David Briggs, CEO
Letter to our stakeholders
2020 was a year that will go down in history as challenging. In the space of what seemed to be days, COVID-19 radically changed the way we live and work. Although the pandemic affected many aspects of our business, we maintained a focus on sustainability. We successfully concluded our Energy and Climate Strategy 2020 and launched the new Sustainability Strategy 2030. Finalising the Energy and Climate Strategy 2020 Looking back, our efforts with the Energy and Climate strategy have created some great achievements. We have striven to Lead the change towards healthy and sustainable buildings through partnerships, advocacy activities and by demonstrating how to build sustainably. Our efforts within Energy and climate have enabled us to reduce our company carbon footprint by 59% compared to the 2007 baseline. This means we have achieved and exceeded our carbon reduction target by 9%.
Launching ‘It’s our nature’ — Sustainability Strategy 2030 However, much has changed since the Energy and Climate Strategy was launched in 2009. Our behaviour and actions over the coming years will determine the future of all life on earth. Against this urgent backdrop, in 2020 we launched our new sustainability strategy ‘It’s our nature’. The pioneering commitment in the new strategy is to become Lifetime Carbon Neutral by our 100-year anniversary in 2041. This commitment places us among the first companies in the world – and the first company in the construction industry – to take responsibility for both past and future carbon emissions. We want to do our part to alleviate climate change and support the nature that we – and all life on earth – rely upon. Quite simply, it’s our nature.
David Briggs, CEO of the VELUX group
“Our behaviour and actions over the coming years will determine the future of all life on earth. Against this urgent backdrop, in 2020 we launched our new sustainability strategy ‘It’s our nature’.”
David Briggs CEO, The Velux Group