Making a difference

Some of our significant and more recent efforts towards these goals include:

• No VOC emissions through our unique water-based manufacturing processes.

• Sourcing energy needs preferentially from renewable sources.

• Avoidance of any residual solvents in our products, 100% VOC-free.

• Installation of >130kW of solar power capacity plus another 40kW being installed in Summer 2025.

• Installation of solar water heaters and heat pumps for our offices, canteens and shower blocks.

• Investigation into installation of a windmill to contribute to reducing carbon footprint subject to planning permission being granted.

• Recycling and re-use of drums and kegs and other raw material packaging where possible.

• Constant targets of minimising waste and reducing energy consumption.

• Monitoring CO2 per kg of product with continual effort to reduce this figure.

• Working with our energy supplier to ensure the electricity supplied is derived from renewable sources (>98% in last full reporting period).

• Introduction of unique effect pigments derived from natural, sustainable raw materials.

• Installation of solar power electric vehicle charging stations.

• Reducing our use of mains water by utilising capture of rainfall for all production operations.

• Working with our raw material suppliers to reduce Scope 3 emissions.

An important part of the sustainability activities of Metaflake is to monitor CO2 emissions related to our operations and to minimise those and reduce energy consumption. For the calendar year 2024, we have calculated the total CO2 based on consumed energy and total volume of product produced (Scope 1 & 2). That calculated figure for 2024 calendar year was as follows:

• Average CO2 emissions per kg of product produced, Scope 1&2 (2024) = 0.062kg CO2

• This is 23% reduction compared to our 2023 figure, and we believe among the lowest in our industry.

• PCF data on individual Metaflake products is available upon request.

Please contact us for more details and to learn how we can help contribute to your company’s sustainability and environmental goals when formulating with effect pigments in coatings, plastics, and printing inks.

Quality has priority in the services we provide to our customers. As a consequence, we devote a great deal of attention and time to the continuous improvement of our work processes, in which the quality of our product range and safe and healthy working conditions are a priority. Sustainability plays a key role in the design of our processes.

Quality management is an integral part of our organization, ranging from our strategic objectives up to and including our operational processes. This makes it possible to add value for the customer in every step of our operation. Metaflake Ltd has been certified for the ISO 9001:2015 standard since 2003.

The ISO 9001 certification is the assurance that we have robust, clearly defined procedures in place in all our business areas such as R&D, production, supply chain management, risk management, handling of documents and data and strong business continuity processes. Therefore, we can proudly and safely state that Metaflake Ltd has been built with quality and transparency in mind. We integrate the attitude of quality in our daily work and continuously challenge ourselves to improve the quality management system to provide products that meet or exceed the needs and expectations of our customers, always complying with the specifications and regulations.

We set high quality standards for ourselves to deliver the quality that our customers expect.