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2023
09
October
2023
| 06:00 Europe/Copenhagen
The VELUX Group has entered a partner agreement with the Dutch house builder Bouwgroep Dijkstra Draisma on building more sustainable housing in the Northern part of the Netherlands. With this partner agreement, Bouwgroep Dijkstra Draisma is the
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15
September
2023
| 08:00 Europe/Copenhagen
Thursday night,  the VELUX Group was awarded EY’s Sustainability Award in the Innovation category at an event hosted by EY and the Danish Chamber of Commerce in Copenhagen, Denmark. The group received the prestigious award for Living Places – a
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03
July
2023
| 08:00 Europe/Copenhagen
As part of the VELUX Group’s commitment to accelerate sustainable development, expressed in the Group`s Sustainability strategy 2030, the group has taken the role of Impact Partner to the UIA World Congress of Architects 2023 in Copenhagen.
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13
June
2023
| 08:00 Europe/Copenhagen
As part of the VELUX Group’s target to capture the historical emissions from operations, the group will finance two additional forest conservation and restoration projects in tropical landscapes. Together with the first project in Uganda, the new
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14
April
2023
| 08:00 Europe/Copenhagen
The VELUX Group and partners open the doors to Living Places Copenhagen – seven prototypes that show how we can develop sustainable buildings with a three times lower CO2 footprint and a first-class indoor climate. Living Places concept holds the
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2022
15
November
2022
| 08:30 Europe/Copenhagen
First ever solar plant symbiosis in Spain, integrating agriculture, biodiversity, and community with renewable energy generation. The electricity generated will address 100% of the VELUX Group’s European operations and up to 90% of global
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01
October
2022
| 09:00 Europe/Copenhagen
From October 1st The VELUX Group will reduce the heating in all VELUX locations in Europe to a level between 19 – 21 degrees Celsius.
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2021
04
November
2021
| 13:00 Europe/Copenhagen
Topics discussed at the event ranged from the importance of prioritising biodiversity in climate commitments to the business arguments for investing in science-based sustainability targets.In the midst of global climate negotiations at COP26 in
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06
April
2021
| 08:00 Europe/Copenhagen
The VELUX Group has released its Sustainability Report for 2020, marking the conclusion of a decade of work to achieve its Energy and Climate Strategy 2020 goals.
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2019
04
April
2019
| 14:17 Europe/Copenhagen
Today, the VELUX Group published its 2018 Sustainability Report. The report shows that the VELUX Group reduced its carbon footprint by 43% in 2018 versus a 34% reduction in 2017. The Group’s target is a 50% reduction by the end of next year
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2018
19
March
2018
| 15:22 Europe/Copenhagen
The focus areas are: Energy and climate Zero-waste production Sustainable sourcing A safe and healthy workplace for all VELUX employees Our main achievements in 2017 include: 34.2% reduction in carbon footprint in all VELUX
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2017
01
June
2017
| 12:01 Europe/Copenhagen
Last year, fans at the VELUX EHF FINAL4 championship could enter a VELUX competition in front of the handball arena and donate a Natural Light solar lamp to Africa. For every goal scored by the fans a lamp was donated to off-grid regions of Africa.
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17
March
2017
| 10:54 Europe/Copenhagen
VELUX today publishes its 2016 Corporate Social Responsibility report, which details the company’s ongoing commitments and progress in the area of CSR. Highlights of 2016 report include: • 98% of wood used in manufacturing sourced
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2016
25
February
2016
| 09:00 Europe/Copenhagen
Natural Light lamps, handheld solar powered lamps, are now bringing light and a better life to people in Zambia. The lamps are particularly crucial in Zambia as only 20 per cent of the population have access to electricity. When darkness falls, the
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19
January
2016
| 08:00 Europe/Copenhagen
Daylight streaming in from brand new roof windows in the local clubhouse. A dream that could come true for sports clubs across Europe when the VELUX Group donates roof windows to club houses to mark its 75th anniversary. 
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04
January
2016
| 13:32 Europe/Copenhagen
150 local sales agents trained in Senegal, Zimbabwe and Zambia.
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2015
14
December
2015
| 14:13 Europe/Copenhagen
The VELUX Group is satisfied with the result of the COP21 negotiations – it is an important international step in the right direction. But it also opens possibilities from a VELUX perspective and for as such.
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03
December
2015
| 14:55 Europe/Copenhagen
While global leaders struggle to reach a global climate agreement at the COP21, the VELUX Group is implementing an affordable and large-scale concept for climate renovations. The full scale renovation case is part of a social housing complex in
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01
December
2015
| 09:00 Europe/Copenhagen
The VELUX Group is ahead of its ambitious goal to cut its global CO2 emissions by 50% by 2020 compared to the 2007 level. In 2020, the Group expects to be nine years ahead of the EU 2degree target. Nonetheless, the Group believes there should be
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20
May
2015
| 15:35 Europe/Copenhagen
The VELUX Group has just published its CR Report for 2014. Among the key results are a historically low number of accidents at work and a continued fall in the company’s CO2 emissions. But the report also documents that the Group’s
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11
May
2015
| 07:00 Europe/Copenhagen
Today leading window manufacturer The VELUX Group and the social business Little Sun announce a partnership with the NGO Plan International to distribute a new solar lamp – the Natural Light solar lamp – in three African countries:
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24
March
2015
| 07:00 Europe/Copenhagen
The VELUX Group’s long-term investment strategy bore fruit in 2014 with increased turnover and considerably higher earnings.
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2014
03
November
2014
| 00:00 Europe/Copenhagen
For nearly 75 years, the VELUX Group has worked to improve living conditions around the world by bringing daylight into people's homes. To mark this milestone, the VELUX Group is partnering with Little Sun, a social business and global project
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03
November
2014
| 00:00 Europe/Copenhagen
To mark VELUX 75th anniversary of bringing daylight and fresh air into people's homes, the VELUX Group is enhancing its social focus on the world's off-grid areas. In order to bring sustainable, reliable and affordable light to areas without
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25
March
2014
| 00:00 Europe/Copenhagen
The Corporate Responsibility report just published by the VELUX Group shows that the company is in the lead in terms of sustainability. In addition to having a historically low number of work-related accidents, the report also shows that VELUX roof
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2013
03
September
2013
| 00:00 Europe/Copenhagen
The VELUX Group has come on board as a primary partner of the World Climate Summit 2013, Warsaw, Poland.Jørgen Tang-Jensen, CEO, the VELUX Group, said: "With this partnership we are joining the community of progressive businesses
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22
April
2013
| 00:00 Europe/Copenhagen
Despite the financial crisis, 2012 was the year when the VELUX Group launched two new products that represent the largest investment in the Group's 70-year history. This is one of the messages in the Group's recently-published Corporate
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2012
09
May
2012
| 00:00 Europe/Copenhagen
Only after a long haul is it possible for a company to achieve its climate goals. This is the learning in the VELUX Group which follows a very ambitious climate strategy. The goal is to reduce the Group's overall CO2 emissions by 20% by the
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07
May
2012
| 00:00 Europe/Copenhagen
In one year the VELUX Group was able to cut the number of industrial accidents among wage-earning staff by 37% due to an extensive safety programme. In 2011, there was an average of 2.8 industrial accidents per million working hours at the
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2011
21
March
2011
| 00:00 Europe/Copenhagen
The curve of industrial accidents in the VELUX Group is plummeting. Figures for 2010 show that the number of accidents at work among wage-earning staff fell by 20% on the previous year. Now an even more ambitious target has been set The Group
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