Energy EN+ Group vows to achieve net zero emission aluminium and energy production by 2050

(Business Green, 18 Jan 2021) Firm claims carbon reduction targets are most ambitious unveiled to date in hugely energy-intensive aluminum sector.

Anglo-Russian energy and metals giant EN+ Group has this morning unveiled plans to achieve net zero emissions across all its operations by mid-century, in a move it has touted as setting a "new standard" in the energy intensive aluminium sector.

The group, which focuses largely on hydroelectric power and aluminium smelting, claims the new targets are the most ambitious carbon reduction targets unveiled to date by an aluminium producer.

In addition the firm said that in order to put it on track for net zero emissions across all its aluminium smelting and heat and power plants by mid-century it plans to slash its operational and power emission by 35 per cent by the end of this decade.

A new taskforce has been established to plan and implement the company's climate change strategy, which will be led by the firm's chief operating officer Vyacheslav Solomin and report to the conglomerate's executive chairman, former UK energy and climate change minister Lord Gregory Barker.

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Business Green, 18 Jan 2021: Energy EN+ Group vows to achieve net zero emission aluminium and energy production by 2050