The multi-year partnership agreement between Novelis and VELUX aims to reach below 4.0 kg carbon emitted per kilogram of supplied rolled aluminum by the end of 2024, which is well below half the average carbon footprint of primary aluminum used in Europe. The partners are aiming for further carbon reductions by 2030.

The aluminum will have a recycled content of around 70%, which represents an increase of around 30% from what Novelis currently supplies to VELUX. Recycling aluminum requires only 5% of the energy and results in up to 95% fewer carbon emissions than manufacturing primary aluminum.

With more than 94% of the VELUX Group’s carbon footprint stemming from materials used in its products, value chain collaboration is critical for halving its scope 3 and product emissions by 2030. These targets are in addition to the Group’s 100% reduction target for scope 1 and 2 emissions, also by 2030.

At the same time, this year in March, VELUX announced that 90 percent of its sloped roof window packaging is now plastic-free and instead made of a paper-based single material.

VELUX Group and Novelis have agreed to work further together to optimize carbon emission reductions in aluminum and to develop more sustainable coating systems with the aim to help cultivate a more circular materials industry. The latter is a common goal that both companies are also advancing in other long-term partnerships.

Two solar parks for low emissions operations

Also, VELUX Group and BayWa r.e. recently announced a dual-site solar installation to address the roof window manufacturer's European operations with 100% renewable electricity by 2024.

Connecting to the grid in 2023 and 2024, the two plants will generate 167 GWh of renewable electricity every year for VELUX, equivalent to the electricity consumption of approximately 45,000 European homes.

Eighty per cent of the total electricity generated by the plants will be generated due to the PPAs with VELUX. The new PPA will reduce the carbon footprint of VELUX with approximately 40,000 tonnes of CO2e from the company`s European operations and activities on a yearly basis.

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