Sustainability requires cooperation and shared vision

Over the years, we have consistently developed our sustainability at VEO, and today our entire business model is based on speeding up the energy transition and developing the world towards a sustainable future. 

 

In our own operations, sustainability work is well on track. We always design for need, and solutions that last for decades in use. We take care of the existing plants and systems by offering maintenance contracts and other services that extend the lifecycle of the plants. We have developed recycling, and our electricity use as well as rethought our packaging materials. We take happiness and well-being of our people seriously, and continuously improve our working conditions. We are constantly innovating new technologies to create even smarter and more sustainable energy and industrial solutions. VEO’s eHPG and the latest VEDA Light are good examples of our developer’s mindset. 

 

This long-term work is now paying off, and for example in 2023 we reduced our own carbon footprint 11 per cent compared to 2022. It is a pleasure to note that our goal, own operations to be carbon neutral by 2030, is no longer so far away.

 

“Our goal, own operations to be carbon neutral by 2030, is no longer so far away.”

 

However, our sustainability is not limited to our own operations; we must of course act responsibly across our entire value chain, including raw material and component supplies, logistics, customer support and maintenance services, to name a few. Especially in the beginning of our value chain we still have work to do.

 

This work has already begun, and currently we are developing a process to collect and view emission data across the entire value chain. Because only based on high-quality and accurate information, we can make useful development actions, for example, in relation to raw-material sources or packaging material use. 

 

 

However, it is difficult to change the course alone. Developing sustainability throughout the value chain requires a shared willingness and sustainability from the customer and suppliers as well. Therefore, cooperation and promoting it with responsible companies is at the heart of our entire sustainability work. I am sure that together, by consistently developing sustainability, we can automate it in our field.

 

 

Kim Råholm

Development and HSEQ Director