The VELUX Group and Schneider Electric Announce Extended Partnership to Accelerate Lifetime Carbon Neutral Commitment
21 September 2021 - 9:03AM
The VELUX Group and Schneider Electric Announce Extended
Partnership to Accelerate Lifetime Carbon Neutral Commitment
- The VELUX Group has selected
Schneider Electric to build accelerated decarbonization strategy to
enable fast delivery on Lifetime Carbon Neutral commitment
- Extended partnership builds on
previously announced renewable energy advisory services
Rueil-Malmaison (France),
September 21 2021 – The VELUX Group, the world
leader in roof windows and skylights, and Schneider Electric, the
global leader in the digital transformation of energy management
and automation, today announced that the companies have executed a
new extended partnership agreement. The agreement will enable the
VELUX Group to reach its company carbon neutral goal by 2030 and
accelerate its plans to be Lifetime Carbon Neutral in response to
an increasing need to proactively address climate change.
Building on the announcement made earlier this
year that Schneider Electric will help VELUX source the equivalent
of 100% renewable electricity by 2023 to achieve its RE100 target,
under the new agreement, Schneider Electric will develop a global
program detailing zero-carbon action plans for each of the VELUX
Group’s factory sites to successfully reduce their energy use and
scale renewable capacity.
“We, collectively – corporations, governments,
and society – must do more to address the climate crisis and reduce
our carbon emissions, and we must move faster,” said Jörn Neubert,
Senior Vice President of Supply, the VELUX Group. “The VELUX Group
is removing operational barriers – and we’ve established a
significant, dedicated climate budget – to increase and prioritize
our climate strategy and ambitions. We selected Schneider Electric
as our partner in this journey because of our shared values and
Schneider’s ability to help us develop and realize an accelerated
global program. Our partnership will ensure that we move as quickly
as possible.”
The broadened focus of the partnership will
further the VELUX Group’s ambition to be 100% carbon neutral (scope
1 and 2) by 2030 – decades ahead of other corporate targets – and
Lifetime Carbon Neutral by the Group’s 100-year anniversary in
2041. This pioneering commitment means the Group has committed to
capture its historical carbon footprint, reduce its future carbon
emissions in line with and beyond the prevailing climate science
behind the Paris Agreement’s 1.5°C scenario, and partner with World
Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) on forest conservation projects around
the world. The VELUX Group is also working to halve carbon
emissions across its value chain (scope 3) by 2030.
“It is our honor to be selected by the VELUX
Group as their carbon neutrality partner,” said Christel Heydemann,
EVP, Europe Operations, Schneider Electric. “Accelerated climate
action is essential for us to avoid the worst impacts of global
warming. We know it’s possible – today – to reach a 1.5°C warming
scenario through proven decarbonization solutions like resource
efficiency, onsite and offsite renewable energy procurement, and
quality carbon credits and offsets. We commend the VELUX Group for
recognizing the urgency of climate change, accelerating their
climate ambitions, and setting the gears in motion to reach
net-zero well before 2050.”
The three-year partnership includes all VELUX
factory sites. Schneider Electric – recognized last January as
the world’s most sustainable corporation by
the Corporate Knights Global 100 Index – will develop a global
decarbonization program, including the following:
- Energy assessment of all VELUX
Group factory sites resulting in the development and implementation
of zero-carbon action plans.
- Support of VELUX Group’s Energy
Excellence program in accordance with ISO50001, improving energy
efficiency activities and expanding onsite renewable heating and
electricity capacity to phase out fossil fuels.
- Implementation of a global
monitoring system through Schneider Electric’s EcoStruxure™
Resource Advisor to measure and analyze energy usage.
VELUX will pilot the zero-carbon action plans at
two of the company’s top energy-consuming plants, which represent
approximately 25% of all energy used in VELUX production: JTJ
Sonneborn Industrie GmbH in Germany and NM Polska Sp. z o.o. in
Poland. Significant investments will be made at these sites to
convert to renewable heating sources by installing heat pumps
powered by green electricity and using wood waste from certified
(FSC/PEFC) forests produced on site. VELUX will also invest in
onsite solar photovoltaic energy installations and continue to
improve the sites’ energy efficiency by optimizing supply systems,
production processes and energy management.
For media inquiries, please
contact Kathrine Westermann, Senior Media Relations
Manager, kathrine.westermann@velux.com
About the VELUX Group
For the past 80 years, the VELUX Group has
created better living environments for people around the world;
making the most of daylight and fresh air through the roof. Our
product program includes roof windows and modular skylights,
decorative blinds, sun screening products and roller shutters, as
well as installation and smart home solutions. These products help
to ensure a healthy indoor climate, for work and learning, for play
and pleasure. We work globally – with sales and manufacturing
operations in more than 40 countries and around 11,500 employees
worldwide. The VELUX Group is owned by VKR Holding A/S, a limited
company wholly owned by non-profit, charitable foundations (THE
VELUX FOUNDATIONS) and family. In 2020, VKR Holding had total
revenue of DKK 22.6 billion and THE VELUX FOUNDATIONS donated EUR
142 million in charitable grants.
For more information about VELUX Group, visit
velux.com.
About Schneider Electric
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