Materials use

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 expect suppliers to apply the principles of our Supplier Code of Conduct. This Code covers our expectations of social, ethical and environmental conduct, published on our website and included in our standard terms. The Supplier Code of Conduct requirements include an expectation that suppliers calculate and publish emissions associated with their manufacturing activities

Product safety

Rotork products play an important role in supporting customers’ safety objectives. All Rotork products are compliant with internationally recognised safety standards. Many of our products are externally certified to internationally recognised safety standards, 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.   

Product stewardship

Environmental criteria are considered as an integral part of our product development process. We aim to reduce the impact of our products through the consideration of key sustainability performance features: (i) standby energy, (ii) in-use energy, (iii) recycled content in product and packaging, (iv) recyclability of product and packaging, (v) material reduction (incorporating paint and adhesive reduction), (vi) disassembly, and (vii) recovery.

We are particularly focused on the environmental performance of products in their use phase, where we have the greatest opportunity to support a positive environmental impact. We have set a science-based target to reduce those emissions by 25% by 2030 and are building this into our product development roadmaps.                
 

Reliability services

Rotork’s Reliability Services offering is a suite of services provided by Rotork Service to help customers manage their assets efficiently. It is a full lifecycle asset programme that enables customers’ critical assets to operate at peak performance level, 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.