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A bigger project that is ongoing is the gathering of
material data for all of the materials used in our products
and reporting this to the CDX database (Compliance
Data Exchange), which is the construction equipment
industries material data system. This project has been
accelerated during 2023 and we have started to 昀椀le the
昀椀rst complete products as of early 2024.
When it comes to hazardous materials Terratech’s
general goal is that our production processes should
be free from hazardous substances. Additionally,
materials should be free from con昀氀ict minerals
and when possible, made from recycled material.
Reporting of data from our products related to this
is done in the SCIP database (Substances of Concern
In articles as such or in complex objects (Products))
established under the Waste Framework Directive by
the European Chemicals Agency.
Of the 64 ton of hazardous waste generated in 2023
about 72% goes to material reuse and some 13%
goes to energy recovery. In Sjørring there are some
substances where a third party provider is used for
recovery. Currently we cannot get numbers for how a
portion of these hazardous substances are disposed
of so for this report they have been classi昀椀ed as
unde昀椀ned use. We expect to be able to get correct
data for this in the next Sustainability report.
WASTE WATER
We of course also aim to reduce the amount of water
we waste from our facilities. While water use has
during 2023 remained fairly stable at Steelwrist and
Sjørring, an increase can be seen in SVAB. As there
is no obvious reason for the increased water usage
at SVAB we believe that the seemingly large increase
is due to the irregularity of the data collection by the
local water company. We will work to improve data
accuracy in 2024. Sjørring separates their water into
wastewater that is transported to a water treatment
plant for puri昀椀cation while other clean water like
rainwater is directly returned to nature.
TOTAL WASTE VS HAZARDOUS WASTE
COMMUTING AND COMPANY TRAVEL
When it comes to travel and commuting, we have
policies put in place to encourage all employees to
choose the most environmentally friendly alternative
when booking a business trip and we work with
travel agents who apply the same instructions when
booking. At Steelwrist we also have a yearly o昀昀er to
lease bikes through the company for commuting and
private use. At Sjørring and SVAB, electric charging
stations for cars and bicycles have been installed
and a decision to increase charging stations also at
Steelwrist has been taken.
WASTE IN TON BY USAGE
3.2.4. SUMMARY OF FOCUS AREA 1
To visualize the full picture of our focus area 1, we
have summarized the most important topics in the
following table. The summary includes actions, status
and goals required to reach
our overall focus on
net zero emission
15%
by 2040.
72%
13%
HAZARDOUS
WASTE WATER IN M3
WASTE SPLIT
BY USAGE IN %
Disclosure:
Terratech’s emission reporting for Scope 1 & 2, as well as for the reporting
on Scope 3, in the 2023 sustainability report is done with estimates for
some emission factors as well as with guidance from, but not completely
in line with, the Green House Gas protocol. We have estimated the
emission factors, where these have not been found and done so in regard
to all seven greenhouse gases where data has been available and found
that only CO2, NH4 and N2O are emitted from our Scope 1 & 2 emissions.
As previously stated, this is a 昀椀rst step to our climate accounting in
accordance with the SBTI and GHG Protocol. During 2023 our ambition
will be to update all reporting from the correct baseline.
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