CSR 2024 UK v3 020524 web - Flipbook - Side 16
Scope 1
Environment
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CLIMATE & ENVIRONMENT
We can directly influence our Scope 1 CO2e emissions.
Unlike many of our competitors, Frode Laursen
has the advantage of owning many of the vehicles we
use for transport and distribution, which gives us a
unique opportunity to ensure that both the vehicles/
equipment and our drivers can perform 100%.
We intend to make the most of this opportunity.
Alternative fuels, new vehicles/equipment, a focus
on driving style and cooperation with customers and
suppliers underpin our efforts which have resulted in
a continual reduction in our Scope 1 CO2e emissions
in the past five years.
In 2023, we reduced our emissions by 19% compared to the previous year. This is due to lower activity levels with our diesel trucks. We saw lower freight
volumes in 2023 but maintained activity levels for our
trucks running on alternative fuels. This meant that
Frode Laursen’s use of alternative fuels as a percentage of the total increased from 18% to 26%.
By far the most of the kilometres driven on
alternative fuels are powered by HVO biodiesel. Since
2021, we have offered our customers in Denmark and
Sweden the opportunity to be part of our Green Fuel
Quota Concept. The concept allows customers to
ensure that the distribution of their goods by Frode
Laursen is powered by HVO, which is produced from,
among other things, household and abattoir waste,
thereby reducing CO2e emissions by 88%. In 2023, the
percentage of trips on HVO increased by 5 percentage
points from 12% to 17%.
We want to continue this positive development,
and our ambition for 2023 is to increase the number
of green kilometres driven. Also, in 2023, we started
distributing goods using electric trucks, and more
electric trucks will be commissioned in 2024.
Concurrently with our focus on alternative fuels,
we are committed to ensuring that the trucks are as
fully loaded with goods as possible. In 2023, we thus
launched several optimisation projects at our logistics
centres to increase the fill rates as well as investing in
new trailers that can transport up to twice as many
pallets. Implementation is ongoing, but in 2024,
we expect to see measurable results from these
initiatives.
