Estratégia Climática
Por que a estratégia climática é importante
Governança
B
Greif’s 2021 CDP Score
Demonstrating excellence in carbon management, governance, strategy and best practices, and outperforming the overall and North American average CDP score of C.
Our carbon footprint and climate responsibility stretch across the lifecycle of our products – from the extraction of raw materials to the use and end-of-life of our products. Since 2010 Greif has maintained a Global Climate Team[1], comprised of representatives from all business units and regions, responsible for providing support, guidance and direction to facilities to identify energy and emissions reduction projects. The team is also responsible for helping facilities develop roadmaps and track progress towards our 2030 target. In 2019, we restructured the team to place an increased emphasis on including regional leadership to better engage and identify opportunities within each business unit and legacy Caraustar facilities. This change in structure has streamlined our energy roadmap process, allowing us to focus on and invest in the business units and facilities that have the most impactful opportunities.
This year, our Leadership Council focused on sustainability, with one subgroup of the council dedicated exclusively to climate. The council and the Climate Team held quarterly meetings to determine action items that need to be taken to drive progress towards our 2030 emissions target, increase awareness of our climate objectives throughout the organization and create accountability, reporting directly to the CEO to update and collaborate on environmental targets and initiatives.
This year, our Leadership Council focused on sustainability, with one subgroup of the council dedicated exclusively to climate. The council and the Climate Team held quarterly meetings to determine action items that need to be taken to drive progress towards our 2030 emissions target, increase awareness of our climate objectives throughout the organization and create accountability, reporting directly to the CEO to update and collaborate on environmental targets and initiatives.
Energy efficiency is a consideration in capital deployment. We include ESG in the criteria for capital requests as part of our capital allocation system and to further demonstrate the inclusion of ESG impact on our business. We screen for ESG benefits such as reduced energy consumption, reduced raw material usage, and increased health and safety of people and products in our decision-making process. Whereas each facility was responsible previously for developing its own roadmap, regional leadership is now responsible for collaborating with each business unit to identify energy reduction and efficiency opportunities.
In 2021, we implemented 23 energy efficiency projects, resulting in more than $440,000 of savings across our organization. These projects include replacing equipment and updating processes that reduce energy demand, such as replacing ovens, air compressors and boilers, adjusting water temperatures and implementing energy efficiency practices, such as lighting and HVAC replacements. For more information about our energy efficiency projects, please see section C4.2 and C4.3b of our 2021 CDP Climate Response.
In 2020, we conducted a gap analysis of our current climate management practices against the Task Force on Climate-related Financial Disclosure (TCFD) recommendations to identify priority areas of focus to advance our climate strategy and modeled potential climate targets under multiple temperature scenarios. This work led to the identification and approval of our new 2030 emissions target and revealed a need to conduct a more detailed scenario analysis to better understand both our transitional and physical climate-related risks and opportunities. As a result of the TCFD and climate strategy work, we implemented actions to improve governance through quarterly Sustainability Management Team meetings with the Sustainability Steering Committee, the Leadership Council’s focus on sustainability, and quarterly meetings between the VP of Sustainability, Chief of Marketing and the CEO. We report KPIs in the monthly Greif Business Systems (GBS) book, the monthly Must Win Battle (MWB) scorecard and in the CEO’s enterprise scorecard. We also include the ESG KPIs in our monthly and quarterly slide decks which managers use to keep their teams accountable.
In 2021, we held a series of internal climate risk workshops to better understand the climate-related risks and opportunities our business faces. Through the workshops, colleagues from cross-functional departments and across our global footprint collaborated to identify, rank and evaluate regulatory, market and physical climate-related risks and opportunities. Through these workshops we identified the most significant risk and opportunities to our business. We then conducted a scenario analysis and financial modeling to better understand the potential impacts to our business. The teams created a list of action items for Greif to mitigate and manage risks as well as strategies to capitalize on the opportunities. The outcomes of this work will be further integrated into our business strategy and risks management process. To learn more about our enterprise risk management process, please visit the Gestão de Riscos e Continuidade de Negócios section of our sustainability report.
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Risco / Oportunidade |
Tópico |
Description*
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Risk |
Catástrofe natural |
Grande inundação/furacão/terremoto/tempestade de vento, etc., levando à perda de uma instalação de produção importante ou valiosa (uma ou várias). |
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Risk |
Mecanismos de precificação do carbono |
Regulamentos de precificação de carbono, como sistemas de cap-and-trade e impostos de carbono, estão impactando Greif em alguns mercados (Europa e América do Norte) e podem surgir em outras regiões. Isso se manifesta como uma despesa substancial e crescente. |
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Risk |
Investimentos ineficientes / planejamento de capital |
A lack of resources to fully understand the impact regulatory changes may have on strategic decisions and investments may lead to a sub-optimal capital allocation. This includes facilities becoming obsolete more quickly than expected as well as a lower-than-expected ROI.
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Risk |
Resiliência / continuidade da produção |
Capacidades organizacionais excepcionais, resiliência empresarial associada, preparação e agilidade permitirão que a Greif retome os níveis de produção mais rapidamente e ofereça melhor suporte a colegas, clientes e comunidades ao longo do tempo, caso interrupções e catástrofes se tornem mais comuns.
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Risk |
Catástrofe ambiental direta
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Grandes eventos climáticos/meteorológicos em instalações importantes, como as operações da Delta, Vreeland e Paper Mill, levando a um grande evento ambiental, evento financeiro e potencialmente levando a problemas de relações públicas/imagem.
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| Risk and Opportunity | Mudança nas preferências do cliente | A demanda por produtos sustentáveis está aumentando. O risco de que a Greif não esteja se movendo rápido o suficiente para responder ao uso crescente de materiais reciclados em processos de produção pode reduzir a demanda pelos produtos e serviços da Greif. Além disso, regulamentações relacionadas ao clima que limitam os mercados finais dos produtos da Greif, como a indústria de petróleo e gás, podem limitar os negócios da Greif ao diminuir a demanda por seus produtos e serviços em mercados-chave. A Greif pode capitalizar essa oportunidade aumentando nosso portfólio de produtos sustentáveis rapidamente. |
| Opportunity | Impacto no negócio de reciclagem da Greif | Cenários climáticos de maior ambição dependem do aumento das taxas de reciclagem de aço e plástico. Se posicionada apropriadamente, a Greif pode ser capaz de aumentar a escala de sua prática atual de recondicionamento. |
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Opportunity |
Resiliência
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Capacidades organizacionais excepcionais, resiliência empresarial associada, preparação e agilidade permitirão que a Greif retome os níveis de produção mais rapidamente e ofereça melhor suporte a colegas, clientes e comunidades ao longo do tempo, caso interrupções e catástrofes se tornem mais comuns. |
*Please see Greif’s 2021 CDP Climate Change Response for additional information
[1] Formerly the Global Energy Team
Metas e Progresso
In 2020, we conducted a detailed analysis and evaluation with a third party of our ability to commit to a goal that would be approved by the Science Based Target Initiative (SBTi). We then announced our commitment to reduce our Scope 1 and Scope 2 emissions by 28 percent by 2030, from a 2019 baseline. This new target is aligned with prevailing climate science to limit overall global warming to well below 2 degrees Celsius and builds upon the Company’s 11 percent emissions reduction per unit of production accomplishment in 2020. By the end of 2023, Greif will also complete an assessment of its Scope 3 emissions and determine the feasibility of a long-term net zero emissions aspiration in alignment with the Science Based Targets Initiative.
In 2021, we focused on improving data collection while continuing to advance the energy efficiency of our operations. These efforts included conducting studies to determine the percentage of our facilities that have transitioned to LEDs and laying the groundwork to begin metering and sub-metering. Four of our production facilities achieved ISO 50001 certification for energy management. We also started to develop roadmaps for 2030. One component of our long-term roadmap is the implementation of Virtual Power Purchase Agreements (VPPAs). In 2022, we will commence work on phases one and two of this project which includes engaging with internal stakeholders, developing our strategy and completing RFPs to select developers. In 2022, we will also develop and publish a holistic energy policy that includes procurement and sustainability elements.
Meta para 2030: Reduzir as emissões absolutas de GEE do Escopo 1 e do Escopo 2 em 28 por cento em relação à linha de base de 2019. A Greif também concluirá uma avaliação das emissões do Escopo 3 e determinará a viabilidade de uma aspiração de emissões líquidas zero de longo prazo até o final de 2023.
Desempenho
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FY 2017 |
AF 2018 |
AF 2019 |
AF 2020 |
AF 2021 |
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Energia |
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3,058,000 |
3,103,200 |
5,398,000 |
5,423,000 |
5,832,000 |
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- |
- |
Linha de base |
- |
-0.3% |
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GHG Emissions (Metric Tons) |
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367,700 |
376,700 |
686,000 |
692,900 |
696,900 |
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416,000 |
415,900 |
622,200 |
589,500 |
556,900 |
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3,089,000 |
2,867,090 |
4,407,000 |
4,148,000 |
4,357,000 |
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3,872,700 |
3,659,600 |
5,715,200 |
5,430,400 |
5,610,800 |
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- |
- |
Linha de base |
- |
4.1% |
Notas:
- Total Energy includes biomass and non-renewable fuel, renewable and non-renewable electricity, and purchased steam consumed.
- As emissões do Escopo 2 do ano fiscal de 2019 foram recalculadas desde 2021 devido aos dados revisados de uso de energia da Greif.
- The reduction for FY2021 is calculated using FY2019 as the baseline year.
Greif Pudahuel no Chile alcança 100% de energia renovável
A usina siderúrgica Pudahuel da Greif no Chile foi nossa primeira instalação na América Latina a operar com energia 100% renovável. Por meio de um projeto de dois anos, em parceria com a fornecedora de energia IMELSA ENERGIA, a instalação conseguiu mover todo o seu fornecimento de eletricidade para fontes 100% renováveis. A instalação produz grandes tambores de aço, tambores cônicos e garrafas de água para os mercados de produtos químicos, óleo lubrificante e alimentos e bebidas. Essa mudança avança nossa estratégia de sustentabilidade, apoia nossa meta de redução de emissões de GEE para 2030 e ajuda a apoiar as metas de redução de emissões do Escopo 3 de nossos clientes.
Emission Reduction Credits (ERCs)
In an attempt to lower Greif’s emissions of air pollutants such as Nitrogen Oxides (NOx) Volatile Organic Compounds (VOCs), Greif’s paperboard mills in Los Angeles, California and Fitchburg, Massachusetts replaced equipment with more energy efficient technology that reduces air pollutants. Operations in Massachusetts, alone, saved 96 tons of NOx and 27 tons of VOCs in a single year. The updates also allowed Greif to take advantage of Cap-and-Trade programs in California and Massachusetts that provide ERCs for similar activates. In 2019, Greif was awarded $1,037,100 in ERCs through these programs.
Transição para empilhadeiras elétricas
As part of our overarching goal of having more efficient and sustainable equipment, in 2018 we began transitioning our fleet of forklifts from being powered by combustion gasoline to electricity, which reduces our forklift emissions approximately 50 percent. Through 2021, we have converted 85 percent of our forklifts in EMEA to electricity power and realized a cost savings of $365,000. Due to the success of the program, and in support of our overall Renewable Forklift Policy, the program will be rolled out globally. In addition to the environmental benefits, the transition provides a safer working environment for our colleagues by reducing the need to keep containers of gasoline in our facilities.
Energy Efficiency in Production
Greif recently made a large-scale investment in a new blow molding machine used to manufacture Greif’s plastic jerrycans at our Casablanca, Morocco plant. The new machine uses up to 30 percent less energy than older generation machines while also delivering significantly higher productivity levels. The new equipment increases production capacity by up to 25 percent for our one- to five-liter bottles and is designed to optimize and reduce raw material usage, extending the environmental benefit of the machine beyond energy use.
The team in Morocco also implemented other energy efficiency projects such as eliminating air leakages in our plastic and steel plants, replacing hydraulic extruders with electric ones on four machines, upgrading old equipment and replacing DC motors with AC motors on several blow molding machines that help to significantly reduce our energy consumption.
Promovendo a energia renovável
Renewables, such as biomass, solar and wind energy, will play a major role in addressing the challenges of climate change over the long term. We are committed to testing and expanding the use of renewable energy technologies across our global operations when doing so is economically viable and in the best interest of our stakeholders. Across our global operations, we have installed over 6,900 solar panels capable of 1.87 million kilowatt-hours (kWh) of solar production. Due to our continued investment, renewables now account for 12 percent of Greif’s energy use.
In North America, we have installed more than 2,000 solar panels in seven facilities, delivering 760,000 kWh of energy and saving more than $112,000 annually.
In 2016, three of our largest Brazilian plants began sourcing their energy partly through renewable resources. In 2017, we expanded the program to three additional plants in Brazil, reducing emissions by 70 percent and saving $1.4 million USD annually.
In April 2017, Greif’s Shanghai RIPS facility completed installation of solar panels, converting 15.4 percent of the facility’s electricity to a renewable source and saving over $16,000 USD annually. Throughout our China operations, we source renewable energy through 4,800 solar panels via energy purchase contracts.
Our Turkey FPS operations produce over two million kWh of energy through wind turbines and windmills.
In 2020 and 2021, we installed solar panels on the roof of our Israel facility. These panels provide emissions savings of 748 tons of CO2 annually, converting 12 percent of the facility’s annual energy consumption to clean solar energy and supporting reduced heating and cooling costs.
In 2021, solar panels at our two facilities in Ede, Netherlands produced over 1 million kWh of electricity.
Parceria de transporte SmartWay da EPA
To manage logistics in an environmentally-responsible manner, Greif uses carriers that are approved through the EPA’s Maneira inteligente initiative whenever possible. We include SmartWay certification during our new carrier certification process. Greif’s SmartWay-approved carrier base accounts for 77 percent of total miles traveled.
DESTAQUES DE SUSTENTABILIDADE
12%
Energy Sourced From Renewables
We continue to invest in cost-effective renewable energy projects that reduce our greenhouse gas footprint.
B
Greif's 2021 CDP Score
Demonstrating excellence in carbon management, governance, strategy and best practices, and outperforming the overall and North American average CDP score of C.
