The Paris Agreement on climate change in 2015 initiated a change in attitude in dealing with greenhouse gas emissions. The European Parliament ratified this agreement in 2016. The objective was to respond to global climate change and ensure that rising global temperatures were reduced and controlled getting back to preindustrial levels.

TR is a Trifast plc company and as such ESG became a very important part of our future strategy and a Sustainability Committee was formed. Members of that Team came from key disciplines in the business to ensure that we covered all bases embracing the Environmental, Sustainability and Governance elements. This culminated in Trifast’s Sustainability Report being published.

“As MD for TR in Europe my focus has been on our distribution sites in Norway, Sweden, Holland, Germany, Spain, Hungary and the manufacturing facility in Italy. As part of a group transformation project, we had already embarked on creating a ‘modern workplace’ environment. This involved enhancing the IT infrastructure, the décor and image of our offices, break out areas for staff to relax and lunch together and generally creating a pleasant working environment. All sites are air-conditioned and accredited to ISO 14001 the environmental management system.”