AGC Glass Europe is committed to reaching the AGC Group objectives and set out a roadmap to achieve net-zero carbon emissions by 2050. Step by step, we make progress on our decarbonisation journey.
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Recycling
The average cullet ratio in our raw materials is close to 30% today and AGC Glass Europe aims to increase this ratio to 50% by 2030. Therefore AGC launched "AGC Recycle Glass", a program for delivering flat glass circularity.
Design of a hybrid mid-sized pilot furnace for flat glass
AGC and Saint-Gobain are collaborating on the design of a pilot breakthrough flat glass line that is expected to significantly reduce its direct CO2 emissions.
In 2023, the total electricity production reached 42,917 MWh of recovered and self-generated energy. As a result, close to 3,120 tonnes of CO2 were saved in 2023.
With a view to meeting growing market demand and reducing the environmental impact of its production processes, AGC Glass Europe announces the launch of Low-Carbon Pyrobel Glass, its new fire-resistant glass product featuring significantly reduced embodied carbon.
In the Architectural Glass Division, all factories belonging to the Upstream Operations (raw glass production) have been ISO 50001 certified or are in the process of being certified by the end of the year 2024.
An interdisciplinary AGC team is in the process of installing electro-boosting on our float production lines to partially electrify our production lines all over Europe.
