Committed to a climate-friendly future: Rhenus Lub joins SBTi

Lubricant manufacturer Rhenus Lub is intensifying its commitment to sustainability. The long-established company from Mönchengladbach recently became a member of the Science Based Targets initiative (SBTi), a collaboration between the Carbon Disclosure Project (CDP), the Global Compact initiative of the United Nations (UN Global Compact), the World Resources Institute (WRI) and the World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF).

By defining science-based targets, companies ensure that their emissions-reduction objectives are in keeping with their sector and their company size. Within this framework, Rhenus Lub has committed to reducing its CO2 emissions in Scope 1 (direct emissions) and 2 (indirect emissions from purchased energy) by 50 per cent relative to 2018. By doing so, the company intends to play its part in limiting global warming to a maximum of 1.5°C in line with the Paris Agreement. “We want to reduce our emissions significantly, measurably and transparently by 2030,” says Isabella Kleeschulte, who has been actively pushing ahead with the topic of sustainability as a partner in the family-led company since 2021. “To this end, we look at the emissions associated with every process: from production to our vehicle fleet and the lighting and temperature regulation in our buildings. We also examine and reduce the production of greenhouse gases in our supply chains.”