Planet
We are proactively managing our impact on the environment with a prioritization on circularity and reducing greenhouse gas emissions.FY24 Planet highlights
We are advancing our work to be responsible stewards around reducing our Scope 1+2 emissions, which are emissions from our operations, reducing waste and recycling water. We are advancing that work by setting near-term targets and including funds into regional budgets, business operations and our company culture to drive progress at the local level.
KEY LEVERS
Meeting the challenges of a changing world
We take our commitment to GHG emission reductions seriously. Cross-functional task forces identified the use of renewable electricity and improvements in natural gas efficiency as our two most important levers.
SUSTAINABILITY IN ACTION
Reducing emissions
Building upon our success in transitioning from coal to natural gas in the manufacturing processes at our Carole Park, Australia, facility, we are developing a renewable electricity roadmap in the Asia Pacific region. At the same time, we are investing in reducing our natural gas consumption at Carole Park by tracking daily use and intensity metrics, creating action plans, meeting weekly, and engaging our people at the plant level. This effort is supported and driven locally through our Hardie™ Manufacturing Operating System.
SUSTAINABILITY IN ACTION
Raising the bar on water
Water is a scarce and valuable natural resource, and we are committed to optimizing our water use globally. We continue to invest in the development of advanced technology to manage our water use and reduce wastewater discharge. Engineers Kristen Dornstauder and Jody Lambert are key members of a team investigating water use in our plants. They contributed to a project to install an air conditioner condenser in the autoclave system at our Summerville, South Carolina, plant to redirect 12,000 to 18,000 gallons of discharge water a day to be reused.
SUSTAINABILITY IN ACTION
Coming full circle
In Europe, our fermcell® fiber gypsum boards promote circularity with two recycling programs, resulting in negative cradle-to-gate CO2 emissions and CO2 storage during their lifecycle. Our waste takeback initiatives salvage trim cuttings and disassembled customer products, recycling them into new boards. Approximately 30% of our gypsum comes from waste from dismantled homes, while 100% of our manufacturing waste is reused, and our fiber is sourced entirely from wastepaper.
