Sustainability

Designing together a more comfortable and sustainable world

More sustainable materials, more efficient processes and a circular roadmap — measured, reported and independently assured every year.

Sustainability Report 2025

Non-Financial Information Statement (EINF)

Sixth annual non-financial statement — fifth prepared with reference to the GRI Standards. Covers all 11 Zahonero Group companies across Europe, the Americas and Asia for fiscal year 2025.

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Our roadmap

Recycled, Zero Waste and Bio-Based products for total circularity

Second chance for waste

A new life for products and residues from traditional production.

We use raw materials from recycled products from other industries and applications, where linear production produces a large amount of waste.

RCS Recycled 100 Claim Standard certification logo
GRS Global Recycled Standard certification logo
Our journey to a circular economy

Collaborative Innovation

A circular economy requires the commitment and the cooperation of all participants in the Industry.

As an agent of change, we should become a force to Re-use, Repair, and Recycle products into an endless cycle. To make the change possible, we must coordinate efforts with designers, end-users, and waste collectors. The final goal is turning waste into valuable raw materials with processes that generate minimal environmental and social impact.

As an agent of change, we should become a force to Re-use, Repair, and Recycle products into an endless cycle. To make the change possible, we must coordinate efforts with designers, end-users, and waste collectors. The final goal is turning waste into valuable raw materials with processes that generate minimal environmental and social impact.

Circular economy diagram showing raw materials, technology, production, retail, use, waste, recycle and reuse cycle
Environmental commitment to the planet

2025 highlights

Eco-design, recycling, natural raw materials, supplier selection and water and energy efficiency — measured across all our plants and reported in our annual non-financial statement.

52%

Raw materials sourced from suppliers less than 500 km away

12%

Reduction in total waste in 2024 compared with 2025

46%

Total electrical energy comes from certified renewable energy sources

261 Tn

CO₂ avoided thanks to the recycling of waste by our partner waste managers

1%

Average reduction in energy intensity in latex and PU foam production

88%

Used water is treated in our own WWTPs

Social commitment to the team

Stability, equality, flexibility, training, work-life balance and safety

97%

of employees have a permanent employment contract

78%

reduction in the number of days lost due to occupational accidents and their severity

Our approach

Four pillars, one strategy

Circular design

Own-waste recycling, bio-based inputs and a chemical-recycling roadmap targeting a negative carbon footprint.

Cleaner operations

GHG measurement across Scopes 1–3 in every plant, aligned with DEFRA and MITECO factors.

Responsible sourcing

Suppliers audited against our Code of Ethics: human rights, safety, decent hours and freedom of association.

Governance & transparency

GRI-aligned reporting, independent external assurance and public tax and grant disclosure.

Frameworks & commitments
  • · UN Global Compact — signatory since 2021
  • · GRI Standards — reference framework
  • · Law 11/2018 on Non-Financial Information
  • · Corporate Decarbonisation Plan 2025–2030 (Royal Decree 214/2025)
  • · Independent external assurance of the EINF
  • · Certification roadmap: GRS, RCS, USDA, FSC, Ecochain LCA
Certifications
RCS Recycled 100 Claim Standard certification logo — Zahonero recycled materialsGRS Global Recycled Standard certification logo — Zahonero recycled materialsUSDA Certified Biobased Product certification logo — Zahonero bio-based materialsSEAQUAL recycled fabrics for a clean ocean logo — Zahonero ocean plastic materialsGerescal footwear waste management logo — Zahonero circular economy partner
Next step

Explore sustainable material alternatives with our team

Sustainability certificate

Action aimed at aid for the implementation of various incentive programs linked to self-consumption and storage, with renewable energy sources, as well as the implementation of renewable thermal systems in the residential sector, within the framework of the European Recovery, Transformation and Resilience Plan.

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ZAHONERO VIRGILI SL has received a grant of €2,200 for the purchase of an electric vehicle from the European Union under the NextGenerationEU Fund, as part of the Recovery, Transformation, and Resilience Plan, for the acquisition of "plug-in" electric and fuel cell vehicles within the Incentive Program for Efficient and Sustainable Mobility (MOVES III Vehicles Program – Valencian Community) of the Ministry for the Ecological Transition and the Demographic Challenge, through the IDAE, and managed by the Valencian Institute for Business Competitiveness (IVACE).

Zahonero sustainability grants — Financiado por la Unión Europea NextGenerationEU, Ministerio para la Transición Ecológica, Generalitat Valenciana, IVACE, IDAE, MOVES III and Plan de Recuperación, Transformación y Resiliencia logos