Plastic Omnium // 2021 Universal Registration Document
NON-FINANCIAL REPORTING DISCLOSURE Sustainability at the heart of market trends
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CUSTOMER EXPECTATIONS
Conclusion All these major market trends show the strong desire of all players to implement sustainable mobility. They underline the need to take sustainable development into account to meet this objective. The importance of these challenges also requires that responsible players such as Plastic Omnium, aware of the urgency, mobilize their entire value chain in this process.
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All of the trends described previously meet the expectations of end customers. Each element added to a vehicle contributes to its uniqueness and helps to satisfy a specific customer need or criterion. Today more than ever, vehicles must integrate high technology, design and sustainability, combining innovation, intelligence, style, aerodynamics and limited use of environmental resources. In the fields where Plastic Omnium is present, it is necessary to know how to respond and adapt to customer needs by offering: increasingly optimized and personalized forms incorporating more and ● more equipment such as radars and lighting; plastic parts that contribute significantly to making vehicles lighter, ● while incorporating recycled materials; products contributing to the energy transition to promote clean mobility. ● This questioning concerns the whole of the existing value chain, but also involves new partners able to enrich the technological offer and meet the needs of security and visual identity expressed by customers.
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A LONG-STANDING COMMITMENT RECOGNIZED BY THE GROUP’S STAKEHOLDER
Since its creation in 1946, Plastic Omnium has made a significant contribution to improving the environmental footprint of vehicles. The vision of Pierre Burelle, the founder, was that plastic should play an important role in the future of the car by replacing other materials to lighten the weight of the vehicle, improve aerodynamics and ultimately improve energy consumption and the vehicle’s environmental footprint. This vision, which has proven to be true, has contributed to the success of Plastic Omnium since the plastic content of a car has increased from 10 to 250 kg over the past 75 years.
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SINCE THE CREATION OF PLASTIC OMNIUM, PIERRE BURELLE VISUALIZED THE 47 PART OF A CAR THAT COULD BE MADE OF PLASTIC
1. Radiator trim — 2. Water pump — 3. Carburetor and air filter — 4. Cylinder head cover — 5. Coil — 6. Circuit breaker — 7. Battery tray — 8. Partition panel — 9. Dashboard and glove box — 10. Dashboard instruments — 11. Radio — 12. Windshield — 13. Steering wheel — 14. Sun visor — 15. Transparent roof — 16. Frame — 17. Transparent windows and back panel and window trims — 18. Roof light and switch — 19.Window handles and levers — 20. Bodywork — 21. Tail light and direction indicator — 22. Luggage area — 23. License plate — 24. Soft bumper trim — 25. Fuel tank — 26. Tires — 27. Mudguard — 28. Seat frames — 29. Seat upholstery — 30. Heating mat — 31. Shift handle — 32. Pedal linings — 33. Gear- box cover — 34. Door stops — 35. Transmission seals — 36. Horn parts — 37. Camshaft gears — 38. Crankcase — 39. Decora- tive band — 40. Ignition cables — 41. Distributor — 42. Dynamo parts — 43. Fan — 44. Brake linings — 45. Hub cap and flange — 46. Headlights and position lamps — 47. Grill and radiator Figure 54 - Parts of a car that can be made of plastic
In 2021, Plastic Omnium announced its ambition to achieve carbon neutrality for its activities by 2025 and reduce the CO 2 emissions of its value chain by 30% to achieve carbon neutrality for all these scopes by 2050. This approach is translated into a pragmatic and ambitious roadmap for all of its stakeholders.
This long-standing commitment is now accelerating to respond to major global trends: the reduction in greenhouse gas emissions, the achievement of carbon neutrality, the improvement of air quality, the implementation of a circular economy.
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