BESIX BU Europe and the regional entities which are part of the Organizational Boundary[1] obtained in July 2022 a level 5 certification according the CO2 performance ladder version 3.1 standard.
Below graph shows for the Organizational Boundary the progress of the consolidated scope 1&2 footprint per million euro turnover. End June 2022 we’re still on track (blue line) to reach the targeted reduction of 40% reduction (green line) of our scope 1 & 2 emissions by end 2030.
Our scope 1 & 2 carbon reduction programs is focused on 3 pillars:
- Company car fleet – with the new car policy the amount of EV’s will increase importantly in the coming years. The first impact is shown but will become visible as of 2023 due to the long delivery times of the ordered EV’s. Also in the utility vehicles progress is made by the ordering of 2 electric utility vehicles which will be delivered in 2023.
- Large site equipment – the first electric crawler crane has been delivered and is currently active at De Groene Boog project. Two electric rotative telehandlers are also ordered and will be delivered in 2023. In the meantime more than 6 million liters of HVO has been used instead of fossil fuel leading to a reduction of approx.. 20.000 tonnes of CO2. Early 2023 BESIX Environment will test a hydrogen driven power generator at Equipment Plant (SMD) in Sint-Pieters-Leeuw.
- Energy – as from 2022 BESIX Head Office and Steel & Formwork Plant and SMD are powered with 100% electricity from renewable sources. In 2023 this will also be the case for our projects. In Q4-2022, the construction of a windmill will start at BESIX Infra’s premises in Bilzen. In the same period the renovation of BESIX Infra’s head office in Schelle into a low energy building will start.
Also on scope 3 we are progressing:
- During the design phase, optimized solutions are proposed to limit the carbon footprint by performing life cycle analysis (LCA) and assessing the carbon footprint as a design parameter. An example is the Tour Triangle project in Paris, where a reduction of 20% in carbon impact of the structural works was analysed with LCA by implementing a low-carbon concrete strategy.
- To facilitate long-term reuse and recycling, material passports are developed in combination with BIM to store the environmental data in a centralized digital platform.
- Low-impact building materials are proposed to our clients through a sustainable supply chain with a specific focus on ready-mix concrete, rebar, and (structural) steel. BESIX has aligned itself with the Betonakkoord (‘concrete agreement’) in the Netherlands and recently (in December 2022) with the Circulair Betonakkoord Vlaanderen.
- BESIX is part of the sustainability steerco of ADEB VBA who drives, together with other external stakeholder in the entire value chain, the Belgian Alliance for Sustainable Construction. More information can be found on www.ba4sc.be.
More detailed information can be found in the half-yearly progress reporting available at CO2 Performance Ladder - BESIX.
What are scope 1, 2 & 3 emissions? Find it out on Scope 1, 2, and 3 complete guide | ClimatePartner.
[1] Organizational Boundary = BESIX BU Europe, BESIX Nederland BV, BESIX Environment, BESIX Infra, BESIX Infra Support, BESIX Unitec, BESIX Connect, BESIX Unitec Automation, BESIX Unitec Nederland, Appermont Gebroeders, Franki Foundations Belgium, Franki Grondtechnieken and Atlas Fondations.