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The company has also set itself other challenging interim goals on its path toward carbon neutrality by 2050. Along the entire value chain, Audi aims to reduce carbon emissions over the lifecycle of its models by 40 percent by 2030 (compared to 2018 emissions).
Comprising of experts from all sites, the Mission:Zero team members are in close contact throughout the company. Together, they identify where there is a particular need for action, which sites will serve as the benchmark in individual areas, and which solutions can be applied at other sites. Pilot projects allow the team to test the effectiveness and feasibility of the solutions and to transfer the findings.
The brand with the four rings aims to continuously increase the share of rail freight in inbound logistics. Audi uses new loading and unloading concepts to make rail transport more efficient while leveraging the flexibility of alternative trucking technologies for pre-carriage and onward carriage. Starting in April 2024, Audi will deploy the first CT block train for the Ingolstadt, Neckarsulm, and Győr locations; it can operate this kind of train independently of modern rail infrastructure such as terminals and stations. The acronym CT stands for combined transport and is a mode of transport by which goods are primarily transported by rail; biogas trucks are used for pre-carriage and onward carriage, which results in carbon emission savings of up to 80 percent.
Overseas transport provides the greatest lever for decarbonization in finished vehicle logistics. Audi works closely with Volkswagen Group Logistics in this area and increasingly relies on alternative drive systems, such as ships that run on environmentally friendly liquefied natural gas (LNG).
As another measure in logistics, Audi is strategically and sustainably optimizing packaging at all locations for resource efficiency. As a general rule, the company avoids packaging whenever possible. Wherever packaging material is necessary, Audi uses circular and renewable raw materials.
Starting in 2030, the proportion of circular materials in packaging for new vehicle projects will increase to more than 90 percent. To this end, Audi factors in sustainable and resource-efficient packaging concepts from the early planning phase of new vehicle projects. In holistically optimizing these concepts, Audi incorporates requirements into supplier specifications. This approach has allowed the brand with the four rings to conserve more than 650 tons of plastic annually since 2020, including over 120 tons of polystyrene and foam packaging.
As the third pillar, Audi prioritizes renewable energies in energy procurement. In Ingolstadt, for example, the brand with the four rings has been producing cars exclusively with green power since the beginning of 2012. This early transition has made the brand a pioneer of decarbonization in the industry. Audi uses biomethane as a net carbon-neutral heat source. Moreover, a neighboring refinery and the municipal waste recycling plant supply the main plant with net carbon-neutral waste heat. In this way, the site can cover virtually all its energy needs using renewable sources.
In the fourth pillar, any emissions that Audi cannot yet avoid (a maximum of 10 percent of the original carbon emissions) are offset by purchasing carbon credits certified according to the highest quality standards, such as The Gold Standard. At the Ingolstadt plant, this includes internal plant logistics.
Emissions that cannot yet be avoided using renewable energy sources are offset using carbon credit projects. Supported by additional measures, these pillars were and remain blueprints for decarbonizing other locations, depending on the regional possibilities and constraints.
The system reaches a maximum power of 12 megawatts. The company also uses geothermal energy as a heat supply, having met more than 70 percent of its heat requirements with renewable geothermal energy since 2015. This makes Audi Hungaria the biggest consumer of geothermal energy in the country. The system provides the Győr site with at least 82,000 megawatt hours of heat energy each year.
A new water supply system was tested in a pilot project at the Neckarsulm site. It involved setting up a closed water cycle between the plant and the nearby municipal wastewater treatment plant operated by AZV Unteres Sulmtal. After a successful test phase, construction on the final system began in 2023. By 2025, the Neckarsulm site aims to obtain all its non-potable water from the treatment plant, which is also where the site discharges its wastewater. The resulting cycle will reduce the demand for freshwater by over 70 percent.
A service water supply center has been used at the Ingolstadt site since 2019. Together with the previous treatment system, roughly half of the wastewater generated is fed into a cycle where it is treated and processed for reuse.
In 2015, a biological wastewater treatment plant with a daily capacity of 1,800 cubic meters went into operation in Mexico. Here, organic wastewater components are broken down by bacteria in an aerobic process. Pretreated water from the painting process also passes through this plant. In addition to biological water treatment, a reverse osmosis plant with an annual capacity of 320,000 cubic meters was built in 2018. The plant returned 130,000 cubic meters, or 130 million liters of water, to production in just over two years.
In the future, thanks to an innovative energy supply concept, incampus will be able to generate as much renewable energy as it consumes. The concept relies on waste heat recovery, energy storage, and smart control systems, among other measures, to establish a zero-energy campus.
With its joint project MaterialLoop, the brand with the four rings is researching how to close material cycles in the automotive industry. Together with 15 partners from the research, recycling, and supplier sectors, Audi is exploring reusing so-called post-consumer materials from end-of-life customer vehicles for new motor vehicle production. For example, recycled steel can be used to build new cars.
The natural open spaces at the manufacturing site in Mnchsmnster constitute a lighthouse project. Thanks to targeted ecological design, the complex near Ingolstadt offers a particularly valuable habitat for numerous species of plants and animals. At the production facilities in Mnchsmnster, Audi has transformed 17 hectares of land into natural habitats for animals and plants. So far, more than 160 species of plants have flourished there, and around 100 species of wild bees have become established.
To take a strategic approach to protecting biodiversity, Audi has developed a biodiversity index analogous to its decarbonization index, which it further optimized in 2023. The index lets Audi use special key figures to evaluate each location and define binding targets. This makes it possible for Audi to determine how biodiverse the sites are, develop a strategy for improving their natural balance, and benchmark its success.
This timely and crucial report acts as a template for how all countries can map out future challenges and opportunities and, above all, deliver their own pathway to net zero while also creating new jobs, industries and investment for the future.
Safety is a mindset. Safe projects require commitment at all levels of the organization and promote safe behavior, positive attitudes, sound judgment, and good decisions. Our team places safety above all other considerations in executing our work. We strive at all times to create a 100% safe work environment, on-site and in the office, with zero accidents and zero injuries.
Our outstanding safety record on past and current projects and our unmatched corporate commitment to safety enables us to assist our clients in addressing specific safety needs. Our success in providing safe projects and safe jobsites results in tremendous cost savings for our clients, and above all else fosters the safety of everyone involved.
We are proud of our safety culture, and the role our subcontractors play in ensuring and incident and injury-free workplace. Our Safety Newsletter highlights our commitment safety and our strong performance across job sites.
The winners of our annual Mission Zero Safety Award have their name inscribed on a trophy to be recognized as one of the elite members of our team that embrace our safety culture on-site, in-office, and at home.
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