Vattenfall will ensure that at least 10% of the cement/concrete procured for its projects, including for wind farms, is “near-zero” by 2030.
The commitment was made in connection to COP27 where the First Movers Coalition (FMC) launched a new sector, called Cement and Concrete.
The solutions may include use of renewable electricity in production, carbon capture, usage and storage, non-fossil-based supplementary materials in the cement, fuel switching and decarbonised raw materials.
Vattenfall is a founding member of the FMC, the global public-private partnership to scale new clean technologies to decarbonise the transport and materials sectors.
“We can only reach the 1.5ºC target if we jumpstart the market for disruptive near-zero or zero-carbon technologies and make them as competitive as existing carbon-intensive solutions.
“Seven sectors today emit a third of global emissions.
“I am happy that Vattenfall now can increase the ambition also when it comes to the use of concrete and cement, in addition to the sectors steel, aviation and trucking where we already have committed,” said Anna Borg, President and CEO of Vattenfall.
Around 80% of Vattenfall’s CO2-emissions from our purchases of goods and services come from materials, such as steel, concrete, aluminium and copper.
“The hardest to abate sectors can go carbon-free by 2050 at a cost of less than 1% of global GDP if it is possible to make clean technologies affordable across their supply chains.
“Vattenfall is already working on initiatives to reduce emissions from use of concrete and other materials.
“To do that we aim at creating fossil free value chains, all the way from extracting the raw material, the use of energy during manufacturing until a ready product is available, and later recycled or reused at end of life.
“This commitment fits well with our strategy,” said Annika Ramsköld, Vice President Sustainability, Vattenfall.