Walraven Group carries out its Carbon Footprint with Greenly!
Today, Walraven Group is proud to announce the completion of their 2024 carbon assessment with Greenly.
We believe we can make a sustainable difference by building a multinational with a heart. Partnering with Greenly helps us understand our environmental impact and supports us in making data-driven decisions to implement improvements. Embedding the circular economy in our climate strategy is essential to reduce emissions by design.
Tell us about your company 🔍
Walraven is a solution partner in the global installation market. As a family-owned business founded in 1942, long-term thinking comes naturally to us. We truly believe we can make a sustainable difference by building a multinational with a heart.
Why did you decide to carry out a GHG assessment? 🤔
We began calculating our greenhouse gas emissions a few years ago, making us acutely aware of the metal industry's environmental impact, operations, and supply chain. As a result, we have started developing products with reduced material usage and are increasingly using renewable energy in our operations. We also recognise the positive impacts of using steel, a durable and recyclable material. Conducting annual greenhouse gas calculations helps us track progress towards our environmental goals, develop concrete action plans and targets, and enhance our reporting processes to stakeholders.
Why did you choose Greenly? 💚
Gathering greenhouse gas data is often time-consuming and requires extensive manual work. To streamline this process, we aimed to digitise the work using a cloud platform. Implementing Greenly’s platform has helped us minimise errors and improve data quality. With 88% of our data being activity-based, we have reduced estimates and extrapolations. The climate experts assist us in monitoring and steering our efforts to reduce our carbon footprint. The platform offers location-specific insights that assist our local colleagues in making informed decisions to reduce our footprint and monitor the effectiveness of the measures implemented. Additionally, the platform provides an audit trail for external stakeholders, including accountants.
Tell us a little bit about your carbon assessment 📊
Through our cooperation with Greenly, we have significantly enhanced our knowledge of carbon accounting. The platform gives us a comprehensive understanding of our impact across the Walraven organisation and supply chain. The platform's visibility of emission factors allowed us to easily verify the appropriateness of our choices. We have gained valuable insights into our material choices and the potential for emission improvements at the group and entity levels. The platform's dashboards, which display our year-on-year emissions by scope and entity, clearly demonstrate our progress towards our commitments. We are now working on setting targets and developing a decarbonisation plan. These findings are instrumental in preparing the Climate Change section for our sustainability reporting, EcoVadis assessments, and other relevant frameworks.