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Work Smarter

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Working smarter is about operational excellence in energy management, reducing greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and sending zero waste to landfill.

Customers and society are demanding energy efficiency wherever possible, and in a year where our demands have been stable, we have used less energy to make our products. This has been particularly crucial in light of recent security of supply issues and attendant high costs.

Highlights in 2024

-19%

Overall energy use has fallen 19% since 2019.

52%

52% reduction in operational greenhouse gas emissions since 2019.

Zero

Our sites continue to send zero waste to landfill1.

63%

63% global renewable electricity procurement across all geographies.
1 Where legislation allows

Target I: Improve energy efficiency

We will increase energy efficiency by 17% against a 2019 baseline.
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Highlights

We saw minimal increase in energy intensity compared with previous years.

Future outlook

We have a very strong foundation in terms of energy efficiency, and our team will continue to make improvements. The way we organise our energy-efficiency projects will evolve, building on previous successes.

Target II: Reduce carbon emissions

We will reduce Scope 1 and 2 emissions by 50%, and by 2030 Scope 3 emissions by 20% per tonne of raw materials, against a 2019 baseline.
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Highlights 

We have achieved our Scope 1 and 2 emissions goal one year ahead of schedule by increasing our mix of renewable energy. We continued to partner with our suppliers to decarbonise the value chain.

Future outlook

We are working on a new set of goals, which will include ambitious carbon targets. Renewable energy and collaboration with our suppliers will be critical.

Target III: Stop sending waste to landfill

We will send zero waste to landfill or incineration without energy recovery**
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Highlights in 2023

We’ve made significant progress and have now achieved zero waste to landfill in our sites, where legally possible.

Future outlook

We will work hard to protect and build on this achievement, and to reduce the total amount of waste produced in our operations, which we are looking at reducing by a further 5% by the end of 2024.
** Where legislation allows.

Work Smarter in action

Meeting the 50m kWh challenge

Beginning in 2020, we have run more than 420 separate energy efficiency projects of different shapes and sizes, which have had a big cumulative impact. By working smarter across our operations, kp ultimately saved around 60m kWh of energy between 2021 and 2024, beating our target of 50m kWh – a substantial achievement by our teams.

The biggest savings have come from improvements to cooling systems (115 projects saved 14,000 MWh), finding better ways of shutting down and starting up manufacturing equipment (23 projects saved 8,000 MWh) and implementing ‘lean thinking’ to improve efficiency (46 projects saved 8,000 MWh).

Meeting the 50m kWh challenge

Meeting the 50m kWh challenge

Task Force launched to reduce waste sent to disposal

Task Force launched to reduce waste sent to disposal

Task Force launched to reduce waste sent to disposal

In October 2024 we launched the Waste Task Force. This initiative has already led to the development of a new global scrap management policy, guidelines and data dashboard for use across the whole company.

The Waste Task Force is designed to standardise our approach to the management and rework of scrap materials, and to promote waste reduction projects and internal recycling of material within the kp network. Looking ahead, we plan to ensure that further stretching waste reduction goals are part of the forthcoming 2025–2030 sustainability strategy.

Working together to achieve zero waste to landfill

Given kp’s significant geographical span, many sites face unique challenges which made meeting our ‘zero waste to landfill’ goal particularly difficult. This year, however, we achieved zero waste to landfill at six more sites, meaning that we have now met our target in full.

The key to our success is ‘lean’ thinking in managing waste. Lean thinking is highly relevant to sustainability in manufacturing environments, as it promotes efficiency, waste reduction, and continuous improvement all of which are crucial for sustainable practices.

Following the achievement of zero waste to landfill, our focus now moves to further minimising waste overall. Reducing waste remains a perennial focus area for kp.

Working together to achieve zero waste to landfill

Working together to achieve zero waste to landfill