represented by the top of the hill. Click here for more information on the value hill model.
GF is also committed to upholding the principles of a circular economy in its product development across all its divisions. A circular economy reduces waste and resource depletion by extending the functional life of materials and products through reuse, repair, refurbishment and, ultimately, recycling. To advance its circular economy efforts, particularly in support of the Sustainability Framework 2025 goals, GF is particularly focused on material reuse, selecting materials for production that are easily recycled and product design that maximizes product disassembly and repair. Although this commitment to circular economy design is costly in terms of both time and resources, GF firmly believes in the value of this investment, not only for its business but for the future of its global community.
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