Liberty Tire Recycling | 2023 Environmental, Social and Governance Report 40 ACCELERATING ENVIRONMENTAL STEWARDSHIP Becoming More Energy Efficient Overview Improving our energy efficiency is one of our top sustainability goals. As a member of the Better Plants Program through the U.S. Department of Energy (USDOE), we have committed to improving the energy efficiency of our U.S. operations by 25% by 2032. Energy intensity is a measurement of how much energy we consume per ton of recycled rubber product created and is stated using the metric of kWh per production ton. It is an on-going process to optimize our data collection methods for accuracy. To accomplish a reduction in energy intensity, we have formed a Manufacturing Excellence Team to assist in developing best practices for manufacturing efficiency and energy usage and develop best practices from individual projects to implement change. We are focusing our efforts on the three locations with high initial energy intensity values and the largest potential for improvement: Salt Lake City, UT, Port St. Lucie, FL, and Calhoun, GA. We are also continuing to implement our manufacturing execution system (MES) across the organization to increase visibility to production variation and energy consumption. Our goal is to implement the MES at an additional four processing locations in 2024. We continue to work with the USDOE’s Industrial Assessment Centers to complete assessments for all of our advanced processing sites. As we identify opportunities to improve productivity, reduce waste and save energy, we are developing best practices and recommendations that will be used to prioritize and implement valueadded efficiency projects. Renewable Energy We actively review opportunities from our power providers to source more clean energy for our facilities. In 2023, those on-grid renewables accounted for 15.64% of our total usage. We have one facility that utilizes on-site renewable energy. At our Rubberecycle location, solar energy is produced and operated by a third party on the roof of the facility.
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