Petzl - Impact Report 2025

2025

Impact Report

What other levers does Petzl have today ?

Reuse is one of them . In concrete terms , it means

reusing a product as it is , before it becomes waste .

For example , after reusing our cartons external

ly for four years with our partner Valoralp , we are

now trying to reuse them internally for customer

shipments . This approach generates both f inan -

cial and environmental gains . And it is a genuinely

cross - functional project involving production , logis -

tics and sales .

We face three main challenges .

First , the operational challenge :

sorting the cartons , f lattening

them , strapping them again ,

and then reintegrating them

into the f low . Then the econo

mic challenge : labour costs

cannot signif icantly exceed the

value of the cartons themsel -

ves . Otherwise , the approach is

not viable . And f inally , the marketing challenge : do

we communicate about it ? And if so , how ? A test

workshop was organised to measure the time re

quired and the associated labour cost But beyond

the economic aspect there is also a strong human

impact teams are proud of this project It really gi

ves meaning

What remains now is to structure all of this and em

bed these choices sustainably into our practices

Operational implementation is one step but the

challenge is also to support the change To keep

the approach alive over time to drive it forward so

that everyone takes ownership of these new prac

tices and the commitment is truly real

Manon , in concrete terms , what is your role

at Petzl ?

My role is to reduce the environmental impact of

Petzl ’ s activities , and in particular the waste they ge -

nerate . It is essential long - term work if we want to

meet our environmental objectives , especially since

we embarked on the ISO 14001 : 2015 process .

We obtained certif ication in 2025 , and it gives us

a framework for making waste management more

reliable with all our stakeholders . As my

colleagues explained regarding raw ma

terials , traceability and monitoring are

crucial issues . It is the same for waste :

I need to make sure that the chosen

solution has the lowest possible impact

and , above all , that it is actually being

implemented . Today , we can no longer

turn a blind eye to what becomes of our

waste . It is our responsibility .

Where does the rope offcut recovery project

launched in 2024 stand today ?

It is a project that has made it possible to give a

second life to rope offcuts that had previously gone

unrecovered We work with an Italian partner equip

ped with technology capable of separating the diffe

rent materials that make up the ropes Once sepa

rated and properly sorted the materials are sent to

the appropriate recovery channels the polyamide

core is recycled into pellets while the polyester

sheath is shredded and used as f illing for bedding

21 tonnes were recovered in 2024 followed by

16 tonnes in 2025 Unfortunately the project was

temporarily put on hold for one quarter in 2025 in

order to secure a traceability issue It will resume in

2026 with the objective of reducing rope offcuts at

source

Acting at source is our priority : generating

less waste , preserving resources and

reducing the impact of our activities . That

is precisely what eco - design is about for

our products and their packaging , led by

Maurine and Julie . And while the issue

of waste linked to end - of - life products is

still in its early stages , the challenge of

managing waste generated by production

activities is already very real . That is where

Manon comes in . For her , the objective

is clear : recover 80 % of this waste as

material and avoid incineration wherever

possible .

“ Today , we can

no longer turn

a blind eye to

what becomes

of our waste . ”

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