“As a major emitter of greenhouse gases, companies in the aluminium industry have a responsibility to transparently report on their emissions,” David Lloyd, Sustainability Consultancy Team, ClearVUE.Business

David Lloyd supports all modelling, reporting, and compliance activities undertaken by ClearVUE.Business.

David has an MSci degree in Physics from Imperial College London and a DPhil in Physics from the University of Oxford. He is a member of the Institute of Physics. David has a broad range of consultancy experience, covering financial, manufacturing, and energy sectors. He is an expert in data science and forecasting and has previously published scientific research in environmental monitoring.

AL Circle: Why do you think Net Zero is essential? 

ClearVUE.Business: Climate change poses a huge existential risk not only to businesses but to wider society as well. Action is required now to both reduce this risk and mitigate the impacts that are already being felt. The concept of Net Zero is a challenge for businesses to first account for their greenhouse gas emissions and then set reduction targets to eliminate their negative contribution to climate change.

AL Circle: What is the relevance of Net Zero in the aluminium industry?

ClearVUE.Business: Alongside other heavy industries, the aluminium sector is facing increasing scrutiny due to the GHG emissions associated with the extraction and processing of raw materials, as well as the carbon intensity of processes used in transforming material into products. As a major emitter of greenhouse gases, companies in the aluminium industry have a responsibility to stand up to this scrutiny by transparently reporting on their emissions and leading the way by embracing energy efficiency and low-carbon alternatives to traditional industrial processes. In doing so, the aluminium industry can embody the sustainability principles that are required for long-term economic prosperity.

AL Circle: How does ClearVUE.Business determine the course of action for an individual customer or a firm?

ClearVUE.Business: ClearVUE.Business' energy and sustainability experts have extensive experience in providing impactful advice to companies across different sectors and markets. Each solution devised by ClearVUE.Business for reducing energy consumption and GHG emissions is uniquely designed for the activities and priorities of the specific business. At the core there is a focus on data-driven decision making. Using proprietary hardware and software, ClearVUE.Business's team of experts map energy consumption and GHG emissions across a business at a granular, asset-specific level. This volume of high quality data is the foundation on which energy efficiency and emissions reduction actions are identified and communicated to the business in question. ClearVUE works alongside its customers over the long term to ensure these recommendations are implemented, measured, and maintained, providing lasting cost savings and emissions abatement.

AL Circle: Does ClearVUE.Business follow all the ESG standards, and how much accuracy does its patented technology have?

ClearVUE.Business: To this end, ClearVUE.Business has developed hardware and software that can capture energy consumption and GHG emissions data across an organisation in a fast and accurate way. To best leverage this data, ClearVUE.Business utilises teams of energy and sustainability experts to work alongside its customers to extract meaningful energy-saving and emissions-reducing actions. This process is open-ended, lasting the length of the agreement between ClearVUE.Business and the customer, and in support of long-term goals, like SBTi target achievement.