In 2022, our main focus has been on taking the first steps to establish the basis for making an informed and long-term strategy with appropriate targets. Part of this has been to identify the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) where we believe we have a significant impact. Since we have only just embarked on our sustainability journey, we have not established an elaborated ESG strategy yet.

FOM Technologies is committed to contributing to the SDGs to be a part of the world’s most important plan. We are particularly inspired by the SDGs presented below, as this is where we see our contribution having the greatest impact on societal challenges.

We focus on quality education through several initiatives. As our employees are our main asset, we ensure to continuously develop their skills to spur innovation and stay at the forefront. Furthermore, we find it important to create open access to our technology as well as to share knowledge and build the framework for a more educated future. We do this by collaborating with different research institutes and universities to provide a better understanding of the sustainable possibilities for our technology as well as by providing training and education services to ensure upskilling of workforces in relation to slot-die coating.

We focus on supporting the global demand for cheaper, cleaner, and more efficient energy. We first and foremost do this by supporting researchers and organizations around the world in manufacturing e.g., solar cells and batteries with lower use of energy and materials in production. In relation to this, we develop our own line of machinery and equipment based on slot-die coating technology with the use of functional organic materials for a wide range of research applications such as energy harvesting, energy storage, quantum energy, and other applications.

With our distribution of slot-die coating machinery and equipment, we see a responsibility to best possible ensure that our products and technology are safe to use as well as used in a safe and secure way. This is to positively contribute to safe and secure working environments in the research and commercial industries utilizing slot-die coating technology. As a result of this, we at FOM Technologies do not only view ourselves as a manufacturer of slot-die coating machinery and equipment, but also as specialists in our technology and product offerings to cover the educational and upskilling aspects of using slot-die coating technology. In a FOM context, this SDG goes hand in hand with our contribution to SDG 4.

We focus on promoting and supporting sustainable industries as well as scientific research and innovation across the globe. We do this by working with both small and large acknowledged research institutes and corporations, providing them with the technological solutions needed for research and innovation. Moreover, we invest in fostering innovation and entrepreneurship by providing a technology that is scalable up to industrial production. More directly, this happens by being first-hand involved in research projects related to the optimization and streamlining of the slot-die coating technology. Here, FOM has e.g., been involved in a range of EU-funded research projects to invent new clean energy applications related to slot-die coating.

We focus on responsible consumption and production throughout our supply chain. As a small and medium-sized enterprise (SME) with no in-house production, we want to ensure strong collaboration and a strengthened circularity through our supply chain as early as possible to increase our positive impact on consumption and production patterns.