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Lafarge Africa Launches Natural Gas-Powered Trucks To Promote Clean Energy

Lafarge Africa Plc, one of the leading Sub-Saharan Africa building Solutions Company and member of Holcim, has reaffirm its commitment towards affordable and clean energy (SDG7), through the launch of a new set of 52 Natural Gas (LNG) fueled trucks.

Mr. Khaled El Dokani, the Country Chief Executive Officer of Lafarge Africa Plc, who made the declaration, said the implementation of the natural gas powered trucks in partnership with Ecologique will improve environmental performance as LNG generates 30% less carbon dioxide than fuel oil and 45% less than coal.

According to him, the combustion of natural gas dissipates much more quickly in the air, leaving no particles or residue.

He noted that the Data from the Energy Information Administration shows that since 2006, increased use of natural gas has driven carbon dioxide savings. Undoubtedly, natural gas plays a great role in reducing CO2 emissions globally.

“As an organisation aiming to achieve substantial growth in our operations in alignment with the Health, Cost, Cash initiatives as well as the sustainability agenda, which is to build a world that is greener, smarter and one that works for all, optimising the supply chain, using more energy-efficient equipment, and constantly being on the look-out for energy-saving options is the only logical path to thread.

“With temperatures rising around the globe, there’s no doubt that energy users need to adjust to the current climate realities and businesses need to focus their efforts on lowering environmental impact.

“The properties of natural gas – low environmental impact of its combustion, its energy performance and its abundant reserves distributed around the globe, make it energy of the future. Natural gas extracted from fields located predominantly in countries such as Algeria, Norway, Qatar, Russia, Nigeria and the USA, is expected to account for 25% of the world energy portfolio by 2035, compared to 21% today, creating a demand of 5,1000 billion m3 (Gm3)”, he said

He reiterated that Lafarge Africa is a high-performance driven organisation moving in the direction of sustainability which is at the core of its operational strategy.

“Lafarge Africa is fully aligned with our Group’s vision of building progress for people and the planet and the deployment of the natural gas trucks further takes the organization closer to the attainment of a net zero carbon emission ambition and five other Sustainable Development Goals – SDG 7 (Affordable and Clean Energy), SDG 9 (industry, Innovation and Infrastructure), SDG 11 (Sustainable Cities and Communities), SDG 13 (Climate Action), SDG 15 (Life on land) and SDG 17 (Partnership for the goals)”, he said.

Mr. Lolu Alade-Akinyemi, the Chief Financial Officer, also emphasised: “This initiative is enabling sustainable distribution that is smarter and eco-friendly and it is our assurance that our products will reach the end-users in a safer manner. This initiative is a game changer to our bottom line and an entire operation as our focus is to achieve a 28% reduction in overall operating cost as well as significant reduction in Air Pollution (Exhaust gases) among others.”

Folashade Ambrose-Medebem ,the Director of Communications, Public Affairs and Sustainability, remarked: ‘This initiative impacts the ecosystem on different fronts: it is in sync with our net zero ambitions at the Group in line with the targets set with the Science Based Targets Initiative (SBTI) responding to a global call to action, creating net negative emissions by 2050. This is in addition to supporting our goal of increasing waste-derived fuels in production to reach 37%.’

Osaze Aghatise, Country Head of Logistics Operations, said the 50 Natural Gas trucks launch is an important milestone in our Logistics strategy of moving towards a greener and sustainable transportation. Our ambition is to inject additional natural gas trucks in the coming months while exploring other sustainable transportation initiatives.

SOURCE: oglinks.news

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