Under the motto “nothing is lost, everything is valued”, Corticeira Amorim has been transforming waste resulting from the production of cork stoppers since 1963, which is converted into granules, and then into agglomerated cork, thus offering new possibilities for cork. This was the first step towards the circular economy, that is now one the group’s main pillars – 150 years after its foundation. Today we have 29 establishments with a FSC® certification, 63% of our energy derives from renewable sources (biomass), we have planted almost 1 million autochthonous trees, our waste recovery rate is over 90%, and we conduct recycling across five continents.