Sustainability at Moonshine
Our Journey from Glass Flake to Carbon Footprint Reduction.
Our sustainability story goes back many years to the origins of our glass flake making process. In the early 1980s Glassflake Ltd invented a new method to produce glass flake, with a focus not only on high quality produce but also on an innovative energy efficient melt process.
A process that is still used to this day is that electricity is used to melt the glass batch rather than gas, which is predominantly used in the glass industry. Electricity melting uses at least 18% less energy. In addition, using direct batch only requires one thermal process, meaning significantly less energy is used to form glass flake than typical heating. This, combined with our unique process, results in a considerable reduction in our carbon footprint.
From a sustainable supply chain to continuous innovation in our processes and products. We subscribe to Ecovadis for our sustainable benchmarking.
In 2023 we achieved a Bronze rating
In 2024 we achieved a Silver rating
In 2025 we achieved a Gold rating
We have been awarded the EcoVadis Gold Medal, placing us amongst the top 5% of companies assessed by EcoVadis.
This recognition reflects our commitment to sustainability and corporate social responsibility, commending our ongoing efforts to improve our environmental, social, and ethical practices.
From Scope 1, direct emissions that occur at our production sites, to Scope 2 indirect emissions from the generation of acquired and consumed electricity in tandem with our own on-site solar generation, and Scope 3 indirect emissions from upstream and downstream activities along our value chain.
As part of our strategy and environmental targets, the carbon footprint is assessed on a yearly basis. All relevant internal data is selected to reflect the company’s accurate GHG inventories. This allows us to track our emissions over time and assess the company’s performance in terms of CO2 emissions. This methodology is used as a monitoring framework to draw up our dedicated action plans to overcome our impact on climate change in the short and medium terms. Furthermore, this assessment brings quantified answers and provides customers with a clear view of impacts.
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