Vital Energi has pledged to be fully carbon neutral by 2035, and to reduce actual emissions by 50% from 2020 levels by 2030 without using offsets.
As part of its carbon reduction plan, the company is implementing, including:
- Replacing lights across offices with LED fittings.
- Growing its electric fleet – which is currently 75% electric or hybrid
- Developing more environmentally conscious means for travel to work and site visits, such as car-pooling, public transport, and promoting digital and remote means of operating where possible.
- Reduced reliance upon fossil fuels for construction sites through exploring more temporary electricity supplies, electrically power plant and/or biofuel blend of fuel for construction site generators, and mobile machinery.
- Site welfare facilities and accommodation powered and heated by renewable energy.
The next step for Vital is to further develop its science-based targets and become validated by the SBTi.
Over 2,000 businesses around the world are working with the SBTi, which provides a clearly defined pathway for companies to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, helping prevent the worst impacts of climate change and future-proof business growth. Targets are considered ‘science-based’ if they are in line with what the latest climate science deems necessary to meet the goals of the Paris Agreement, an international treaty on climate change, limiting global warming to well-below 2°C above pre-industrial levels and pursuing efforts to limit warming to 1.5°C.
