SIP Protection manufacturing plant in Romania is CO2-neutral
We are very happy to announce to you that our Siorom manufacturing plant in Romania has obtained the CO2-Neutral® label. We are passionate about our work, your work, your lifestyle, your life and, of course, about the planet! Protecting the planet is part of our job. Did you know we support a forest conservation project in Guatemala?
Siorom’s CO2-neutral® label
An external auditor, CO2logic, has calculated the corporate carbon footprint related to our Siorom activities. Thanks to their research, we received an overview of our daily operations and energy expenses at Siorom. In addition, they identified the strengths and possible improvement areas and they identified KPIs.
Sioen then calculated Siorom’s greenhouse gas emissions (GHG), which was verified by CO2logic. We reduced the plant’s carbon emission as much as possible, and to become fully CO2-neutral, we counterbalanced the remaining CO2 emission by offsetting it.
The CO2-neutral® label our Siorom plant received ‘guarantees that labelled organisations are actively calculating, reducing and compensating their local and global climate impact’. It is based on the PAS2060 standard.
Forest conservation in Guatemala
Let’s start by making clear what offsetting is. When a company in itself isn’t CO2-neutral yet, it has the opportunity to offset the CO2 emissions by supporting certified climate projects.
We chose to support a forestry climate project in Sierra de Lacandon, Guatemala. The project’s main goals are forest conservation and indigenous communities support.
In short, we help conserve 35 000 000 trees, protect 16 000 hectares and avoid 50 000 tonnes of CO2.
For more information about this project, have a look at our CSR website.
