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footprint by neutralising the diversity of our product portfolio. As the environmental impact of producing a luminaire can vary significantly from one product to another, considering the total lumens produced gives us this comprehensive overview. We set ourselves the goal of reducing this figure by 20% in 2022 compared to 2018. The GHG emissions coming from our own operations in 2020 reached 9.3 tCO 2 e/Mlum (121,928 tCO 2 e for 13,075 Mlum). This is a 16% reduction compared to 2018. We are therefore on track to achieve our 2022 target. Our target is therefore stated in tCO 2 e/Mlum 4 .
lumen output. This project greatly influenced the denominator figure (Mlum) of our intensity ratio in 2019 and 2020. As we deliver the last luminaires for this major order, the Mlum figure is expected to return to a more normal level, making our 2022 target of a 20% reduction in the intensity ratio compared to 2018 achievable. While monitoring our intensity ratio target, we managed to keep our absolute GHG emissions under control. We will take a closer look at the evolution of the GHG emissions in different business categories in the following sections of this report. I. Product materials The major source of GHG emissions is related to the materials we use to produce our luminaires. It represents 74% of our total company emissions. In 2020 Our in-house R&D engineers worked on the product design of our new luminaires to reduce the quantity of materials we use. The new generation of luminaires are more compact, with thinner castings that are still robust. For example, our new IZYLUM platform, is up to 56% lighter than a previous generation LED road luminaire depending on the options selected by the customer. Our sales teams promoted these new products to customers, replacing older versions that have greater lifetime GHG emissions.
In 2020, we achieved a 2% reduction compared to 2018.
Product material emissions
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We can illustrate what this decrease represents by looking at our aluminium consumption. In tonnes, our 2020 aluminium consumption increased by 7% compared to 2018. However, over the same period, our luminaire production increased by 20%. We therefore truly optimised our materials usage to reduce our material footprint and therefore the emissions linked to raw material.
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2022 target 2020 results
12.2 - By 2030, achieve the sustainable management and efficient use of natural resources.
This evolution is partly due to a sharp increase in the number of lumens produced between 2018 and 2020 (+ 42%). In 2018, we won a large tender in the Middle East to completely relight all major urban centres including thoroughfares, boulevards and roads and provided a very high number of luminaires with a significant
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(4) Mlum = 1.000.000 lumen produced
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