Decarbonisation
Renewable Glass Conference 2021 Industry experts discussed options of how the glass manufacturing sector can decarbonise at the recent Renewable Glass Manufacturing conference. Topics included hydrogen, electrical and biofuel glass production. Jess Mills reviews the event. Topics such as decarbonisation, carbon neutrality, sustainability and alternative fuels were highlighted at the recent Renewable Glass Manufacturing conference, hosted by Glass International. Speakers at the online event included glass manufacturers such as the NSG Group, Wiegand-Glas and Encirc, customers such as Coca-
Cola Europacific Partners as well as technology suppliers such as FIC UK, Sorg and Horn Glass. Encirc discussed the challenges of using biofuel instead of fossil fuel combustion in glassmaking, while Wiegand-Glas spoke of its Eco2Bottle brand, which uses biomethane for product lines – partly supplied by bmp-greengas.
Glass companies in attendance included O-I, Bangkok Glass, Nihon Yamamura Glass, Saint-Gobain, Sisecam, Bormioli Luigi, Guardian industries, Vetropack, Saverglass, Grupo Vical and CristalChile. Attendees were from a variety of countries such as Indonesia, South Korea, Thailand, Italy, Turkey, Mexico and the USA.
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DECARBONISATION – COCA-COLA EUROPACIFIC PARTNERS Charles Richardson, Procurement Director of Metal, Glass and Other Primary Packaging at Coca-Cola Europacific Partners (CCEP)1, spoke on how CCEP aims to reduce its carbon impact. Mr Richardson discussed how CCEP’s sustainability framework ‘This is Forward’ and its ‘Action on Climate’ programme will lead the company towards net zero carbon emissions by 2040. CCEP, the largest Coca-Cola bottler in the world by revenue, has reduced its total carbon footprint by over 30%. It plans to cut these emissions by a further 30% across its entire value chain by 2030, before reaching net zero by 2040. (Fig 1)
� Fig 1. CCEP’s carbon reduction pathway. To do this, the company will focus on reducing its Scope 3 emissions. Scope 3 emissions are from CCEP’s suppliers and have increased to 93% of the company’s total emissions since 2010. This is due to the reduction of emissions from CCEP’S own direct operations and
facilities (Scope 1) and emissions from the production of energy required to run CCEP’s business (Scope 2). Emissions in these areas have decreased by 22% in Scope 1 (now 6% overall) and in Scope 2 by 98% (now less than 1% overall) over the last 11 years. (Fig 2)
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