ALUMINIUM and specialty closures manufacturer Guala Closures Group has announced that its 2030 Greenhouse Gas (GHG) emission targets have been validated by the Science Based Targets initiative (SBTi) as meeting the most ambitious 1.5°C target.
The move represents a further step in the group’s sustainability journey by committing to science-based targets to reduce absolute scope 1 and 2 GHG emissions 44% by 2030, from a 2020 base year.
Guala Closures revealed that it also commits to reduce scope 3 GHG emissions from purchased goods and services, and fuel and energy related activities, by 25% per million manufactured closures, within the same timeframe.
The business added that it has already reduced its GHG emissions in 2021 on Scope 1 and 2 intensities by 40% from the 2016 base year.
Paolo Lavazza, Guala Closures quality and sustainability director, said, “This is a hugely important step along our sustainability strategy pathway. To have our near-term target validated gives us, as well as our customers and suppliers, clear evidence we are on the right track.
“The SBTi is a highly prestigious organisation which has the intention to ensure the claims made by stakeholders about these targets are fully validated by scientific evidence. This gives everyone confidence in the process.
“The latest climate science from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) – described by the UN as ‘code red for humanity’ – shows it is still possible to limit global temperature rise to 1.5°C, but we are dangerously close to that threshold. So, there is no time to waste in our efforts to make deep emission cuts.”
