Elkem Launches Global Climate Roadmap: Reducing Emis- sions Towards Net Zero While Growing Supplies To The Green Transition

The CAEF Council meeting took place at a challenging time. While costs for energy are skyrocketing everywhere in Europe, shortages of raw materials and scrap are putting the foundries under pressure. Furthermore, during the pandemic the availability of skilled workers and young foundry talents overall has not changed for the better. At the same time, the foundry industry, being the most integrated part of the circular economy and an enabler of industrial transformation, has a crucial role to play in achieving CO2 neutrality on our continent.

The CAEF Council unanimously elected Chiara Danieli, CEO of Groupe Bouhyer, representing the Fédération Forge Fonderie, as the new CAEF President for the year 2022. Chiara Danieli carries the European idea in her genes and is enthusiastic in promoting it. The Italian-born visionary lives and works in France for many years and is very well connected in Europe.

Fynn-Willem Lohe, who already has been interims Secretary General for one year, was confirmed as Secretary General during the two days meeting. Danieli and Lohe share above all else the motivation to emphasise the essential role of the European foundry industry in politics and society even more strongly and actively than before.

Background information on CAEF:

CAEF is the umbrella organisation of the national European foundry associations. The organisation, founded in 1953, has 22 European member states and works to promote the economical, technical, legal and social interests of the European foundry industry. At the same time, CAEF implements activities which aim at developing national foundry industries and co-ordinating their shared international interests. The General Secretariat is situated in Düsseldorf since 1997.

CAEF represents 4700 European foundries. Nearly 300 000 employees are generating a turnover of 43 billion Euro. European foundries are recruiting 20 000 workers and engineers per year. The main customer industries are e.g. the automotive, the general engineering and the building industries as well as the electrical engineering industry. No industrial sector exists without using casted components. ■ 这个时代的许多其他挑战并没有停止。 欧洲铸造协会理事会会议是在充满挑战的时刻召开 的。尽管欧洲各地的能源成本都在飙升，但原材料和废 料的短缺使铸造厂面临压力。此外，在疫情大流行期间， 技术工人和年轻铸造人才的短缺总体上并没有好转。与 此同时，铸造业作为循环经济中最完整的行业和产业转 型的推动者，在欧洲大陆实现二氧化碳中和方面发挥着 至关重要的作用。 欧洲铸造协会理事会一致推选Bouhyer集团首席执 行官奇亚拉·丹尼尔代表Fédération Forge Fonderie 担任2022年欧洲铸造协会会长。奇亚拉·丹尼尔将欧洲 理念融入她的基因中，并热衷于推动它。她出生于意 大利，在法国生活和工作多年，是一位有远见的领导 且在欧洲人脉广泛。 芬·威廉·洛赫已担任一年临时秘书长，在本次会议上 也被确定为秘书长。丹尼尔和洛赫有共同的工作理念， 他们都比以往更加强调和积极推动欧洲铸造业在欧洲政 治和社会中的重要作用。 关于欧洲铸造协会： 欧洲铸造协会是欧洲国家铸造行业组织的联合组织 机构。该组织成立于1953年，拥有22个欧洲成员国， 致力于促进欧洲铸造行业的经济、技术、法律和社会利 益。同时，欧洲铸造协会开展旨在发展本国铸造业和协 调其共同国际利益的活动。自1997年以来，秘书处设 在杜塞尔多夫。 欧洲铸造协会代表4700家欧洲铸造厂的利益，其行 业近30万名员工创造了430亿欧元的营业额。欧洲铸造 厂每年招聘20,000名工人和工程师。主要服务于汽车、 通用工程、建筑行业以及电气工程行业。所有的工业部 门都与铸造有关。 ■

Elkem Launches Global Climate Roadmap: Reducing Emissions Towards Net Zero While Growing Supplies To The Green Transition 埃肯公司发布全球气候路线图：以零排放为目标开始减排、加 快绿色转型产品供应

Elkem, a global leader in silicon-based advanced materials, today announces a new climate roadmap detailing how the company plans to develop its business in line with the aim of the Paris agreement of limiting global warming to well below two degrees. The company aims to reduce its total fossil CO2 emissions by 28% from 2020-31 while growing its supplies to the green transition – thereby delivering a 39% improvement 埃肯公司是硅基先进材料的全球领导者，日前宣布了 新的气候路线图，详细说明了该公司将如何按照《巴黎 协定》目标即将全球平均气温上升幅度控制在2℃以内 来发展公司业务。公司的目标是从2020-2031年将其化 石CO2总排放量减少28%，同时加快其向绿色转型的速

of its product carbon footprint in the same period. Elkem’s long-term goal is net zero emissions by 2050.

Elkem has a strong position to contribute on climate, having been founded in 1904 to create value from renewable electricity. The company already uses 83% renewable electricity in its operations. Elkem’s supplies of advanced silicones, silicon products and carbon solutions are essential to the green transition, with silicon metal on the EU’s 2020 list of critical raw materials. Elkem is also externally recognised for climate actions: Ranking among the world’s top 5% companies rated by CDP in 2020.

The new climate roadmap details Elkem’s commitment to limiting the long-term global temperature increase to well below 2°C – in line with the Paris agreement – while also growing faster than the market and achieving revenue growth of 5-10% per year.

“Elkem aims to be part of the solution to combat climate change – and to be one of the winners in the green transition. Our mission is to provide advanced material solutions shaping a better and more sustainable future. We have a clear corporate strategy to strengthen our competitive positions through specialisation and growth. With this climate roadmap, we detail our ambitions to reduce emissions towards net zero while growing our business,” says Elkem’s interim CEO, Helge Aasen.

Elkem’s direct and indirect emissions (scope 1 and 2) today amount to 3.3 million tonnes (mt) of fossil CO2 equivalents, which will be reduced by 28% to 2.4 mt by 2031. The majority of Elkem’s direct emissions come from its smelters in Europe, particularly in Norway and Iceland. The majority of the company’s indirect emissions come from China and the use of fossil fuels in the electricity mix.

To deliver on the roadmap, Elkem will focus on three key levers: Reducing fossil CO2 emissions, supplying to the transition and enabling more circular economies. • To reduce fossil CO2 emissions, Elkem aims to change the reduction material in its smelting process to biomass, shift to using more renewable power in China, pursue a more low-carbon supply chain and explore the potential of more carbon capture at its smelters. Elkem has already progressed the share of biomass in its process to more than 20%, now aiming for 50% by 2030. China is currently investing significantly in new renewable energy which is expected to support further improvements in the energy mix going forward. • To supply to the transition, Elkem aims to grow its supplies of advanced materials to green markets such as better buildings, electric vehicles and renewable energy; and build new business in green markets such as battery materials, biomass and energy recovery. As a leader in silicone solutions for EV battery protection, Elkem is already supplying to more than 1 million EVs on the road today – about 15% of the world’s EVs. This market is expected to grow exponentially over the coming years.

Elkem has set up Vianode as new company dedicated to growth opportunities for advanced battery materials, enabling 90% reductions of emissions compared to conventional materials. 度——从而在同一时期将其产品的碳排放量减少39%。 埃肯公司的长期目标是到2050年实现净零排放。 埃肯公司成立于1904年，致力于从可再生电力中创造 价值，因此在大气保护方面处于有利地位。公司在过去的 生产中已经使用了83%的可再生电力。埃肯公司提供的先 进有机硅、硅产品和碳解决方案对于绿色转型至关重要， 硅基金属材料被列入欧盟2020年关键原材料清单。埃肯 还因气候行动而获得外部认可：在2020年被CDP评为全 球前5%的公司。 新的气候路线图详细说明了埃肯公司做出的承诺，即 长期目标是将全球气温升高限制在远低于2°C的范围内， 不仅符合《巴黎协定》，同时增长速度更快并实现每年 5-10%的收入增长。 “埃肯旨在成为应对气候变化解决方案的一部分， 并成为绿色转型的胜利者。我们的使命是提供先进的材 料解决方案，塑造更美好、更可持续的未来。我们有明 确的企业战略，通过专业化和发展来增强我们的竞争优 势。通过气候路线图的发布，我们详细介绍了公司在发 展业务的同时将排放量减少到净零排放的雄心计划，” 埃肯公司临时首席执行官Helge Aasen说。 目前，埃肯公司的直接和间接碳排放（范围1和2）达 到330万吨CO2当量，到2031年将减少28%，减少到240 万吨。埃肯的大部分直接排放来自其在欧洲的冶炼厂， 尤其是在挪威和冰岛。该公司的大部分间接排放来自中 国以及电力结构中化石燃料的使用。 为实现该路线图，埃肯将重点关注三个关键杠杆： 减少化石二氧化碳排放、为转型提供新产品、实现更 多循环经济。 • 为减少CO2排放，埃肯公司将冶炼过程中的还原材料 改为生物质材料，在中国市场将使用更多的可再生能 源，寻求更加低碳的供应链，并在冶炼厂探索更多碳 捕获的潜力。埃肯已经将生物质在其工艺中的使用量 提高到20%以上，现在的目标是到2030年达到50% 。中国目前正在大力投资新的可再生能源，预计这将 支持未来能源结构的进一步改善。 • 为了适应转型发展，埃肯的目标是增加对绿色市场的 先进材料供应，例如建筑节能、电动汽车和可再生能 源；打造电池材料、生物质材料、能源回收等绿色市 场。作为电动汽车电池保护有机硅解决方案的领导 者，埃肯目前已为超过100万辆已上路的电动汽车提 供产品——约占全球电动汽车的15%。预计该市场 将在未来几年呈指数级增长趋势。埃肯成立了一个新 公司Vianode，将致力于开发先进电池材料的增长机 会，与传统材料相比，排放量减少90%。