GHG emissions

We take responsibility for the environment by adapting our operations to climate change and switching to fossil-free. We have adopted an ambitious target to halve our GHG emissions by 2025, compared with 2019.

To achieve our emissions reduction targets, collaboration with clients, authorities, suppliers, companies and union organisations is important. Equally important is our own ability to innovate, and our strong ambition to reduce our impact on the planet’s resources.

We are continuously improving our methods for measuring our emissions and during 2024, we took the next step in our sustainability journey by joining the Science Based Targets initiative (SBTi).

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Ambea’s emissions

Our starting point is to take responsibility for, and reduce, our direct emissions to become aligned with the Paris Agreement and net zero emissions by 2050. An overall assessment of our value chain emissions is required to allocate the right resources to the right place.

Since we started compiling data in 2019, our understanding of the primary sources of our GHG emissions has increased. The primary source of our direct (Scope 1) GHG emissions is internal transportation. Heating and some electricity account for our Scope 2 emissions, while food, consumables and waste are the primary sources of our indirect (Scope 3) emissions. Most of Ambea’s emissions, just over 80 per cent, are Scope 3 emissions.

How we reduce emissions

In the coming years, our efforts will be focused on fossil-free vehicle and energy solutions – including the phase-out of fossil vehicles – and on finding joint solutions together with our customers, property owners, food and consumables suppliers to reduce our GHG emissions.

Our environmental performance is monitored twice per year by carrying out self-assessments in the units. Compliance with a range of environmental aspects, including chemical handling and waste management, is evaluated.

Double materiality assessment

In 2024, we performed a double materiality assessment to comply with the EU’s new Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive (CSRD). The results provide a basis for Ambea’s strategic priorities in sustainability and future sustainability reporting.