Sustainable operating platform initiatives

Having three facilities located nearby in Norway and two in Romania generates a lot of transport between the sites. Now that we have optimized production at one facility in Norway and one in Romania we have significantly reduced internal transport and thereby decreased our fuel consumption. We have not included this in our Scope 3 emission calculations yet, so the reduction is not visible in the data set.

Since the acid leak in 2021, we have worked hard to find a replacement for our acid treatment of steel. The solution had to be not only effective and offer a high capacity, but also environmentally friendly, with a low risk of leakage, and ensure the safest possi- ble working environment for our operators. We have successfully identified a container solution that fulfils all our requirements. In addition, the ability to perform acid treatment in-house again will reduce our need for transportation. Over a period of six months in 2022, 46 tonnes of steel were transported back and forth to a third-party facility for acid treatment, a process requiring 100 separate journeys. Roughly calculated, this initiative will reduce CO2 emissions from transport relating to acid treatment by 20–25 tCO2e per year compared to 2022.