Electricity
There are many measures we can take to reduce electricity consumption. First, we converted our gray electricity to green electricity (as of 2022). This is not a direct reduction, but it does reduce CO2 emissions tremendously.
Because consumption is recorded, we see that we have had a higher purchase of electricity last year compared to previous years. We are currently investigating what caused this. In addition, we see that about 24% of our power consumption occurs at night.
Last year we replaced all fluorescent lights in the operations and logistics halls with LED lights. This is the first electricity reduction already initiated. This reduction will be visible in the 2022 figures.
Freight transport
Goods transport has a major impact on CO2 emissions. There are gains to be made here. We can divide this transport into air, sea and road transport. We always try to keep air transport to a minimum. Sea transport, on the other hand, we use plenty of it. We are currently in contact with a provider to directly offset and reduce CO2 emissions for this form of transport. For example through the use of biological fuel.
Fuel and heat
We see that we started using significantly more gas last year. This has been a reason to improve the recording of our consumption. By checking the readings monthly, we can see more quickly what our consumption is and get insight into whether there are increases or decreases.
Waste Management
At Life & Mobility, we believe that waste reduction should come before waste recycling. Therefore, the cardboard and plastic bags in which new products are delivered are reused in the Logistics Department. In addition, you will find blue bins everywhere at Life & Mobility, which are used as temporary packaging. We also call these rotation bins. Parts are sorted, transported and stored in these.
Some of the products we do offer for recycling are: polystyrene foam, coffee grounds and plastic film. Our company clothing is also collected and recycled. In addition, we have our own colleague who sews blankets from certain old garments.
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