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CLIMATE STRATEGY
Collecting, transporting and sorting waste for
consumption at our waste treatment facilities,
recycling requires energy, consequently entailing
other buildings/facilities (Scope 2) and purchase
a risk of CO2 emission. We therefore make a
of containers and other equipment (Scope 3).
continuous effort to minimise the CO2 emissions
from our operations and processes.
Our target for Scope 2 – achieving 85% of our
electricity consumption being green – has been
Trucks account for the majority of our CO2
reached in 2023, which means that we are on
emissions when collecting waste from our
track of achieving the target of 100% green
customers.
electricity consumption in 2030.
By replacing older vehicles with more sustainable
We are planning to establish solar panels on 2 – 3
vehicles, ef昀椀cient route planning and optimised
of our roof areas in 2024/2025.
driving patterns, we have already now achieved
the set target of 10% CO2 reduction per driven
Price, quality, and CO2 footprint are all part of our
kilometre in 2025. Our efforts are bringing
procurement procedures. We have focus on the
us closer to achieving the target of 30% CO2
most CO2 emitting products, and this means that
reduction per kilometre driven by 2030 (baseline:
we give priority to products with a lower resource
2019).
consumption and a lower CO2 footprint.
It is our hope that this approach will inspire our
We have introduced more electrically powered
suppliers to focus on sustainability too.
trucks and are open to other technologies, such
as hydrogen, as our vehicles perform a range of
In addition, we plan to launch other sustaina-
different tasks, with different requirements to
bility initiatives, including measures to improve
performance and range.
biodiversity in our green areas and measures to
encourage our employees to present proposals
Our target is to achieve an overall CO2 reduction
for green initiatives, with the aim of reducing the
of 30% by 2030 (Scope 1) and furthermore we
total carbon footprint of Marius Pedersen A/S.
focus on other major carbon footprint improvements, including 昀椀rst and foremost the energy
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