Prevex now offers plastic-free packaging
Prevex's customers now have the option to receive their water traps in cardboard packaging. This is an important step to reduce the amount of single-use plastic.
Low carbon operations
At Prevex, we have worked towards lowering our carbon emissions for a long time already. We managed to achieve operational carbon neutrality in 2023, and have reduced our total carbon emissions by 45% since 2018.
100% renewable energy
Back in 2019, our Finnish factory switched to 100% renewable energy. Since then, Prevex’s water traps have been produced using a varying mix of climate neutral energy sources like wind, sun, hydro and nuclear power. Today, the energy mix consists of 100% renewable electricity. These actions helped us reach operational carbon neutrality in 2023.
Heat pump and solar panels
We have also made other measures to lower the carbon footprint of our operations. In 2020, we installed a heat pump in our Finnish factory, which makes use of the surplus energy generated during production. Annually, this saves an equivalent of 745 MWh in district heating.
That same year, we also installed solar panels on the walls of our production facility in Finland. Under optimal conditions, the panels provide all the electricity needed for our office facilities nearby.
Operational carbon neutrality
In 2023, Prevex reached operational carbon neutrality. This goal was achieved through compensating for the remaining part of our direct and indirect CO2 emissions. We aim at continually decreasing the amount of compensation, and progress has been faster than anticipated — from 7.5% offsetting in 2023 to just 1% in 2024.
Switching to recycled plastics
Another important step on our journey towards carbon neutrality is the gradual introduction of recycled raw materials in both products and packaging. This work began in 2022.
By 2025, 60% of the raw materials in our products were recycled, and we strive to increase this proportion further in the future. Additionally, we have switched to recycled plastic in our packaging as well. All these measures have helped us reduce our total carbon emissions by nearly 45% compared to 2018.
Scope 1, 2, and 3
Scope 1
Covers direct greenhouse gas emissions of a company, like the energy the company produces itself.
Scope 2
Includes indirect emissions from energy sources that the company acquires, like purchased electricity.
Scope 3
Encompasses all emissions a company is responsible for outside of its own walls, so-called value chain emissions.
Prevex and the scopes
Scope 1
Prevex has almost no emissions in this scope, as the only energy we produce ourselves is related to our solar panels. The very small amount of emissions we have in scope 1 is fuel for our company cars.
Scope 2
At Prevex, scope 2 means all the emissions related to our consumption of electricity and heating. We have worked ambitiously to reduce these emissions by switching to renewable energy sources, and by recovering waste heat. As a result, our overall emissions in scope 1 and 2 have been reduced by 99% compared to 2018.
Scope 3
This is by far the most important category for Prevex on our path towards carbon neutrality. We have already taken a major step forward by starting to manufacture our water traps using recycled materials — in 2025, the share of recycled plastic in our products was 60%.
News
New extruder increases the amount of recycled plastic in Prevex’s water traps
After investing in a new extrusion machine, Prevex now manufactures bathroom pipes for water traps at its own factory. This has enabled the company to increase the total amount of recycled plastic in water traps to 60 percent.
Prevex is phasing out lead from its products
By replacing brass with lead-free and eco-friendlier materials, Prevex is taking a significant step towards more sustainable production. The first new lead-free product versions will be launched in April 2025.