SLIDE 17 UN’s Global Sustainable Development Goals
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- Invest in the expansion of renewable energy sources such as offshore
wind, onshore wind, and solar, all while striving to reduce costs
- Reduce emissions of fossil-fuel plants in line with what is required by
climate science to limit warming to 2° or less
- Partner to keep welfare recipients from having their electricity or heat
service disconnected
- Enable customers to participate in the energy transition via
decentralised solutions like solar power, heat pumps, and microgrids
- Enable cities to decarbonise by expanding our district heating
networks and developing fossil-free decentralised energy solutions
- Invest to improve grid stability and reliability while keeping costs down
and enabling integration of renewable energy sources
- Facilitate further integration of renewable energy in local electricity and
heating networks through our investments in grids, infrastructure, and technologies like power-to-heat, which uses excess renewable electricity in district heating networks
- Expand e-mobility offerings and partnerships with car- and ridesharing
services to reduce emissions from transport
- Strengthen guidelines for responsible purchasing and human rights
policies in our supply chain via our Code of Conduct for Suppliers
- Strive to achieve best-in-class efficiency in all our operations,
maximising production while minimising fuel consumption and waste
- Our Environmental Product Declarations and Life Cycle Assessments
enable customers to make smart choices.
- Commit to enable fossil-free living within one generation
- Conduct studies to understand climate impacts on our operations and
invest in mitigating activities, for example strengthening hydro power dams against potential heavier rainfall, or installing underground electricity distribution lines to prevent damage from an increase in severe storms
- Form partnerships with energy-intensive industries like cement,
refineries, and steel manufacturing to reduce their CO2 emissions
- Collaborate with cities to use our industry knowledge and co-develop
ambitious yet feasible city-specific climate neutrality roadmaps, such as the coal-exit feasibility study done with the City of Berlin
Vattenfall understands businesses and industries will play a decisive role in the achievement of the UN’s Global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Our activities contribute to the achievement of all SDGs, either directly through our operations, or indirectly through our supply
- chain. However, we have identified the six most relevant SDGs for Vattenfall where we can have the greatest global impact.
