Greenhouse Gas Reduction in Apogee Corporation

Fleet transformation

Inefficient vehicles have been removed from the company fleet and replaced with more efficient vehicles, including electric and hybrid vehicles. The business is on course to replace about 30% of its fleet with electric vehicles or hybrid vehicles in 2022.

Property rationalisation

The business has removed all legacy assets from its property portfolio, and restructured the operational regions to operate from fewer offices with improved facilities. This has resulted in a reduction in energy use and GHG emissions, and the elimination of the use of natural gas for heating in any office.

Home and hybrid working

Following on from lessons learned from the pandemic, the business has introduced a number of flexible working plans which have reduced business travel, fleet fuel, and the associated GHG emissions quite significantly.

Behavioural change campaigns

A number of behavioural change programmes such as the ‘Apogee Switch Off’ and ‘War on Waste’ campaign are programmes tailored to encourage positive attitude to energy use and waste management. The business has partnered with the ‘Driving for Better Business’ government initiative to deliver safe and efficient driving to all employees of the business. The business is seeing a gradual reduction in fleet fuel every month due to good driving practices.

Carbon-insetting through PrintReleaf

Apogee has implemented a carbon-insetting programme through PrintReleaf (a reforestation programme offered to Apogee clients, which plants trees in managed forests around the world for prints made). More than 3000 new trees have been planted so far.