Sustainable design criteria

We consider environmental criteria as an integral part of our product development process. We aim to reduce the impact of our products by considering six key sustainability performance features. Within new product development, future generations of our products will have targets for each of these six criteria.

Standby and in-use energy reduction

Rotork is committed to improving the energy performance of our products in operation (and consequently reducing their in-use emissions). We have set a science-based target to reduce Scope 3 (Use of sold products) emissions by 25% by 2030, and incorporate this into our product development roadmaps. Our key achievement in 2025 was delivering the performance enhancement to the YT-1000 positioner, which delivered a substantive reduction in air consumption.

Use of materials: material reduction, recycled content and recyclability

We generally operate an assembly-only philosophy across the Group, meaning that most of the manufacturing processes to produce our products are undertaken by our suppliers. The main components of our products – aluminium, steel and copper – are highly recycled and recyclable. We have fully incorporated ‘product recyclability’ criteria into our new product development process.

Disassembly and recovery: responsible disposal at end of life

With respect to product life, we operate a design philosophy that ensures products are repairable in the field (where logical to do so). Our product manuals provide end-user advice on disposal when an asset reaches the end of life stage, in accordance with environmental standards. We provide specific guidance on the disposal of batteries, electrical and electronic equipment, glass, metals, plastics, oil/grease and rubber. The majority of these are readily recyclable, with others recyclable by specialists. Our products typically have a long lifespan and are replaced infrequently. Generally customers take responsibility for disposal at end of life.

Product safety

Rotork products play an important role in supporting our customers’ safety objectives. All our products are compliant with internationally recognised safety standards. Many products are externally certified to internationally recognised safety standards, and approximately 50% are externally certified for use in hazardous locations. This includes products that are compliant with functional safety standards for applications such as safe plant operation and emergency shutdown.

Reliability services

Rotork Service provides a suite of Reliability Services to help our customers manage their assets efficiently. It is a full lifecycle asset programme that enables customers’ critical  assets to operate at peak performance, ensuring wider site uptime and productivity, improved safety and reduced environmental impacts. Reliability Services offers a service contract model that supports customers towards better maintained assets, delivering greater process uptime.

For further information see the Reliability Services section of our website.