Trivium announces decarbonisation milestone
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Trivium Packaging has announced a milestone from its aluminium supplier in Argentina, Aluar Aluminio Argentino: it now has the ability to deliver low-carbon primary aluminium through a certified mass balance approach. This method ensures that the share of aluminium produced using renewable energy is allocated transparently across the supply chain, verified by Bureau Veritas under ISO 14064 standards.
The International Aluminium Institute reports a global average cradle-to-gate footprint for primary aluminium of 15.1 tCO₂e per ton in 2022. Due to Aluar’s cleaner energy mix and using a third-party verified mass balance approach, the company is able to offer a 3.58 tCO₂e per ton of aluminium, which is roughly four times lower than the global average. This positions Aluar among one of the lowest reported footprints for primary aluminium, based on a comparison to the IAI global average.
As a metal packaging producer, Scope 3 (GHG emissions in the value chain) represents the majority of Trivium’s total GHG emissions, and raw materials are the largest contributor within Scope 3 (see graph below). In other words, tackling the carbon intensity of primary aluminium is one of the most effective ways Trivium can decarbonise its business and reach its 2030 targets.
Trivium’s decarbonisation strategy consists of internal levers to address its own operations, as well as engagement with external partners to reduce emissions across the value chain. The company’s targets are validated by the Science Based Targets initiative (SBTi): • 42% reduction in Scope 1 and 2 emissions by 2030 (vs. a 2020 baseline)¹.
- 25% reduction in Scope 3 by 2030 (vs. a 2020 baseline)¹.
- Trivium also aims to reach net-zero value chain greenhouse gas emissions by 2050².
- For more information on Trivium’s decarbonisation strategy, visit its Climate Transition Plan.
Trivium has listed its next steps as follows:
- Integrate low carbon primary aluminium from Aluar into Argentine and Brazilian operations, prioritising key customer programmes with existing climate targets that could benefit from claiming this reduction through a mass balance approach.
- Track and report the share of low-carbon aluminium used in Trivium products and the associated product level footprints, using consistent boundaries and verification references.
¹ Trivium Packaging has been deemed to be in conformance with the SBTi Criteria and Recommendations (version 5). The SBTi’s Target Validation Team has classified Trivium’s scope 1 and 2 target ambition and has determined that it is in line with a 1.5°C trajectory. Scope 3 target has been acknowledged.
² Committed SBTi letter, submitted for validation.
