ALWAYS ON THE LOOKOUT FOR POTENTIAL FOR IMPROVEMENT
The RONAL GROUP has been creating a carbon footprint report for the Group and its individual plants since the 2017/18 financial year.
Our most important resource is aluminum. Its production accounts for 72% of our carbon emissions, the most significant percentage in total. Other substantial sources of emissions, accounting for 23% of the total balance, are electricity consumption and gas consumption for process heat.
There is one question we keep asking ourselves: Where do we have potential for improvement? Our focus is partly on reducing aluminum consumption in smelting and casting, and on the sustainable procurement of primary aluminum on the other. Another area of focus is purchasing renewable electricity with a certificate of origin or, where possible, producing electricity in-house with photovoltaic systems or combined heat and power plants.
Our energy and environmental policy reflects our company’s intentions and alignment with regard to energy and environmental performance, as well as our philosophy.
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Life cycle assessment of our light alloy wheels for passenger cars
To provide an overview of the current CO2eq. emissions and other environmental impacts per wheel, we have performed a life cycle assessment.
This has two goals: On the one hand, assessment of the environmental aspects of an average light alloy wheel of the RONAL GROUP over the entire “cradle to grave” life cycle. On the other hand, we also highlight the environmental impact of the light alloy wheels manufactured at the RONAL GROUP production locations throughout the world, taking a “cradle to grave” approach.
The full LCA report was critically reviewed by TÜV Rheinland Energy GmbH in January 2023 to validate the reliability, transparency, relevance and representativeness of the methods and data used in the study.
The summary of the LCA can be viewed here:
