Where we are at.

AUDIT

Unbiased

Running such a CSR audit is time-consuming and needs impartiality. For over a year, F-ONE and MANERA collaborated with “Utopies”, a French agency founded over 30 years ago that helps companies improve their impact on the environment.
Upon granting them full disclosure on our activities, Utopies conducted a rigorous examination of our carbon footprint. The various aspects of our operations were meticulously analyzed, and we were able to identify specific areas where we can enhance our environmental performance.

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METHODOLOGY

The original audit analyzed data from 2021.

The activities of F-ONE and MANERA have been considered on two levels: the product’s life cycle and the corporate services.

Product’s life cycle

Includes data from raw materials, factories/manufacturing, freight and transport, distribution, use, and waste/end-of-life

Corporate services

Includes data from warehouses, heardquarters, and marketing / digital footprint.

In the former, six different areas were analyzed:

Materials

This category looked at all raw and other materials involved in the fabrication of a product, e.g. carbon fiber, polyester, neoprene, fiberglass, cotton.

Manufacturing and factories

This category looked at everything pertaining to the manufacturing of products (e.g. spinning, weaving, knitting, finishing processes) as well as the factories themselves (e.g. energy, waste, packaging).

Freight

This category looked at the transport of raw materials to the factories, as well as the transport of the finished products from the factories to the French ports and airports, and from there to the F-ONE/MANERA warehouse.

Distribution

This category looked at upstream and downstream transportation in our distribution network, so transport of the finished products from the factories to the distributors’ warehouses, and from the warehouses to the shops/clients.

Use

This category looked at the product use, e.g. wash or rinse, use of cleaning products.

Waste and end-of-life

This category looked at waste and the end-of-life of the final packaging and each final product.

And regarding the corporate services :

Warehouse

This category looked at packaging as well as energy consumption of French warehouses.

Headquarters

This category looked many aspects related to F-ONE’s and MANERA’s headquarters, such as business travels, commuting, water and energy consumption, supplier expenses, or waste.

Marketing / Digital Footprint

This category looked at all print and digital marketing, as well as “offline” marketing such as goodies and POS displays.

RESULTS

84% of our CO² emissions come from our supply chains:

41

Comes from the materials we use in our products, especially raw materials like polyester and carbon.

31

Comes from manufacturing, particularly relating to finishing processes.

12

Is from freight, from the factory to the French ports and airports, before making their way to our main warehouse in southern France.

Rounding out the top five, the next sources of emissions are the products’ end-of-life and our headquarters, accounting for 7% and 6% of our emissions respectively.

Raw material

Polyester is the material with the highest emissions for F-ONE, accounting for 26% of raw material emissions.

Manufacturing and finishing

The manufacture of apparel and wings is more carbon-intensive than the manufacture of boards. Within apparel and wing manufacture, finishing has the greatest impact (84%).

Let’s look at a full wing foil setup, which generated 268 kgs of CO2e.

Wing

73 kgCO2e

Wetsuit

75 kgCO2e

Foilboard

53 kgCO2e

Hydrofoil

67 kgCO2e

Total impact

268 kgCO2e

These numbers are more than stats.

They are a roadmap for change. This audit propels F-ONE and MANERA towards a more responsible and ethical future. These findings help us reconsider the way we’ve been conducting business until now, and establish concrete objectives and action plans.