The Future is Circular

Our business is energy and resource intensive. There is no way around this. However, some years ago we took on the responsibility of significantly reducing the use of energy and resources: specifically, cutting CO₂ emissions by 50% by the year 2030.

For some years now we have been on the path toward becoming a more sustainable company. We were also able to take some steps forward in the 2020/21 and 2021/22 reporting periods. Our “PLANBLUE” sustainability program is not about a quick fix. Sustainability has to prove itself, it has to change the company in the long term, and it has to take people with it. And we also have to convince our customers. The entire industry is now thinking and talking about sustainability, and visions are being adopted. As a supplier, we can certainly play our part in making this happen – through ambitious goals of our own, concrete measures and innovations.

PLANBLUE: this is our path toward becoming a sustainable company. We want to achieve our goals together – with our employees. We cannot do this without them. And this is also reflected in PLANBLUE's three fields of action: Our People, Our Business, Our World. I am very pleased, and also proud, to be able to present RONAL GROUP’s first sustainability report to the public. This report will show where we are, what we are currently working on and what interim goals we have achieved. We are on track to achieve the key goal of becoming completely CO₂-neutral by 2050.

For RONAL GROUP, the most important raw material is aluminum. It is not only the main component of the wheels, it is also responsible for more than two thirds of our entire CO₂ emissions. However, as energy-intensive as the metal is, it can be recycled in line with the circular economy. If one kilogram of primary aluminum still causes four to twelve kilograms of CO₂ emissions, aluminum at the end of its life cycle emits only 0.5 kg CO₂.

That is why RONAL GROUP is committed to circular economy, making its contribution to a more sustainable industry with new projects for aluminum recycling such as RONAL-Re, but also with innovations for resource conservation and more efficient processes. For RONAL GROUP, the future is a circle. And it's really beginning to get rolling now.