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AESSEAL GOES BEYOND NET-ZERO AESSEAL PLC HAS ANNOUNCED that, in 2020, the impact of all its operations had a net beneficial impact on the environment. Following the achievement of Net Zero for Scope 1 and 2 emissions, the company sought independent verification of its indirect Scope 3 emissions, as well as the balancing impact of the emissions avoided by the use of the company’s products in major industry. Separate evaluations were carried out on Scope 3 emissions, including indirect emissions in the company’s value chain such as business travel, and on the emissions avoided by installing one of its leading-edge environmental systems. Independent consultants verified that AESSEAL’s Scope 3 indirect emissions amounted to 46,300 tonnes of CO2e in 2020. It was also separately verified that the emissions avoided by the sale of AESSEAL’s Water Management Systems totalled 64,200 tonnes of CO2e. Commenting on the news, Chris Rea, Group Managing Director, said: “We promised that reaching Net Zero for Scope 1 and 2 emissions, which cover our direct emissions and indirect emissions from electricity, heating
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or cooling, was just the start. These independent verifications of Scope 3 emissions and emissions savings show that getting our systems adopted has a net beneficial impact on the environment. Our experts travel all over the world to persuade major industrial customers to invest in environmentallyfriendly systems. That means air miles are unavoidable.” So far, the calculation of emissions avoided in 2020 covers just one of the company’s products – the water management systems. The business also has a solid action
plan to ensure that it meets the target of Net Zero for the Global Group by 1st April 2029. Actions include creating an investment policy for electric vehicles in December 2020 and creating an innovative nature walk on its headquarters site. As part of the ongoing attempt to create a better world, AESSEAL plc has also announced that it will provide free of charge emissions training to any organisation that adopts an Investment Policy to Prevent Global Warming. Details of the policy are available and can be downloaded from Betterworld.Solutions.
BRINGING THE UK CHEMICAL INDUSTRIES BACK TOGETHER THE CHEMUK 2021 SUPPLY-CHAIN EXPO AND SPEAKER programme returns on the 15th & 16th September 2021 at the NEC in Birmingham. The event aims to bring together the UK’s chemicals, chemical & bio-chem processing, and chemical product formulation industries, providing a two-day supply chain sourcing, business networking, intelligence gathering, bestpractice and strategy development experience. New for 2021 will be the ‘CHEMSOURCE’ Zone that will see an expansion of the exhibits space and speaker programme coverage relating to chemicals, ingredients & raw materials supply chain & sourcing. The CHEMUK 2021 event will showcase the latest plant, equipment, materials and services from over 300 specialist exhibitors. Alongside the exhibition will be a speaker programme, hosted across four open stages, which will deliver around 40+ hours of free to attend expert intelligence, case studies, best practice and technology insight presentations. Visitors can register at www.chemicalukexpo.com Quarter 2 2021
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