To enhance its leadership position amongst its peers and with its customers, Ecolab wanted to develop a suite of climate commitments that built upon its strong track record of achieving operational emissions reductions alongside its other environmental and customer facing sustainability goals.
Our Solutions
Anthesis has supported Ecolab’s sustainability team for over a decade. For this project we evaluated the requirements for setting a science-based carbon target across Ecolab’s scope 1 2 3 emissions that would align with the requirements of the UN Business Ambition for 1.5°C campaign.
Future business growth alongside existing and planned emissions reduction initiatives were modelled to evaluate the feasibility for Ecolab to achieve the goal and to understand any gaps in currently planned programs. Anthesis managed a cross-functional team consisting of fleet, facilities and manufacturing, procurement and supply chain resources through the goal evaluation, setting and feasibility testing process in the lead up to executive approval by Ecolab’s Chairman and CEO.
Services
Carbon + water footprinting, GHG emissions inventory data collection, management and reporting on an ongoing basis
Software implementation and management of 3rd party environmental metrics database
Climate risk modeling and analysis
Peer benchmarking; market insights and customer needs assessment
100% renewable energy roadmap development
Science-based target (SBT) development and net zero roadmap planning, through to submission to SBTi and the UN Business Ambition 1.5°C Pledge commitment
Carbon reduction strategy development across Scopes 1, 2 and 3
Ecolab announced a commitment to achieving Net Zero by 2050 and a 1.5°C SBT, along with supporting goals to achieve 100% renewable energy by 2030, to electrify its global vehicle fleet, and to engage suppliers representing 70% of Ecolab’s Scope 3 emissions to set their own SBTs. Early progress was driven by a 100 MW vPPA project completed in 2020 that will cover 100% of Ecolab’s North American electricity consumption through 2030.
While I have worked with a handful of leading consultancies on a variety of projects, the Anthesis team has honestly provided the most value to me and our business. They provide an outstanding level of service that is focused around problem solving, collaboration and building capacity, something few other consultants truly can deliver upon.
Emilio Tenuta SVP for Corporate Sustainability, Ecolab
We were pleased to work with the Anthesis team on this project and are very happy with the support they provided. The team’s expertise in SBTs in Private Equity, combined with their attentiveness to our needs, made us comfortable to commit to the SBTi. They also made the submission process to the SBTi very smooth by helping out with the application to fulfil all requirements.
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