Through a large-scale electrification initiative, DJI has significantly reduced CO2 emissions in 2024. The Waste Hub pilot in PI Dordrecht also shows promising results. The biggest challenges to make DJI future-proof now lie in mobility and gas consumption. This is evident from the Sustainability Annual Report DJI 2024, which was published today.
With the commissioning of Wind Farm Maasvlakte II, all electricity used by DJI from 2024 is completely green. As a result, gas is now the second largest source of CO2 emissions for DJI, accounting for 37 percent. The report shows that gas consumption has decreased over the past year.
By correcting for ‘degree days’ in the calculation (a correction for warm days), it appears that the gas reduction was 11.5 percent in 2024 compared to the past five years. The gas reduction target from the European Commission of 15 percent has not yet been achieved.
If we want to meet the government-wide target of climate-neutral operations by 2030, there is still a significant challenge in gas reduction (among other things, considering our aging real estate).
Mobility Now the Largest Emitter
The majority of CO2 emissions from DJI are in mobility, specifically commuting and business travel. These travel movements together account for more than half (51%) of the emissions. The other measured emission sources fall within scope 1 and 2 (direct and indirect emissions), while commuting and business travel fall within scope 3. Scope 3 includes ‘the rest’ of all emissions from DJI, but these have not yet been included in this years measurements. As a result, commuting and business travel appear to be a larger source of emissions than they actually are.
Nevertheless, 25,714 tons of CO2 equivalent emissions is significant. With around 16,000 employees working at approximately 50 locations - which are often not well accessible by public transport - this is not surprising. There are opportunities for alternative and shared transport, such as electric shuttle buses or e-bikes. There is certainly no lack of enthusiasm from employees: 121 employees participated in the e-bike trial that took place in collaboration with various locations. Future opportunities lie here.
Waste Hub Has Great Potential
The report shows that the government target of a maximum of 35 percent residual waste by January 1, 2023, has not been achieved in 2024. One of the main reasons for this is that waste separation is not being practiced in the institutions. To address this, the Waste Hub in PI Dordrecht was launched in November 2024. In this workshop, inmates separate waste on a specially developed sorting table by In-Made. The results are telling: in the first operational weeks, there was 75 percent less residual waste. There is currently a focus on how this can also be implemented at other locations.
Download the Sustainability Annual Report DJI and the one-pager with the key findings below.