-Tim Brooks- VP Environmental Responsibility-

   

According to the LEGO Group building means more than bricks to them. To them, it means leaving a positive impact on the planet the future generation inherits. Also, it means that as a company they must set a great example and inspire children to do the same.  

The LEGO company partnered with the World Wildlife Fund in 2013, becoming the first toy company to join the WWF Climate Savers Program. 

This commitment to change required us to reduce the energy used to create each LEGO element by 10%, equivalent to taking 2000 cars off the road annually. And at the same time, reducing the energy used across all their factories and offices formed the first stage of their plan for their energy consumption to be 100% balanced by renewable energy by 2020.

  But rather than taking small steps towards their 2020 goal, they decided to take a giant leap instead.  

So, they built a wind farm with their partners, that will enable them to generate as much renewable energy as they consume in the manufacture of LEGO bricks.  

Their investment in two wind farms, the 32 turbines at Burbo Bank Extension off -shore in the United Kingdom and another 78 turbines at Borkum Riffgrund off the coast of Germany, now provides clean power for more than half a million European households. And at 187m tall, the turbines at Burbo Bank Extension are the biggest wind turbines built on planet Earth so far. 

    Now the energy generated by the two off-shore wind farms exceeds the amount of energy used at their factories, offices and stores around the world. 

The LEGO Group sends 93% of all factory waste to be recycled, including 100% of plastic from their modeling machines, some of which is reduced in our own manufacturing. Their 2025 ambition is to make all packaging 100% sustainable, including removing single-use plastic in all products and packaging.