On course for climate-neutral production

Milestones in climate protection

Some milestones on the journey to climate neutrality in production have already been reached. MAN has been continuously striving to reduce its inherent CO₂ emissions since 2008. The carbon dioxide emissions from our production plants have already fallen by more than a quarter. While production at MAN gave rise to around 374,600 tons of CO₂ in 2008, by 2018 this was only 265,710 tons. Annual emissions therefore reduced by 108,809 tons – equivalent to the carbon footprint of a small town. The next major milestone is to fall below the level of 144,000 tons of CO₂ emissions in 2025. MAN is introducing a wide range of measures to ensure that this is successful: energy supply in our production plants will now gradually be converted to electricity and heat from renewable energy sources. And that works best on a collective basis. Good collaboration with our energy provider in Nuremberg, for instance, is enabling us to convert our plant there to district heating. That saves a further 20,000 tons of CO₂. We also aim to arrange with VW Kraftwerk GmbH that the electricity generated in the Salzgitter wind farm, and currently fed directly into the mains network, is in future also used for direct supply to MAN. Together with all our employees, we can detect and eliminate energy waste and come up with great ideas on how to improve energy efficiency in our production facilities. That makes a significant contribution to climate protection and also reduces expenditure.