SUSTAINABILITY OUR GREEN TECHNOLOGY PRODUCTS The hockey turf Poligras Tokyo GT, the football turf LigaTurf Cross GT, the elastic layer PolyBase GT and the infill granulate Fusion Infill GT are four prod- ucts from our Green Technology line. We are working feverishly to further expand our Green Technology product portfolio – with the requirement that the products tick all the boxes, not just in terms of sustainability, but also in the areas of player health and safety and performance SUSTAINABLE RAW MATERIALS Our current products include large shares of natural substances. The goal is to further increase this share in new products. An example: The turf Poligras Tokyo GT, which will also be used at the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo consists materials, which can already now mean- to 60 percent of the renewable raw ma- ingfully supplement our petroleum-based terial sugar cane. For Polytan, it was im- product portfolio and, in the long term, portant that no foodstuffs are used for even gradually replace it. We are work- production. This is why only the third ing on this initiative together with leading pressing of the sugar cane, which is no companies from around the world such longer useful for foodstuffs production is as Braskem, Covestro and the infill spe- used for the production of I’m green™ cialist Melos who, just like Polytan, is part Polyethylene. By providing this turf, of the Sports Group. Moreover, we have Polytan is contributing to the CO2-neu- tral Olympic Games in Tokyo. Meanwhile introduced an energy management sys- tem in accordance with ISO 50001 into the surface has also proven itself in nu- our production process, as well as an merous other sports venues. environmental management system in accordance with ISO 14001, in line with However, Green Technology at Polytan our ongoing commitment to consistently goes well beyond just the product. In line reusing and recycling production waste. with the objectives of the EU Commis- Moreover, our sports surfaces are ex- sion’s Plastics and Bioeconomy Strategy, tremely robust, durable and require little we are also intensely researching the uti- maintenance – while allowing intensive lisation of bio and CO2-based synthetic usage over many years. Natural material hemp (top) Natural material sugar cane (right) Green Technology by Polytan provides more than just sustainable products 13