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About Bruynzeel Sustainability
Creating space for a healthy planet

CREATING SPACE
FOR A HEALTHY PLANET

Our vision is to be the world leader in space creating solutions contributing to a sustainable planet. This is what we believe in and defines how we act, innovate and operate. Space is a scarce asset and therefore we dedicate ourselves to produce and provide space creating solutions that have a positive contribution to our planet.

We are climate neutral in our own operations

(SCOPE 1 & 2) AND COMMITTED TO REACH NET ZERO (SCOPE 3) BY LATEST 2045

We are proud to have achieved the milestone of being climate neutral in our own operations (scope 1 & 2) according The Greenhouse Gas Protocol (GHG) over the years 2021, 2022 and 2023. We have been independently audited by Deloitte*. From 2023 onwards this also includes the Delta Designs operations.
We are climate neutral in our own operations (scope 1 & 2). Our accelerated ambition is to reach Net Zero by latest 2035, 15 years ahead of the Paris climate agreement and 10 years earlier than our previous commitment in 2021.
* Official Deloitte audit report available upon request.
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How can we help our customers and partners?

Footprint

Traditionally, storage is kept in static equipment alongside aisles. These aisles are needed to access any of the items in storage. In practise, the majority of this aisle spaceis empty at any given time. A waste of space! The concept of space creating storage solutions is based on the principle of a “flexible aisle”. By making the storage equipment movable, an aisle can be created where needed, using the remaining space purely for storage. When applying our DoubleDecker solution, we literally take this principle to the next level by adding a second tier to the solution.

By applying Bruynzeel’s space saving storage solutions, our customers achieve immediate physical footprint reduction up to 75% and additional utility (lighting, heating, cooling, cleaning) and unnecessary building materials savings.

Traditional storage
Traditional storage
> 50% of space not used for storage
Mobile storage
Mobile storage
Save 50% m2 space
Double Decker mobile storage
Double Decker mobile storage
Save 75% m2 space

In need for more space?

Optimizing existing floor space can reduce environmental impact by up to 90% versus new build!!

In case you need more space for students, increase stock levels in retail or find storage space for growing collections, regularly building extensions or complete new buildings are considered. Regularly the opportunity of optimizing existing floor space by over 50% is overlooked to solve these needs for additional space. Beside savings on investments, lead times for permits and building materials and required labor capacity, the CO2 impact that can be reduced over 20 years is significant….up to 90%!

Optimizing floor space can reduce
environmental (CO2) impact by up to 98%

A 20 years CO2 impact comparison per m2

production
storage solution
construction
new build
heating & electricity
new facility - 20 years
source
New build
with static storage
107 kg 400 kg 1,032 kg total 1,539 kg
CO2 impact
Mobile shelving
Optimize existing floor space
by 50% - standard steel
80% SAVINGS
driven by optimizing floor space
309 kg total 309 kg
CO2 impact
Mobile shelving
Optimize existing floor space
by 50% - Bruynzeel GreenSteel
98% SAVINGS
driven by optimizing floor space and using Bruynzeel GreenSteel
35 kg total 35 kg
CO2 impact
* Please note these figures represent an average indication. Exact figures may vary per country and project.

Switching to mobile storage saves the equivalent of greenhouse gas emissions from:

146 gasoline-powered passenger vehicles driven for one year
80 homes' energy use for one year
40,600,261 number of smartphones charged
Source: Environmental Protection Agency

A positive contribution to our planet

We apply best practises in energy and water stewardship, combined with great attention to material health. Our commitment is to continue to be the most sustainable producer in our industry, improving the planet and the wellbeing of every individual using our solutions.

We call this: creating space for a healthy planet.

Yearly saving

2,108,000 = 454 **
passenger cars drive for one year

Saving per shelf meter

1.41 kg = 172 **
smartphone charges

Yearly saving

9,652 m3

Yearly saving

25,097 m3
= drinking water for 34,380 people

Saving per shelf meter

16 L
= flushing the toilet 3 times

Yearly saving

15,216 L

Material

What makes us unique in our industry is that we produce with unoiled and non-galvanised steel. By doing this we save*:

  • Yearly 2,108,000 kg CO2
  • Yearly 25,097 m3 drinking water
  • Yearly 96.52 m3 waste
  • Yearly 15,216 L chemicals

In additional we are now also able to offer Bruynzeel ‘GreenSteel’ which is steel that is certified and for which the CO2 saving is accounted for by the sum of CO2 savings made throughout the total production of steel by steel producers.

* Based on 2022 production volumes ** Source: Environmental Protection Agency

Steel Comparison

Galvanized
Steel

Steel containing a layer of zinc to protect against corrosion.

Oiled
Steel *

Blank steel which has a layer of oil to protect corrosion during handling and production.

BRUYNZEEL
NON-GALVANIZED
/ UNOILED STEEL *

Blank steel with no oil added during the production.

Bruynzeel
Greensteel

GreenSteel with the lowest available CO2 impact through accredited certificates.

Bruynzeel
Greensteel 2.0

Fossil-free steel production based on using Hydrogen technology. Expected to be launched in between 2025-2030.

*Always powder coated as surface treatment

Switching to Bruynzeel GreenSteel can reduce CO2 Impact by >91%!

The majority of the industry still produces with galvanized and/or oiled steel. This used to be Bruynzeel standard as well before 2000. Modernizing our production facilities allowed us to pre-dominantly produce with unoiled non-galvanized steel, which has been Bruynzeel’s standard (>20% less CO2 impact versus Galvanized) for many years now. Now we want to make the next shift towards our new standard → Bruynzeel GreenSteel (>91% less CO2 Impact versus Galvanized!)

Bruynzeel has started to use unoiled steel from 2000 onwards. We shifted from 100% oiled steel then to 80% unoiled and over 95% non-galvanized steel in 2022.

Our goal is to switch to 100% Bruynzeel GreenSteel by 2030.

CO2 Impact for 1m² mobile storage

Mobile storage
> Save 50% m2 space
Industry standard (Galvanized
Steel)
381 KG CO2
Bruynzeel's standard (BRUYNZEEL
NON-GALVANIZED
/ UNOILED STEEL)
309 KG CO2
Bruynzeel's new standard (Bruynzeel
Greensteel)
35 KG CO2
new
source

1,000 M2 mobile storage with
Bruynzeel greensteel reduces

346,000 KG CO2

impact versus
industry standard

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Sustainability

Trusted and leading partner

As the footprint reduction company you can rely on us being the most sustainable partner in the industry. We are ambitious in pushing the needle for ourselves and to raise the bar together with our suppliers, partners and customers!

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