The Future InSight Blog

At Electrolux, we want engage you in conversation about how sustainability issues impact our business and our consumers. With the Future InSight Blog, we aim to explore how we can grow as a company by doing more with less for more of the world’s people. And we want to update you on the progress we’re making across our company towards our sustainability goals.

The Future InSight Blog
9 February, 2012
The Future InSight Blog
In Fall, Electrolux hosted a workshop with 40 major Chinese suppliers to introduce them to the sustainability strategy.

Chain reaction

At a recent supplier workshop that Electrolux Sustainability Affairs hosted in Shenzhen, China in November, a supplier representative made the comment. ‘Once we think we’ve gotten a handle on meeting your criteria, you...

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6 December, 2011
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Through Green Spirit programs, every Electrolux facility and every employee is engaged in achieving the Electrolux 2012 target; by sharing best practice and deploying energy-sound procurement.

Starting at home

Reputation Institute suggests that in the 2010s, it’s not only what you sell, but also what you stand for and how you conduct business that matter most.

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2 November, 2011
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Net sales of Electrolux Floor Care Green Range doubled during 2010. The range contains energy-efficient products manufactured with high-grade recycled plastics.

A telltale sign

It’s that time of year again. There is a flurry of activity among pollsters in the run-up to climate negotiations in Durban in late November.

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3 October, 2011
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We must continually reduce the impacts of our products while at the same time present consumers with opportunities to cut their own. Take the energy class A+ Electrolux FreshFrostFree refrigerator as an example. It encourages consumers to preserve food longer, rather than waste it.

The growth of the middle class consumer

By the mid-21st century, estimates predict a world population of over 9 billion - a 35% increase from today. In just short of a decade, the middle class will gain another billion people, and...

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12 September, 2011
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Electrolux CEO Keith McLoughlin met with Tessa Tennant, Chair of GlobalCool.org, and leading figure in sustainability to discuss future business and sustainability challenges and how Electrolux aims to meet them.

Looking ahead through your eyes

This is our first post on the Electrolux Future InSight blog, a forum we’ve designed to explore questions about the challenges of the future, and our role in tackling them.

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