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A thyssenkrupp joined, last Tuesday (06), at Palácio dos Bandeirantes, headquarters of the Government of São Paulo, the São Paulo Environmental Agreement, which aims to reduction in the emission of greenhouse gases (GHG).
The document was signed jointly with other German companies in a ceremony attended by Annalena Baerbock, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Germany, and Tarcísio de Freitas, governor of São Paulo.
The partnership aims to encourage companies, municipal administrations and other entities to make this commitment voluntarily through implementation of innovative solutions and technologies. Membership presupposes the reduction of greenhouse gases over the next ten years and is expected to be renewed by 2030.
According to the company, it has made a global commitment to become carbon neutral by 2050. In this context, other goals were established, which include a reduction of around 30% in direct CO² emissions related to production processes and the energy used. , in addition to the 16% reduction in indirect emissions – in the company's value chain – by the year 2030.
The objectives established by the group were analyzed and evaluated by Science Based Targets (SBTi), which classified them as guidelines aligned with the goals established by the Paris Agreement in 2015.
“Given Brazil’s potential to assume a leadership position in environmental policies, initiatives such as the São Paulo Environmental Agreement are fundamental to join efforts and further boost what is already underway in a state with the economic importance of São Paulo”, said Paulo Alvarenga, CEO of thyssenkrupp for South America.
“thyssenkrupp remains increasingly committed to green transformation through the development of sustainable technologies and the implementation of measures that reduce the environmental impact of our operations”, he highlighted.
In São Paulo, the company has two automotive plants that have reached the milestone of becoming Zero Landfill: thyssenkrupp Springs & Stabilizers, located in the capital of São Paulo, and thyssenkrupp Metalúrgica Campo, in Campo Limpo Paulista.
The initiative indicates that the factories have implemented a series of measures that enable the recycling or reuse of practically 100% of the waste generated, preventing it from being sent to landfills.
