RINNAI AIMS FOR NET ZERO BEFORE 2050 RINNAI HAS RELEASED ITS GLOBAL “INNOVATION MANIFESTO,” WHICH PLOTS A PATH TOWARDS NETZERO EMISSIONS BY 2050, WITHOUT NEGATING QUALITY IN PRODUCT DESIGN, INNOVATION AND CUSTOMER VALUE FOR MONEY Rinnai’s “Innovation Manifesto” is formatted into four segments: Background to Carbon Neutrality; Initiatives and Directives to Realize Low-Carbon and Decarbonized Society; Reducing CO2 Emissions from Business Activities; and finally: Investing in
Accumulated data reveals 95% of these emissions are produced during the working life cycle of a Rinnai product; the remaining 5% occur throughout procuring materials, manufacturing, transport and disposal.
Carbon Neutrality. Says Rinnai UK Managing Director Tony Gittings, “It is a statement of firm commitment by Rinnai concerning environmental issues and the need to accept collective responsibility. We must do this - there is no Planet B. Rinnai is taking action to ensure that it is carbon neutral as soon as is realistically possible across its global estate. We are a business based on engineering excellence and are employing technological creativity to achieve the targets. It will mean, in the UK that we begin to offer a wider range of products to enable our customers to achieve their own carbon reductions and eventual neutrality.” Within the manifesto Rinnai present a truthful appraisal of carbon emissions from production, products in use and procurement phases. Rinnai has identified these three areas as requiring targeted action to achieve reductions in emissions.
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The Rinnai Manifesto details plans to halve emission created by Rinnai products and manufacturing processes by 2030. Technological innovations that allow hydrogen gas mixes to be applied to Rinnai products will assist in our mid-term ecological ambitions. By 2050 further developments in this field and full-scale international hydrogen energy transition will enable Rinnai products to be manufactured and accept 100% clean energy. Rinnai products will be entirely clean from the obtaining of materials through to disposal of merchandise. Rinnai is actively assisting international hydrogen development. Combustion tests on 20% - 30% hydrogen gas blends are being carried out on existing products in the UK, US and Italy.
