Rolls-Royce 2050: net zero carbon in production operations
Rolls-Royce joins the UN Race to Zero campaign taking a leading role in pioneering a resilient and inclusive, net zero carbon future.
Rolls-Royce joins the UN Race to Zero campaign taking a leading role in pioneering a resilient and inclusive, net zero carbon future.
In joining the UN Business Ambition for 1.5oC campaign, Rolls-Royce has set its ambitions to become net zero carbon across its operations by 2030, with further ambitions to play a leading role in enabling the sector to reach net zero carbon by 2050 via the production of new products and technologies.
As part of its commitment, Rolls Royce has set its focus on advancing key production technologies including:
“The COVID-19 pandemic has brought immediate and obvious pressures to our industry and to us as a company, but the long-term challenges our world faces have not gone away,” said Warren East, CEO, Rolls-Royce. “The world on the other side of this pandemic will need the power that we generate to fuel economic recovery. I absolutely believe the call for that power to be more sustainable and net zero will be stronger than ever. Answering that call is a big, complex challenge and few companies on the planet are better placed than Rolls-Royce to help. We will use our capabilities to play a leading role in enabling the vital sectors in which we operate to achieve net zero emissions by 2050. I believe this ambition will drive our competitiveness for the future.”
In addition to its technological commitments in manufacturing and production, Rolls-Royce has also committed to:
“With 2.6 billion people and over half of global GDP now covered by net zero goals, Rolls-Royce is positioning itself to meet huge growth in demand for net zero transport and power. As a company operating in some of the hardest to abate sectors, this is a big act of industrial technology leadership,” added Nigel Topping, UN High Level Climate Action Champion for COP26.
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