Hypertherm announces 2030 environmental sustainability goals

Hypertherm, Hanover, N.H., a manufacturer of industrial cutting systems and software, has announced its 2030 environmental sustainability goals, a set of four objectives the company will work to achieve this decade:

1. Achieve carbon neutrality.
2. Reduce the usage impact of Hypertherm products by 50%.
3. Reduce waste from all waste streams by 50%.
4. Achieve a circular economy score of B.

“These four goals are the culmination of more than a year of work to develop a meaningful way to support the 2015 Paris Agreement and its goal of limiting the earth’s temperature rise to 1.5 degrees Celsius,” explained Robin Tindall, who leads the company’s environmental stewardship team. “We are proud that this work involved input from our Associate owners, suppliers, customers, and respected international organizations. We are now ready to tackle the truly difficult work we know is necessary to achieve these goals.”

The four goals replace Hypertherm’s 2020 environmental sustainability goals, developed in 2010. The manufacturer set eight 2020 goals in all. As a result, its products are now 100% recyclable and, on average, 34% more efficient. In addition, its global logistics network is 71% more efficient, its New Hampshire waste-to-landfill rate near zero, and the carbon impact of its business is 85% lower.