Environmental sustainability for process industries

We help you to meet the environmental sustainability goals at all levels of operations

An increasing amount of environmental regulations and higher demands on sustainability is a growing challenge for the process industry. AFRY offers a full spectrum of services helping you to meet these requirements.

We help you to optimise your processes and other operations so that the CO2 footprint will be minimal and to tackle climate change challenges. Our deep process technology understanding combined with subject matter experts from our sustainability team ensures that all aspects and phases of operations are taken into account in the optimisation of your business operations.

Our combined approach covering all aspects of sustainability includes a wide service portfolio covering decarbonisation and energy efficiency, material use efficiency and pollution prevention services in combination with protection and restoration of biodiversity and ecosystems. All services have the aim to control climate change mitigation and adaptation and management transition to a circular economy.

Our services cover a wide range of disciplines, blending together a number of areas of our expertise. Proven experience in Sustainability reviews in projects, Sustainability certifications on products, data collection for Sustainability reporting, decarbonisation calculations and decarbonisation roadmaps, environmental impact assessments, environmental due diligence, nature inventories and protection, health and safety (EHS) audits and contaminated soil management is some examples that form the basis of our continuously evolving environmental services.

Our key competences in environmental sustainability for process industries are

Water Management including water use reduction, optimisation and design of water systems
Wastewater treatment
Material efficiency, use of resources
Waste minimisation
Energy efficiency analysis and improvement (incl. smart grids and heat pumps) and alternative renewable energy sources
Decarbonisation calculations as Green House Gas emission analysis and strategies
Sustainability strategies, KPIs, data collection and reporting support
CO2 roadmaps
REACH regulation support
Environmental impact assessments and environmental permits

Therese Tillander

Head of Environmental Sustainability, Process Industries Division

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