Renewi : Target 4, reduce the carbon impact of our operations and grow towards 100% renewable energy

Renewi plc - Target 4, reduce the carbon impact of our operations and grow towards 100% renewable energy.

Our aim is to reduce the carbon impact of our operations.

Carbon and energy use are inextricably linked. For most organisations, carbon sustainability means energy use reduction and efficiency. For us the situation is more complex. Our main goal is to move our activities up the waste hierarchy ladder, creating more secondary products from waste. But the higher up we move, the more energy we will need for operating plants and machinery and for on-site transport. This is the same whether energy use is considered overall, or as an intensity ratio such as per tonne of waste managed.

While recycling and recovery activities have a carbon avoidance benefit, we acknowledge the need to reduce the carbon impact of our own operations as much as possible hence its importance in our sustainability strategy. We want to achieve this mainly by investing in renewable energy production at our sites, displacing fossil energy use. We are investing in solar panel roofs, and are investigating the placement of wind turbines at our sites. Where this is not sufficient, we will purchase green energy. For this we aim to collaborate with frontrunner green energy providers. Another area of development is the electrification of our company car fleet. Renewi managers need to travel between our sites, many of which are remotely located far from public transport hubs - hence the need for company cars. Renewi has a fleet of about 800 cars, so the carbon impact is considerable. That's why we encourage the use of electric and hybrid cars (fuelled by green energy). We have therefore made arrangements with lease car suppliers, and are also going to increase the number of charging stations at our sites.

Although we have identified energy efficiency as a challenging area for improvement, we will continue to invest in this. We have already conducted independent, external energy efficiency audits at our largest plants, and continue to pursue the outcomes and recommendations. Examples include replacing traditional lighting with LED lights, improving energy efficiency of our static and mobile plant, and replacing diesel motors and aggregates with efficient electrical ones. We will also promote efficient energy use behaviour.

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