Our objective is to grow the positive impact of our solutions and reduce the harmful impacts of our operations by aiming for energy and material efficiency as well as reducing our climate impact and impact on biodiversity.
Nordkalk actively develops products and solutions to support not only our own climate goals but also those of our customers. Thanks to decisive investments in an energy-efficient and emission-free production process, the environmental impacts of the products have already been reduced, and the work continues. In 2023, Nordkalk defined criteria for our products and launched the Next and Complete product lines according to those. In 2024, the criteria were revised to enhance transparency in our offerings.
Nordkalk’s products are widely used in water and wastewater treatment, flue gas cleaning and soil improvement, where their role is to clean, neutralise or purify harmful emissions. They are also used for binding impurities in industrial processes.
We commit to increasing the share of sustainable solutions by:
We are committed to reducing the carbon emissions of our operations. Ambitious objectives, which are aligned with our owner SigmaRoc’s targets, have been defined in a long-term roadmap called eLIMEnate. By 2032 all our limestone sites are using fossil-free fuels. By 2038 our target is fossil-free quicklime production and carbon neutrality. We aim for fossil-free operations and Net Zero by the year 2040.
As a limestone company, our impacts on the environment are twofold. On the one hand, we consume natural resources and have impact on land use and biodiversity. We extract the natural mineral resource, limestone, and process it by crushing, milling and calcinating. The extraction and the operation of open pit quarries and underground mines is changing the landscape, involves management of water flows and has impacts on the local biodiversity in the operational phase. On the other hand, our products are used in different environmental purposes. Our aim is to minimise the harmful impacts of our operations by continuous rehabiltation actions, careful planning of water usage and active approach towards restoring biodiversity values.
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By increasing the material efficiency of Nordkalk’s operations and introducing more circular solutions, less stone can be extracted, and less waste is generated. As stated in our Operating Policy and Sustainability Programme, our goal is to increase the material efficiency of our operations and reach 100 % material efficiency by 2027. We also aim to develop new circular solutions as well as secure limestone reserves well into future.
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