Environmental Overview

Our operations strive to minimize our global impact and to operate in a regulatory compliant manner that protects the quality of the environments in the communities in which we work and live.

Our actions today will impact future generations, which is why our goals to reduce energy usage, water usage and waste generated continue as focal areas with annual corporate and facility-specific goals. Resource management is not only a policy statement, but also a critical business objective to ensure long-term viability and success for VPG and the communities in which we work and live.

Clean Hands Running Greener Operations for - Our Environment

Electrical Energy

VPG is committed to reducing facility energy use by focusing on ways to optimize the building envelope, reducing cost and investing in more renewable forms of energy.


2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022
Electrical
Energy Use
(MWh)*
29,544 25,502 26,075 23,118 25,608 30,903 30,458

* All worldwide manufacturing sites.

Water Use

VPG is committed to reducing water use by conservation, equipment optimization, reuse, and recycle.

2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022
Water
Use (m3)*
65,878 80,946 88,349 73,559 59,565 90,975 98,822

* All worldwide manufacturing sites.

Hazardous Waste

VPG is committed to reducing hazardous waste by optimizing processes, promoting recycling and re-engineering of certain products.


2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022
Hazardous
Waste
Disposed
(kg)*
758,499 783,511 994,688 1,120,667 881,494 1,423,260 1,438,580

* All worldwide manufacturing sites.

Policy and Plan