ESG

Your safety is our only way

Alkion operates in a complex industrial environment where safety is everything. At all times it is imperative that products are handled and stored in line with all relevant rules and regulations. That’s why, since our formation in 2016, we have deployed a responsible and sustainable business strategy based on long-term risk mitigation. This approach is defined as Safety, Security, Health, Environment, Compliance and Quality (SSHECQ). 

Alkion is also subject to the SEVESO guidelines and operates under a License to Operate granted by the authorities. We therefore hire experienced suppliers and contractors who accept and adhere to our safety procedures. Supplier activities are monitored on a regular basis to ensure that their operational checks, management systems and safety performance complies with Alkion Terminals criteria. Quality management is embedded in the operational procedures and a code of conduct is in place.

We will continue to invest in all appropriate safety equipment and expertise as part of our commitment to optimizing the safety of everyone who works at, or with, our terminals.

For everyone’s future

Alkion is in business for the long-term and our lasting success depends on the choices we make today for the well-being of the planet and its people tomorrow. We have an obligation to the communities in which we operate, and we conduct all our operations responsibly.

By caring for People, Planet & Profit we believe that we contribute to the creation of prosperity, durability and well-being for our business partners in the public and private sectors, the communities in which we operate, and investors.

Our first ESG Report

We are happy to present our first Sustainability Report. The Report reflects many years of commitment to a wide range of ESG issues, with a comprehensive focus on the company’s 3 Sustainability Pillars. Highly readable and attractively designed, the Report marks an important point in Alkion’s journey by consolidating and celebrating all the ESG progress made up to the end of 2021, while signposting further steps towards improvement in so many areas.

Objective and progress

In 2019 Alkion Terminals emitted 11.354 tonnes of CO2, with Scope 1 Emissions accounting for 8.272 Tonnes CO2, Scope 2 Emissions for 2.917 Tonnes of CO2 and 164 Tonnes of CO2 for Business Travel. By 2025, we aim to emit 20% less CO2 than in 2019. We are targeting reductions of CO2 Emissions of Scope 1 by 10.5% and Scope 2 by 8.2%. In 2020 Alkion emitted 12.215 tonnes of CO2. The increase in comparison to 2019 accounts for Scope 1. It is explained by the growing gas consumption required to handle higher throughput volumes and tank occupancy for heated products. In 2021 we emitted 9.753 tonnes of CO2, reducing our emissions by 14% in comparison to the baseline year 2019. The decrease is mainly driven by: 1) partial transition of the business into newly build more energy efficient tankpit ; 2) Switch of the source of the steam supply at Le Havre terminal – from gas origin to waste incineration; 3) Increasing share of Green Electricity supply vs Grey Electricity by both self-generating solar power in Italy and Lisbon and securing 50% of purchased electricity with green electricity with “Guarantees of Origin”.

KPI’s

To monitor the relative progress Alkion Terminals has set up KPIs.