Capral is committed to developing products that deliver positive environmental outcomes.
In 2022 Capral made a commitment to achieve Net Zero by 2050.
Net Zero 2050 Committment
Capral has committed to reaching net zero emissions by 2050. This target will be based on achieving net zero Scope 1 and Scope 2 emissions and is underpinned by emerging and breakthrough technology options.
Integrated Management System (IMS)
To achieve Capral’s target of net zero by 2050, Capral has an Integrated Management System (IMS) utilising a Total Quality Management methodology. Data analytics from scientific databases support and influence our business practices and provide education and development of our input/output streams. Capral’s IMS enables a structured and method-based sustainable integration without degrading the quality of Capral products. Capral aims to evolve its ESG department further to understand our product life cycle and value mapping. This will acknowledge management and business decisions to hold weight on upstream and downstream sustainability and circular economy impacts. Capral will continue to enhance its emissions reduction pathway with intermediate targets and evolve with a science-based methodology of a 1.5-degree scenario.
Internal Sustainability Roadmap
As a significant aluminium supplier, the sustainability of aluminium impacts our buying strategies, in-house policies, and corporate activities. We will use the sustainability roadmap to utilise natural lighting, eliminate single-use plastics, halt printing emails, and consider the product’s life cycle by identifying four initial sustainability pathways: energy, waste, paper, and purchasing.
Managed entirely through Capral’s Integrated Management System (IMS, the Sustainability Roadmap will feature quarterly audits to report on improved behaviour around sustainability.
Lower Carbon Aluminium
Capral is pleased to offer LocAl®, a lower-carbon primary aluminium option available across Capral’s locally manufactured extruded aluminium products. Providing Australian manufacturers access to cleaner, greener, more sustainable aluminium for their projects.
The LocAl® offer includes two lower carbon aluminium options: LocAl® Green with carbon emissions of 8kg CO2e/kg Al* and LocAl® Super Green at 4kg CO2e/kg Al* – amongst the lowest carbon aluminium available globally.
LocAl® aluminium is available across Capral’s locally manufactured, extruded aluminium products, including custom-designed aluminium sections, standard extrusions, geometrics, transport sections, solar rail, and marine. LocAl® Green will be supplied as standard on all Capral proprietary window and door systems from November 2022.
Aluminium Stewardship Initiative
Capral has joined the Aluminium Stewardship Initiative (ASI), committing to achieving certification for its operations under the ASI Performance Standard and ASI Chain of Custody Standard by mid-2024.
ASI is a not-for-profit standard-setting and certification organisation for the Aluminium value chain. ASI brings together producers, users and stakeholders in the aluminium value chain with a commitment to maximising the contribution of aluminium to a sustainable society. Working together, ASI members aim to foster responsible production, sourcing and stewardship of aluminium collaboratively.
Aluminium – The Super Metal
Aluminium boasts one of the highest recycling rates of any metal. At the end of their long life, Capral extrusions can be recycled. Recycled aluminium generally falls into two broad categories. Post-consumer and Post Production.
Post-production scrap resulting from a manufacturing process, such as extrusion, is often not contaminated and of known quality. This scrap is remelted and reprocessed with very little further treatment. In 2022 Capral commenced an industry-leading arrangement to return 500t post-production scrap to Tomago Aluminium for remelting, the first commercial arrangement of its kind.
As recycling aluminium requires only 5% of the initial energy consumed to create it, recycling one tonne of aluminium saves 5 tonnes of bauxite and 15,000-kilowatt hours of electricity, making the process environmentally friendly and economical.
Coatings and Finishes
Capral uses and recommends powder coatings containing no organic solvents or heavy metal pigments such as lead.
Energy-Efficient Window and Door Systems
During their ‘use phase’, high-performance aluminium window and door systems can significantly reduce the energy required for heating and cooling. The energy saved by high-performance window and door systems can be hundreds of times greater than that consumed to produce the original aluminium extrusions.
National Manufacturing Footprint
Capral’s national manufacturing footprint allows our extrusions to be produced close to where they are required. This helps avoid unnecessary sea and road freight, reducing carbon dioxide emissions.
If you’re interested in hearing more about our aluminium products call 03 9456 9400 today.