lavola offers a high quality integrated service for the management of carbon emissions, with a view to supporting clients to become carbon neutral organisations. It provides these services under the e)mission brand.
e)mission is an international brand developed by GHG, Ltd, a Portuguese company operating in the global carbon market (which is itself a Member of the Climate Neutral Network). In Spain and Andorra, e)mission services will be marketed and provided by lavola.
Strategy
lavola has its own climate change policy which we implement to reduce our carbon footprint and to become a carbon neutral company.
We assist our clients by defining actions to contribute to the reduction and offsetting of GHG emissions and adaptation to climate change.
With regard to our own internal strategy for climate neutrality, lavola is committed to:
Strategic line 1: Efficient energy use:
lavola has obtained certification under the energy management system UNE 216301:2007 in order to optimise energy use, use adequate natural resources, reduce consumption, promote renewable energy sources and thus reduce emissions of greenhouse gases. The Ecobuilding is lavola's headquarters. The fusion of the architectural and engineering projects by lavola’s engineers has enabled the development of a building that meets the company’s needs according to our sustainability criteria.
Strategic line 2: Low Carbon Mobility:
lavola has developed and implemented a plan for managing the mobility of the company, which incorporates various types of action that seeks to:
Incorporate sustainable mobility in the business policy and the system of management.
Promote and stimulate the use of more sustainable systems of transport.
Reduce emissions resulting from the mobility.
Strategic line 3: Offsetting for carbon neutrality:
As a company that promotes carbon reduction and neutrality, lavola naturally leads by example. We offset 100% of unavoidable emissions through the e)mission portfolio, and as such lavola is “e)mission neutral certified”. In 2008, lavola, through e)mission, had bought certified emission credits according to Gold Standard in the following projects:
Run-of-river hydro electric plant in Honduras Part of the flow of a river is diverted past turbines to generate clean electricity from the locally abundant resource. This water is then returned to the river downstream. In addition to a sustainable power supply, this project has created jobs and many other development benefits.
Biomass plant in Brazil This project uses waste wood to feed a cogeneration system in a paper paste factory. This results in a decrease in the use of fossil fuels by the factory, and provides a treatment for the waste wood, preventing methane emissions resulting from decay.
