hpt 2022 #4

news & facts
Ambitious sustainability strategy
“CO 2
neutral” by 2025, “net zero” by 2040
CERATIZIT presented an ambitious sustainability
strategy on the occasion of AMB 2022 in Stuttgart.
With the help of this strategy the company aims to
become the leader in sustainability for the hard metal
and cutting tool industry by 2025.
Executive Board Member Thierry Wolter announced the
ambitious sustainability goals, which will affect and change
the entire supply chain, at AMB in Stuttgart. “Climate change
is one of the greatest challenges of our time and requires the
industry to rethink in many areas as well,” said Wolter. For
CERATIZIT customers to also be able to produce more sustainably,
the company has set itself ambitious targets for its
own products and services. “Our vision is to be the leader
in sustainability in the hard metal and cutting tool industry
by 2025,” Wolter continues.
Sustainability along the entire value chain
In order to become sustainable throughout the company,
CERATIZIT will look in future at the entire value chain with
regard to environmental, social and governance criteria, ESG
for short, and also include its cooperation with partners. In
the first phase the focus will be on those aspects that have the
greatest leverage effect.
Reduction of the carbon footprint
In order to drastically reduce its own carbon footprint quickly,
CERATIZIT is initially focusing on three major levers. A
decisive factor is the increase in the use of secondary raw
materials to over 95 %. Compared to primary raw materials
from ore, their processing requires 70 % less energy and
reduces CO 2
emissions by 40 %. A positive side effect is the
safeguarding of the supply chain for raw materials, so that
both the customers and CERATIZIT benefit twice.
Another focus is on the power supply. CERATIZIT plans to
switch the power supply of all sites to green electricity from
wind, solar and water power in the next few years.
Closely related to the change in power supply is the issue
of hydrogen supply. It is needed as a production medium in
the hard metal industry, especially for the production of tungsten
powder. Up to now this hydrogen has mainly been obtained
from natural gas by steam reforming, so-called “grey”
hydrogen. For the future CERATIZIT plans to use “blue” hydrogen,
which is produced from water by electrolysis with
green electricity. For this purpose, CERATIZIT will cooperate
with its existing suppliers and also build its own electrolysis
plants.
First milestone: CO 2
neutral by 2025
The first milestone in the implementation of the new
strategy is 2025, by which time CERATIZIT plans not only
to be CO 2
neutral, i.e. to offset all emissions along the entire
supply chain. The goal is also to reduce the actual emissions
by 35 % compared to the reference year 2020. The
second stage, 2030, envisages a reduction of 60 % compared
to 2020 with the help of further measures.
The most ambitious goal, however, is to achieve “net zero”
by 2040 – a target envisaged by the Paris Climate Agreement
only for 2050. “Reducing CO 2
emissions along the entire
value chain by at least 75 % by 2040 is without question a
challenge. However, with a view to future generations we
see no alternative to this path and are pleased to also let our
customers participate in this through products such as our
“GreenCarbide” rods, our award-winning SilverLine milling
cutter with sustainability formula as well as a wide range of
services,” Wolter explains the company’s motivation.
further information: www.ceratizit.com
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