ABB UK receives international recognition for reducing carbon footprint

  Posted by: electime      12th November 2020

ABB in the UK has successfully achieved ‘CEMARS’ accreditation, one of the world’s first internationally accredited greenhouse gas (GHG) certification schemes, that checks and verifies the methodology used to measure carbon emissions.

With over 60 per cent of its commercial portfolio connected to helping customers reduce their own carbon emissions, ABB has committed to lead by example working hard to eliminate carbon from its own operations and in its supply chains.

David Hughes, Manging Director ABB UK said: “In the last 12 months the company has reduced its carbon emissions by 5 per cent and incrementally year on year for the last six years. The Certified Emissions Measurement and Reduction Scheme ‘CEMARS,’ which falls under ISO 14064, ensures how we measure carbon emissions is accurate and certifies that the reduction targets are sufficient.”

As part of its commitment ABB identified that over half of the carbon emissions generated in the UK come from just two sources: consumption of electricity and business mileage.

David Hughes continued: “In 2019 our business mileage in the UK was the second-highest contributor to our carbon footprint. It is important for us to address this and as part of our net zero ambition, we are proud to announce that we will be transitioning our company cars to an all-electric fleet by 2025.”

With over 500 cars in the UK vehicle fleet, and approximately 6.8 million business miles covered in 2019 alone, ABB expects to reduce its carbon footprint in the UK by a further 20% when the transition to e-vehicles is complete.  The company is also reviewing ways in which to bring down is energy consumption and reduce power waste.