SUSTAINABILITY PARTNERS ERT Awards
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Sustainability is at the top of the agenda for most companies now, large and small, and there is an increasing responsibility to be as efficient as possible throughout the supply chain. So whether that’s manufacturers and suppliers sourcing the most sustainable materials, or electrical retailers reducing their energy usage in their stores, our industry can certainly play a major part in ensuring we protect our planet for generations to come. It is important for the ERT Awards to reflect these changing values. So with the help and support of our amazing sustainability partners – AEG, AMDEA, Electrolux, and The Appliance Recycling Group – we have completed a rigorous data collection process to make the ERT Awards 2024 a certified carbon neutral event! By working closely with carbon reduction engineers, we calculated all the carbon this event produced and offset this by supporting the Ceará Renewable Energy Project in Brazil. Based in a region prone to poverty and severe drought, this initiative tackles one of the major causes of deforestation in Brazil – illegal logging. Ceará is the first Gold Standard project in the country and is located in the Caatinga, an exclusively Brazilian biome, which occupies around 11 per cent of the whole country territory. Despite being rich in natural resources, the Caatinga is one of the most threatened ecosystems on the planet.
In a region where the shortage of rivers leads to less access to electric energy, native firewood and charcoal account for 30 per cent of the total energy utilised in the industries of the region, which has intensified the local deforestation. The Ceará project has switched the fuel used by five ceramic factories from illegal firewood to agricultural and industrial residues. This biomass would have otherwise been discarded as waste, so the fuel switch not only transforms residues into something useful but also enables many local individuals to make a living – or complement their income – by supplying biomass waste directly to the factories. Among the social and biodiversity initiatives supported by the
project are the reforestation of an endemic palm tree (Copernicia prunifera), seedlings planting of native species in several locations surrounding the project, and donations of food and building materials for the rural community. This project alleviates deforestation, avoids greenhouse gas emissions and promotes a more sustainable supply chain, whilst also improving the livelihoods of local communities and employees.
A certified carbon neutral event!
carbon neutral event!
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