Sustainable and Scalable Operating Platform (E)

Scope 1

Scope 1 includes all direct emission sources. This includes all use of fossil fuels for stationary combustion, transportation by company vehicles (both leased and owned) and process emissions.

Emission factors per fuel type are based on assumptions in the IEA methodological framework. Our Scope 1 emissions are lower than in 2021 mainly because we closed one facility in Braila, Romania. Closing the site reduced the annual use of natural gas for heating and internal transport between sites in Romania. The use of diesel decreased in 2022 because we eliminated four diesel cars from our vehicle fleet, three in Norway and one in Spain. The four cars were replaced by one electric car in Norway. The use of company cars was needed in connection with fewer projects in 2022.

Scope 2

In June 2022, we finalized installation of solar panels at our production facility in Spain. This led to a reduction in electricity consumption from 135 MWh in 2021 to 61 MWh in 2022, and a reduction in tCO2e of 65%. We also reduced our services in Seattle, USA, and the remaining employees in the US have been working from home since April 2022. The closure of the production facility in Braila, Romania, also contributed to reduced electricity consumption in 2022 compared to 2021.

Scope 3

Scope 3 is so far only partially accounted for, and for 2022 scope 3 includes the categories waste and business travel.

2022 was the first year where we report business travels by air for all units globally. We see that the number of travels is increasing again after reliefs of corona restrictions, but compared to the last pre-pandemic year 2019, we are significantly below. In 2019 business travels by air for the Norwegian unit alone contributed with 788,3 tCO2e to our GHG emissions

In 2021, we experienced an acid leakage incident which, in addition to its local environmental impact, meant a large increase in hazardous waste during the cleanup process. 380 out of 412 tCO2e from our waste handling was due to the acid leakage. If we exclude the hazardous waste from the incident, we note a 30 per cent reduction in GHG emissions from waste handling in 2022 compared with 2021. One initiative for reducing residual waste was the implementation of waste sorting stations at all Norwegian sites.

In 2022, we ended our use of water jets, and the disposal of the sand gave a non-recurring increase in residual waste in 2022. The handling of the sand alone contributed 9.8 tCO2e.