Preserving water at Total

Water is a vital resource for both life and our operations. We therefore strive to optimize our water use in order to reduce our water withdrawals and consumption, and preserve water quality throughout our production chain. To this end, we continuously improve our water knowledge and management.

Total energy group set itself targets for the reduction in sulfur dioxide (SO2) emissions and committed to limiting its hydrocarbons discharges in water. After analyses have been conducted, the exposed sites can introduce various reduction systems that include organizational measures (such as using predictive models to control peaks in sulfur dioxide (SO2) emissions based on weather forecast data and the improvement of combustion processes management, etc.) and technical measures (wastewater treatment plants, using low NOX burners and electrostatic scrubbers, etc.). Today, all the refineries owned exclusively by the Group have this type of system installed.

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Zero landfill waste at the Siemens location in Newcastle

The Zero Waste to Landfill initiative, which has been running since 2013 and aims to prevent future landfill waste, launched a sustainable and environmentally-friendly disposal process at Newcastle. As a result, the site has created a flagship project for the environmental program Serve the Environment. Today the Siemens location in Newcastle is proud to announce that 99.7 percent of all waste is recycled. In the wake of the successful reduction of waste and related costs, motivation and awareness of recycling in Newcastle were noticeably stronger – employees are proud of their contribution to "Zero Waste to landfill".

Learn about the Priceless Planet Coalition, with Mastercard!

Mastercard announced the launch of the Priceless Planet Coalition, a platform to unite corporate sustainability efforts and make meaningful investments to preserve the environment.Together with partners the Priceless Planet Coalition is pledging to plant 100 million trees over five years. Large scale reforestation programs need to be executed carefully, with consideration given to a number of factors including local climate, adverse biodiversity impacts, lax or poor forest management practices, unintended future deforestation, risk of reversal, and unintended social impacts. Mastercard has selected global environmental organizations Conservation International and World Resources Institute (WRI) to lead the tree planting efforts. Working closely with local and indigenous communities, Conservation International has protected or restored over 6 million square kilometers of land and sea across more than 70 countries

Vodafone launches half-sized SIM cards to reduce plastic waste

Vodafone is replacing the standard credit card-sized SIM holder with a new half-sized format that reduces by 50% the amount of plastic used to produce SIMs as part of a wider strategy to minimize the company’s use of all non-essential plastics. This initiative alone will reduce Vodafone’s plastic waste by more than 340 tonnes per year, and will save up to 15 tonnes of the CO2e emitted during production and transportation for every tonne of plastic reduced – a reduction of more than 5,000 tonnes of C02e annually.

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