enabling sustainability - Aboitiz Power

Reduce
Prudent utilization of resources will help
conserve them and leave enough for the next
generation. This is the premise of the the
Aboitiz Sustainability Pillar of Reduce.
In 2010, the Aboitiz group embarked on an
awareness project called Race to Reduce.
The objective was to get employees from the different business
unit to be conscious of managing consumption of energy, water
and paper. Corporate centers vied with each other for the business
unit to achieve the highest reduction on the three elements.
The Race to Reduce program won the 2010 Asian CSR Award for
Environmental Excellence. It also got recognition with and Anvil
Award of Merit.
Davao Light and Hedcor has imposed an interdepartmental
program to reduce usage of electricity (22 o c). Business units
have replaced incandescent to compact fluorescent bulbs (CFL)
allowing for better energy consumption management. Davao
Light also broadcasts energy conservation tips to 270 thousand
customers energy conservation tips expanding the reach to the
general public. Efforts partly helped reduce energy consumption
from 2.7 million kWh to 1.9 million kWh in 2010. APRI advocates
for switching off of lights during lunch break and regulate aircon
thermostat. Email invitations, memos, minutes of meetings and
other announcement instead of reproducing them . APRI Makban
consumption reduced from 154,929 MWh in 2009 to 127, 157 MWh
in 2010. APRI Tiwi reduced from 82,868 MWh in 2009 to 65,762
MWh in 2010.
Little efforts to manage water consumption include initiatives such
as Hedcor’s installation of waterless urinals in its new building. The
corporate center in Cebu has also installed waterless urinals in the
men’s toilets. Across the group, building administrators closely
monitor for any leaks in the pipes for immediate repair.
The Aboitiz Group operates all over the country and it is common for
many executives, officers and employees to fly off in the different
regions to attend meetings. Video conferencing technology
became widely available in the group and this has resulted to
lesser air travel. There are about 22 video conferencing stations
in the group distributed in Manila, Cebu and Davao. Subsequently,
this will reduce the carbon emissions from air travel.
Aboitiz Race-to-Reduce Challenge
MONTHLY SUMMARY OF GROUPWIDE
per person
consumption
(kWh)
per person
consumption
(cubic meter)
MAY 10
JUN 10
JUL 10
AUG 10
SEPT 10
OCT 10
NOV 10
DEC 10
234 234 223 449 436 692 466 417
1.18 1.25 1.51 6.62 6.68 8.50 6.16 5.79
ANVIL
AWARDS OF
MERIT 2011
ASIAN CSR
AWARDS 2010
per person
0.46 0.54 0.51 0.60 0.34 0.52 0.52 0.32
consumption
(reams of bond paper)
The number of participating business units in Race to Reduce
grew from 12 to 18 by August 2010 affecting the trend in per
employee consumption. Other factors that affect this trend are
the number employees occupying the offices in a given month as
well as seasonality of business operations. However, the Race To
Reduce program carried the objective of creating awareness and
consciousness of responsible resource utilizaiton. As the months
progressed several business units used their individual Race To
Reduce results as the basis to implement resource management
programs in their companies.
Soy-based dielectric fluid
for distribution transformers
VECO has started to implement soy-based
dielectric fluid for some of its the distribution
transformers. This oil is biodegradable, nontoxic
and manufactured from renewable
sources. AboitizPower is the only electric
utility provider in the Philippines that uses
this kind of oil for its transformers.
A soy-based dielectric fluid filled transformer also has the
highest fire safety and prolongs the life of transformers and
regulator equipment. It also has carbon sequestration potential.
Since the oil is based from soy and soybeans consume CO2
during its growth cycle.
The decision to explore using this fluid is in line with the
AboitizPower’s Cleanergy brand promise of Better Solutions For
A Better Future.
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