enabling sustainability - Aboitiz Power
enabling sustainability - Aboitiz Power enabling sustainability - Aboitiz Power
Pilmico energy conservation A big chunk of the operating cost of a manufacturing company is power. As fuel prices continue to escalate, it has become imperative for manufacturers to become energy-efficient. Attaining the goal entails cost but in the end, the results are worth it. Moreover, Pilmico replaced conventional fluorescent to compact fluorescent lamps. Pilmico’s success at cutting down energy consumption could be a model for other manufacturing companies. Pilmico Foods Corp., a wholly owned company of Aboitiz Equity Ventures, made adjustments in its manufacturing systems to cut power costs. Cutting energy consumption, becoming energy efficient and limiting the use of vehicles are ways to reduce carbon and greenhouse gas levels in the atmosphere. One of the adjustments made by the company is the revision of conveyors-high level interlocking program that uses sensors to control the operation of mixers and conveyors. Also, Pilmico modified its packing, milling and cleaning systems. Its efforts resulted in savings of 66,744 kilowatt-hours (kWh) for 2008. The following year, additional changes were made on the company’s packing system and laboratory, effecting total energy savings of 89,731 kWh for 2009 alone. This energy savings was carried over to 2010. Carbon emissions The Aboitiz Equity Ventures carbon emission inventory is a means to monitor its emissions and eventually find ways that these emissions can be reduced or managed. In conformity to the GHG Protocol Guidelines, the Group declares scopes 1 & 2 (direct and indirect emissions). For Scope 1, it computes for emissions from fuel use and for Scope 2, it accounts for emissions from purchased electricity. The group adheres to operational boundaries in determining what to include in the inventory. This accounts for the companies where Aboitiz Equity Ventures exert operational control. The grid emission factors used to compute emissions from energy consumption were adopted from a published material and calculated by Mila J. Jude, Chief Technical Officer, SEEDLinks Philippines, Inc using the latest methodology of the UNFCCC-CDM. Emissions in 2010 include those from the power barges in Mindanao that AboitizPower started to operate in 2010. These made substantial contribution to the Scope 1 & 2 emissions from bunker fuel and purchased electricity consumption. The series of power outages in Mindanao necessitated the operations of back-up power for Davao Light and Power Corp resulting to higher emissions from bunker fuel consumption. Aboitiz Transport System is already divested from the group’s portfolio but for purpose of consistency, emissions from the ships were still accounted for in the 2010 inventory. Emissions are in Tons CO2 2010 SCOPE 1 Emmisions (Fuel use in vehicles and fuel use for operations (power generation and ships) SCOPE 2 PURCHASED ELECTRICITY 803,535 30,357 833,892 TOTAL EMISSIONS 18 ENABLING SUSTAINABILITY
Waste is unavoidable. However, waste can be given a second life. Recycle / re-use is, thus, the third Aboitiz Sustainability Pillar. The operating premise is that so-called waste is not necessarily so, especially when another person finds it useful as livelihood. Efforts to re-use and recycle vary across the Aboitiz Group. Old communications get recycled into scratch paper, a popular practice in the Aboitiz companies. Davao Light gives its used batteries to its partners in the Balik Baterya project. Waste oil is re-fed into engines in power plants. Hedcor sells or donates its recyclable waste to interested team members. Their plant operations recycle oil and batteries, and the fabrications team recycles the steel, bronze and machining chips. Offices recycle papers, plastic containers and cartons. The Sustainability Team also initiated a recycled tarp program which converts used tarps into reusable pouches that were used as the Christmas give-away for City Savings Bank. Re-use & recycle Art that feeds families, protects nature THE concept of recycling products has given birth to a new word—upcycling. Upcycling is to the process of creating new products that have higher value from old items or recycled materials. At the Aboitiz Equity Ventures (AEV), its Sustainability Team initiated a project that not only upcycles old marketing collaterals—streamers made of tarpaulin—but also provides income to communities where Aboitiz business units (BUs) operate. Dubbed the Aboitiz Recycled Tarp (ART) Project, it provides additional income to beneficiary families that produce pouches and bags from old tarpaulin streamers. The BUs then buy and use these pouches and bags as corporate tokens. First taker is City Savings Bank. Instead of purchasing imported items, CitySavings avoided creating waste and conveyed to their clients that by patronizing the recycled items, CitySavings is a sustainable company. Other supportive BUs are AEV, Aboitiz Foundation, Aboitiz Transport System, AboitizLand Inc., Visayan Electric Company Inc. Metaphil International Inc., Hedcor Inc., Subic EnerZone, Pilmico, SN Aboitiz Power and the Ramon Aboitiz Foundation Inc. They supplied tarp streamers. Outside of the Aboitiz Group, other supporters are Go Large, AD Venture, RCT Signs, Fashion Accessories Manufacturers and Exporters, Metrografix, Waterfront Cebu City Hotel and Casino, Island Souvenirs, Ng Khai, Globe Telecom and Graphic Star. Because the prints on the old streamers vary, no tarp pouch is like the other. All pouches are are also rain-resistant. Meantime, other products are being conceptualized. The project supports the triple bottomline goal of profit, people and planet, the underlying principle of the Aboitiz sustainability pillars: Reduce, Re-use / Recycle and Recharge Communities. ABOITIZ SUSTAINABILITY REPORT 2010 19
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Waste is unavoidable. However, waste can<br />
be given a second life. Recycle / re-use is,<br />
thus, the third <strong>Aboitiz</strong> Sustainability Pillar.<br />
The operating premise is that so-called<br />
waste is not necessarily so, especially when<br />
another person finds it useful as livelihood.<br />
Efforts to re-use and recycle vary across the <strong>Aboitiz</strong> Group.<br />
Old communications get recycled into scratch paper, a popular<br />
practice in the <strong>Aboitiz</strong> companies. Davao Light gives its used<br />
batteries to its partners in the Balik Baterya project. Waste oil is<br />
re-fed into engines in power plants.<br />
Hedcor sells or donates its recyclable waste to interested team<br />
members. Their plant operations recycle oil and batteries, and the<br />
fabrications team recycles the steel, bronze and machining chips.<br />
Offices recycle papers, plastic containers and cartons.<br />
The Sustainability Team also initiated a recycled tarp program<br />
which converts used tarps into reusable pouches that were used<br />
as the Christmas give-away for City Savings Bank.<br />
Re-use &<br />
recycle<br />
Art that feeds families,<br />
protects nature<br />
THE concept of recycling products has given<br />
birth to a new word—upcycling.<br />
Upcycling is to the process of creating new<br />
products that have higher value from<br />
old items or recycled materials.<br />
At the <strong>Aboitiz</strong> Equity Ventures (AEV), its<br />
Sustainability Team initiated a project<br />
that not only upcycles old marketing<br />
collaterals—streamers made of<br />
tarpaulin—but also provides income<br />
to communities where <strong>Aboitiz</strong><br />
business units (BUs) operate.<br />
Dubbed the <strong>Aboitiz</strong> Recycled Tarp<br />
(ART) Project, it provides additional<br />
income to beneficiary families that<br />
produce pouches and bags from old<br />
tarpaulin streamers. The BUs then buy and<br />
use these pouches and bags as corporate tokens.<br />
First taker is City Savings Bank. Instead of<br />
purchasing imported items, CitySavings avoided creating<br />
waste and conveyed to their clients that by patronizing the<br />
recycled items, CitySavings is a sustainable company.<br />
Other supportive BUs are AEV, <strong>Aboitiz</strong> Foundation, <strong>Aboitiz</strong><br />
Transport System, <strong>Aboitiz</strong>Land Inc., Visayan Electric Company<br />
Inc. Metaphil International Inc., Hedcor Inc., Subic EnerZone,<br />
Pilmico, SN <strong>Aboitiz</strong> <strong>Power</strong> and the Ramon <strong>Aboitiz</strong><br />
Foundation Inc. They supplied tarp streamers.<br />
Outside of the <strong>Aboitiz</strong> Group, other<br />
supporters are Go Large, AD<br />
Venture, RCT Signs, Fashion<br />
Accessories Manufacturers and<br />
Exporters, Metrografix,<br />
Waterfront Cebu City Hotel<br />
and Casino, Island Souvenirs,<br />
Ng Khai, Globe Telecom and<br />
Graphic Star.<br />
Because the prints on the old<br />
streamers vary, no tarp pouch is<br />
like the other. All pouches are are<br />
also rain-resistant. Meantime, other<br />
products are being conceptualized.<br />
The project supports the triple bottomline goal of<br />
profit, people and planet, the underlying principle<br />
of the <strong>Aboitiz</strong> <strong>sustainability</strong> pillars: Reduce, Re-use /<br />
Recycle and Recharge Communities.<br />
ABOITIZ SUSTAINABILITY REPORT 2010<br />
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