60 www.bfpa.co.uk fully completed and, our aircraft business will have entirely relocated to this building by Summer 2024. This is a massive investment in people, in machinery and in the future of Moog in Tewkesbury. It is being championed as a smart factory with a large solar array on the roof, electric charging points and a bus stop directly outside. It’s also on the cycle track through to Tewkesbury town centre and near the train station. The building also features well-being amenities for the staff, including a gym and cafeteria. Nurturing young talent Looking ahead from a staff perspective, we have several interns being trained in everything from design to manufacture and distribution. Indeed, we recognise the importance of nurturing young talent for the long-term development of the company. Young people are, in general, also very environmentally aware and keen to play a part in a company’s sustainable future. Many of our older engineers don’t fully leave the company after retirement age either. We like to retain them and continue to benefit from their decades of experience and know-how. Stringent recycling regime All our UK facilities have had a stringent recycling regime in place for several years. While some companies are only just getting round to putting this type of practice in place, we phased out singleuse plastics as soon as the industrial business moved, back in 2015. So, Moog has been really effective at keeping on top of its sustainability pledges. Digital transformation Digital transformation, including AI, is something that we’re investing in heavily, and we will be announcing more on these developments in the near future, both from a product development and sustainability perspective. Everyone’s responsibility Moog’s CEO, Pat Roche, believes that in today’s world, sustainability is everyone’s responsibility. “As a company that operates in 25 countries, we are passionate about protecting people and our planet,” he says. “We want to become a more environmentally and socially impactful organisation and are well positioned to make positive contributions. Our vision is to integrate sustainability into every aspect of our business. Among other activities, we are benchmarking our current performance and baselining our resource consumption and emissions. These steps will help us focus our resources and effort in reducing emissions and measure the success of our sustainability goals. Building a better tomorrow requires finding more ways to improve the world today.” Moog is helping to shape the way our world moves – on land, sea, in the air and out in space.
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