Circular economy

Earth is circular.

Lighting should be circular, too.

 

In 2022, we used 1.7 times the resources our planet can sustain. To transition to a sustainable and circular economy, we need to rethink the way we produce and consume. There’s no plan B for our home planet.

 

At Signify, we’re on a mission to make people’s lives brighter and to create a better world with environmentally friendly light. For this reason, we’re driving the development of eco-friendly products that can be reprinted, refurbished, reused, and recycled.

Signify driving sustainability, circular economy and eco friendly products

Our circularity commitments

Sending zero

 
manufacturing waste to landfill

2x

 
our Circular revenues to 32% by the end of 2025

2.5 million kg

 
phasing out plastics from consumer packaging

5% reduction

 
in yearly water usage
and hazardous waste

We need to transform our system

 

The current linear method of production is exhausting the planet’s resources and producing ever more waste. Lighting for circularity is ringing in a new era and enabling the shift from a linear to a circular economy.

Linear economy
Linear economy
 
Products are designed to be disposed at end of life
Recycling economy
Recycling economy
 
Some materials are recycled and reused in the same or a different use chain at end of life
Circular economy
Circular economy
 
With a reduce-reuse-recycle approach, eco-friendly products are designed to be serviced, upgraded, reused, and refurbished

Signify supports the United Nations Strategic Development Goals

 
Our circular economy activities are guided by UN SDG 12 (responsible consumption and production).
UN SDG 12

Lighting for circularity products, services and systems help to reach sustainability development goals

Signify circular economy Reduce Reuse Recycle sustainability development goals

Lighting for circularity products

We design environmentally friendly products and parts to be serviceable, reuseable, refurbishable and recyclable.

Lighting for circularity services

We maximize the lifetime and flexibility of our eco-friendly luminaires through our services.

Lighting for circularity systems

We maximize energy savings and optimize maintenance with smart lighting systems.

Lighting for circularity products

Lighting for circularity services

Lighting for circularity services

Service packages for sustainable investments and operations

 

We create lighting solutions with the circular economy in mind—customized to suit your business needs and aligned with a clear set of key performance indicators. These solutions include everything from design and build to operation and maintenance.

Lighting for circularity systems

Lighting for circularity systems

Maximum control, Minimum footprint

 

Our Interact connected lighting systems can have a significant impact on the environmental performance of your lighting and support you in reaching your sustainability goals. Not only do they help reduce excess illumination by automatically adapting lighting schemes to actual illumination needs across all your indoor and outdoor spaces, but they can also reduce maintenance needs and maximize system availability with remote monitoring and data-rich alerts.

Lighting for circularity systems

Many applications, many benefits

 

Lighting for circularity brings many benefits to the table that make a wide range of application areas more sustainable and environmentally friendly across the board.

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