Tornado is forever striving to improve the sustainability of our products, how they are made and how they are used.

We are always working to lower the impact of our business on the environment.

Tornado's Sustainability Framework

Tornado’s sustainability policy is based on the principles of internationally recognised and accepted conventions and agreements for the environment, human rights, working conditions and anti-corruption, such as the UN's Declaration of Human Rights, the ILO Declaration on Fundamental Principles and Rights at Work and the OECD Guidelines for Multinational Companies. Tornado as part of Storskogen Group is also a member of the UN Global Compact.

Tornado is committed to achieve Net Zero by 2045 at the latest, but with an interim target to halve our Scope 1 & 2 emission intensity by 2030.

From 2025 Tornado products will use 100% renewable electricity in our manufacturing processes, this is a clear commitment to lower our environmental impact and is 5 years ahead of our 2030 target.

Reduce, Reuse, Recycle

Tornado is currently planning the installation of solar power, potentially complemented by wind generation at its own manufacturing facilities. We have already adopted LED lighting to minimise energy usage. Our factory based mobile plant fleet is being renewed with electrically powered units.

Our woven wire fences are made from heavy galvanised steel. The specification of our wire and the galvanisation is designed to promote long product life of fences in service. These products are then 100% recyclable at their end of life. Fundamentally our products are designed to harmlessly control different animal species, both wild and domesticated, keeping them in or out of designated areas. This can reduce the loss of crops, optimise the efficient use of land and protect designated areas during re-wilding so that plant species have the opportunity to become re-established.

Pro-Strain our new steel straining post system was developed specifically to extend the life of installed Tornado fences. Too many fences fail early currently because of the premature failure of treated wooden posts when there are still many years of life remaining in the Tornado galvanised fence nets. Pro-Strain heavy galvanised steel components provide confidence in the longevity of the installed fence.

Our product packaging is limited to that needed to protect the products during transportation. We maximise the re-use of pallets for distribution of our products and wooden formers for wire coils are made by Tornado using FSC wood from sustainable sources. All complementary products such as timber is FSC certified and with our long-term supply sources we can demonstrate the chain of custody.

We work with suppliers of wire that are working to reduce the intensity of emissions in their processes and have their own plans to achieve net zero. Our transport of raw materials into our business and product distribution to customers is optimised to promote the minimisation of empty or under-loaded transport movements and we frequently deliver direct to job-sites to minimise extra transport movements.