deSter Sustainability Report 2022

PLANET ESG REPORT DESTER 2022
GREENHOUSE GAS
EMISSIONS
The main risk that emerged from our environmental
assessment was deSter’s
contribution to global warming through
greenhouse gas emissions. We are comitted
to reducing these both on site and
throughout our value chain. However,
to act, we must first identify which of
our activities generate greenhouse gas
emissions. To calculate and report our
emissions, we follow the Greenhouse
Gas Protocol. According to this international
standard, there are three different
scopes for greenhouse gas emissions.
These scopes are described in more detail
on the following pages. We calculate
the previous’ years emissions each January,
when the data becomes available.
The data from the production facilities
are sent to the environmental footprint
manager, who calculates the emissions
using the GHG Protocol tool (for scope
1 and 2).
An external assessment was conducted
by an auditor of DQS based on the calculations
of 2022 GHG emissions. This
assessment verified that our scope 1 and
2 emissions in 2022 at our production
sites are in accordance with the Greenhouse
Gas Protocol and the underlying
data is correct.
We follow the operational control approach.
This means our reporting considers
all greenhouse gas emissions
over which we have operational control.
Group-level emissions (gategroup) are
excluded here.
Our calculations of scope 1 and 2
cover our three manufacturing sites:
• Hoogstraten, Belgium
• Prachinburi, Thailand
• Lima, Ohio, USA
The included and excluded emissions
are listed below:
Included scope 1: Direct emissions
• Stationary combustion: natural gas,
liquified petroleum gas (LPG), and
distillate fuel oil combustion on site
at the three production locations.
• Mobile combustion: fuel use of the
leased and owned company vehicles
at the three production locations.
• Refrigerants: the leakage of refrigerants
from the three production
facilities.
Included scope 2: Indirect emissions
Electricity procured and consumed at
the three production facilities.
Excluded emissions are:
• Scope 1 process emissions: does
not apply to our processes.
• Scope 2: procurement of heat and
steam: does not apply, we do not
buy heat or steam.
• Scope 2: sold electricity, heat, or
steam: does not apply, we do not sell
any electricity to third parties.
• Scope 3 emissions: not yet calculated.
• Emissions from biofuel CO2: these
are calculated, but account for
0.03% of total emissions. This is well
below the set threshold of 5%, so
these are not reported separately.
OUR TARGETS
We aligned our targets with the Paris
Agreement and the 1.5⁰C warming
scenario. Therefore, we committed to
Science Based Target initiative in January
2023 and plan to have our reduction
targets validated by SBTi in the coming
two years. This commitment enables us
to set targets based on the latest climate
science and work toward them over time.
Since we were able to create full transparency
on our scope 1 and 2 emissions, our
next step in preparing for SBTi validation
is transparency on our scope 3 footprint,
which we are currently working on.
What’s more, as deSter, we became a
member of the Belgian Alliance for Climate
Action (BACA) in 2022. This nonprofit
supports us and other organizations
across Belgium in reaching the
Science Based Targets initiative commitments.
With events, webinars, articles
and a wide network, BACA helps
companies in their journey to reduce
their environmental impact and develop
a carbon-neutral society.
Our greenhouse gas reduction
targets are:
2023
Commit to SBTi and calculate our
scope 3 footprint in line with the GHG
protocol
2024
Validation of science based reduction
targets by SBTi.
2025
25% reduction of carbon footprint
in all operations (scope 1,2 and 3),
compared to 2019.
2030
75% carbon footprint reduction in
scope 3, compared to 2019 and achieve
net-zero-carbon in our scope 1 and 2
emissions compared to 2019
2050
Achieve net-zero carbon in our entire
supply chain. Scope 1,2 and 3
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