Ramudden
Sustainability report 2021
Sustainability
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Focus area: Environment
Processes in place to reduce environmental impact Ramudden’s environmental work largely involves minimising the negative environmental impact of work sites and projects, ranging from waste management to reducing the carbon emissions caused by transport and travel.
Goal 13: Climate action Ramudden is working to become a more climate-friendly organisation. In the focus area Environment, we map our impact and have set ourselves the target of reducing our carbon dioxide emissions in line with the Paris Agreement. We are modernising our fleet, choosing more climate-smart fuels, training employees and carbon offsetting through our principal owner, Triton.
Ramudden takes a long-term approach and we also strive to be the industry leader when it comes to protecting and enhancing the environment. To continue to do business successfully, we must be part of the transition to a climate-friendly, environmentally sustainable society. For us, the highest priority environmental areas are waste management, chemicals management and climate emission reduction, primarily through efficient logistics and, ultimately, a transition to fossil-free fuels and electrification of the vehicle fleet. Framework for the work Ultimately, the ISO 14001 standard provides a clear framework for reducing our environmental impact. This standard is helping us to ensure that we operate in compliance with current environmental legislation and regulations and work on continuous improvement in this area. Ramudden’s environmental work is also governed by our Group policy for health, safety, quality and the environment, and it is led by our ESG group. This work has been stepped up still further in 2021 with the creation of the WZS Group ESG Centre of Excellence, which you can find out more about on page 23. Environmental training for employees Everybody undergoes mandatory web-based training so as to increase employees’ basic awareness of the most relevant environmen tal aspects of what we do. This explains how everyone can and should help out with the company’s environmental work. The focus is on issues such as waste management, chemicals, purchasing and transport.
We also encourage our employees to report suspected breaches of environmental rules and laws to their manager or their manager’s manager. If this is not possible, there is also our whistleblower system. Waste management with emphasis on circularity We work with recycling and circularity of waste as part of Ramudden’s sustainability work. We have worked together with Stena Recycling in Sweden, Remeo in Finland and Ragn-Sells in Estonia, as well as a number of suppliers in Norway, to identify our waste streams and develop waste management towards higher levels of recycling. The central work with regular debriefings, collaboration with purchasing managers and continuous monitoring together with our waste suppliers has resulted in increased recycling and reduced energy recovery. Waste fractions such as metal, plastic, wood and corrugated cardboard are sorted and recycled. Hazardous waste such as sludge and oily water from oil separators, as well as lead acid batteries, waste oil, fluorescent tubes and electronic waste, are sorted and recycled at approved receiving stations. The waste quantities for 2021 were as follows: • The total amount of waste, excluding protective barriers, sorted at the depots was approximately 462 tonnes, of which approximately 69 tonnes was hazardous waste. • 45 percent of total waste was recovered for energy and 55 percent was sorted for recycling.
