At Stena Metall Group we have a structured, long-term strategy to continuously optimize our own resource consumption.
Society is facing major challenges to cope with climate change. We are continuously working to support the transition to a sustainable society by reducing our energy use as well as our carbon dioxide emissions. All Stena Recycling companies, present in eight markets, have set a joint climate target that has been approved by the Science Based Targets initiative. The target is to reduce emissions in Scope 1 and 2 with 50 percent by 2030, and in Scope 3 with 25 percent within the same timeframe. In addition to the targets for 2030, Stena Recycling has also had its net-zero targets validated and approved.
Like most industrial activities, Stena Metall’s plants and processes consume energy and generate carbon dioxide emissions. Stena Metall follows the Greenhouse gas (GHG) protocol for reporting emissions and currently reports emissions in Scope 1 and 2 at Group level, which includes emissions from the Group’s own operations as well as from purchased energy. The Group’s main emissions in Scope 1 and 2 are due to combustion of diesel and LPG, and from purchased electricity. The main consumption of diesel is as fuel for working machines and transportation with own trucks. LPG is mainly used for the smelting process at Stena Aluminium, but to some extent also for working machines. Electricity is used at facilities, and increasingly also for machinery and vehicles.
Stena Nordic Recycling Center (SNRC) in Halmstad, Sweden, is one of Europe’s largest and most modern recycling facilities. Complex materials from customers in several countries are recycled here in modern and efficient ways. Resources that were previously lost can thereby be used in new products, or as an energy source in energy-intensive industry.
The waste hierarchy is based on an EU directive dealing with how waste should be handled to have as little negative impact as possible. The higher up in the hierarchy waste can be dealt with, the better this will be for the environment.
At the top is waste prevention – avoiding something becoming waste in the first place. At the bottom is landfill – the least desirable way to deal with waste from an environmental point of view. At Stena Metall Group, we work constantly to move the handling of waste higher up the hierarchy. This retains as much of the material value as possible within the circular economy, which is good both from a resource perspective, but also to reduce climate impact. For example, according to the trade organization European Aluminium, it takes 95 percent less energy to recycle aluminium than it does to mine and refine aluminium from bauxite.
“We work to improve energy efficiency in all operations and to continuously reduce the Group’s climate footprint. We also help our customers reduce their climate impact, by providing circular solutions.”
Anna Sundell, Head of Sustainability & Communications, Stena Metall Group
Our efforts in the area care for the environment contribute to the following UN Sustainable Development Goals
The UN Sustainable Development Goals identify 17 key areas where businesses need to work for change if we want to achieve a flourishing society in the long run. Few businesses have operations with a bearing on all the targets. At Stena Metall we consider 11 of them to more strongly related to our scope of operations.
