Orsted
ESRS disclosure: ESRS E5 \ DR E5-2 \ Paragraph 20b
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- Does your company's policy prioritize strategies for avoiding or minimizing waste, such as reuse, repair, refurbish, remanufacture, and repurpose, over waste treatment strategies like recycling? Additionally, how do your policies incorporate the concepts of eco-design, waste as a resource, or post-consumer waste at the end of a product's lifecycle?
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Question Id: E5-1_04
In 2024, we have progressed on this action by ordering more than 300 refurbished yaw brake calipers on our East and West Coast hubs in the UK. Calipers are used to hold the nacelle in place when the brakes are applied and are a part of the hydraulic system. For each caliper we reuse, we also lower the cost of our wind farm maintenance. In addition, we have set up refurbishment loops for several other minor components with a long leadtime to reduce the risk of lost production.
Report Date: 4Q2024Relevance: 60%
- Provide a detailed account of the actions and resources employed by your organization concerning resource use and the circular economy, specifically addressing the increased utilization of secondary raw materials (recyclates). Indicate whether these actions and resources are in alignment with Disclosure Requirement E5-2, as outlined in the ESRS regulations.
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Question Id: E5-2_02
We engage with our key suppliers on decarbonisation matters as part of our supplier engagement and procurement strategy. In 2024, we have extended these engagements to also include resource use and circularity matters. These two topics naturally overlap as we are looking for opportunities to, for example, source more scrap steel as a means of increasing our usage of lower-emissions steel. As our negative impact occurs outside our own operations, we are dependent on continuous collaboration to make meaningful progress that will mitigate both the material negative impact as well as the risk related to our reliance on virgin scarce resources, when constructing our renewable energy assets. As an example of the supplier engagement programme development, we initiated a collaboration with wind turbine manufacturer Siemens Gamesa to use recycled glass fibres for certain new wind turbine blades at our Greater Changhua 2b and 4 offshore wind farms in Taiwan. The intended outcome of our supplier engagement and procurement strategy is to have a firm set of circularity-related supplier requirements in place within the next four to five years. For selected components, recycled materials have already been introduced as a sourcing evaluation criterion, ensuring our gradual transition away from the use of virgin resources.
Report Date: 4Q2024Relevance: 85%