Sustainability Report 2020
AKKA
Sustainability for Portobello
The Slab plant furnace at Tijucas manufacturing facility is
also measured for greenhouse gas emissions.
Portobello
Optimized Consumption
The main source of heat used in the in-
dustry is natural gas-also the cleanest
and more environmentally-friendly of
fuels. Every day we measure how much
gas we use in our production process.
Materials are handled internally around
our plants primarily using natural gas-
-powered vehicles, which account for
approximately 90% of our fleet.
We take full inventory of greenhouse ga-
ses in our manufacturing units and use
the data to inform our main actions and
investments intended to reduce the use
and generation of such gases.
Direct greenhouse gas emissions as
assessed by our controls have in-
creased slightly each year at both
Tijucas and Marechal Deodoro manu-
facturing facilities. This is due to the
increased quality of our product por-
tfolio, with the production of tiles fea-
turing larger formats and more ornate
polished finishes.
These actions are consistent with the
sustainability of our business and were
coordinated and planned for.
2018
2019
2020
Direct greenhouse gas emissions (kgCO₂eq/m²)
Portobello
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6,03
2,83
6,33
2,68
6,51
2,75
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