Environment | Parker Mexico
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Reducing carbon and increasing renewable energy resources is vital to many organizations' sustainability goals. Parker can help customers adopt and adapt solutions for renewable energy projects, supporting those goals and promoting a cleaner future.

Technology Innovation, Operations

Across a wide range of aerospace, industrial and mobile equipment applications, Parker team members partner with customers to solve their complex challenges and enable engineering breakthroughs. Living up to a greater purpose, however, means doing so in a way that minimizes environmental impact to help create a better world for future generations.

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Every day our highly engaged team members are taking action to create a safety-first workplace, improve the business and strengthen our communities. We’re also demonstrating how our interconnected portfolio of motion and control technologies is critical to enabling a cleaner and more sustainable world. Learn more in our latest Sustainability Report.

Parker's Carbon Commitment

Our Path to Carbon Neutral

Parker has made great progress on our sustainability journey, and we know we need to do more. We’ve made a commitment to achieve carbon neutral operations by 2040 and established a series of emissions targets.

This commitment to reducing our carbon emissions is another step we are taking to create a sustainable future.

View the graphic to learn about Parker’s commitment to achieving carbon neutral operations by 2040.

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Emissions Targets

  • Reduce absolute emissions directly from the company’s operations and indirect emissions from purchased energy (scopes I and II) by 50% by 2030.
  • Reduce other indirect absolute emissions related to materials sourcing, logistics and services (scope III) by 15% by 2030, and 25% by 2040.
  • Achieve carbon neutral operations (scopes I and II) by 2040.
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Long-Term Strategy

Our long-term strategy to achieve our carbon goal, includes actions to reduce its energy consumption, investments in renewable energy and working closely with suppliers to further reduce energy use and emissions.

Reduced Energy Use, Emissions

We have already made significant progress in reducing greenhouse gas emissions throughout our business. Since 2010, we have reduced our energy intensity (MWh/USD) by 42%, and greenhouse gas intensity (MT/USD) by 50%.

 

This year, Parker’s climate disclosure score was ranked in the top quartile among diversified industrial peer companies. We understand that operating responsibly and sustainably creates a better world for everyone.

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Waste, Materials Management

Today, Parker recycles more than 85% of waste generated by manufacturing operations, and we continue to reduce the volume of waste sent to landfills.

 

Operating responsibly includes eliminating the use of materials that are hazardous to the environment and we are investing in alternatives. Through product testing and collaborating with our customers, we are finding solutions that deliver even better performance with less environmental impact.

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Water Conservation

Parker monitors the amount of water we use and recycle to cool and clean equipment at our manufacturing facilities. Through our water conservation strategy, we are investing in targeted projects in locations where water is scarce. Water scarcity is also included as a key factor in our site acquisition analysi

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Supplier Partnerships

Parker has implemented several supply chain initiatives to reduce our environmental footprint. This includes leveraging sustainable transport methods to reduce emissions associated with air freight.

 

We’re replacing boxes with reusable totes, and wooden pallets are now repaired rather than discarded. 

 

And our supply chain team employs dual sourcing to ensure the availability of materials needed for production. We also require our suppliers to comply with  environmental and legal requirements.

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Sustainability Rankings, Partnerships

  • Parker has been a member of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) SmartWay® Transport Partnership since 2013.
  • Parker is proud to be included in the 2020 Carbon Clean 200™ list of publicly traded companies that are leading the way with solutions for the transition to a clean energy future.
  • Parker is a proud member of the Hydrogen Council, a global CEO-led initiative of companies working to accelerate the clean energy transition.
  • We’ve also maintained a high rating in the CDP supply chain analysis of more than 5,000 companies that support a sustainable economy.
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