Our Carbon Neutral Story

Hydroflux takes its climate responsibility seriously and we know that the biggest impact we can have is through partnering with customers and clients. We’re proud to be Australia’s first water treatment and technology company to achieve Climate Active carbon neutral certification for our entire organisation and our products. To ensure our products and services are climate safe, each stage of the product lifecycle has been assessed, from raw material extraction, processing and manufacturing through to product delivery and disposal, ensuring there is no net negative impact on the climate. This has involved a comprehensive review of carbon emissions, identification of carbon reduction opportunities and a long-term commitment to addressing climate change challenges.

Why Climate Active Certification?

Climate Active is a unique and ongoing partnership between the Australian Government and Australian businesses to encourage voluntary climate action.

It is the most credible way to prove a carbon-neutral claim. Climate Active is a recognized comprehensive, robust and credible certification scheme. Being carbon-neutral certified under Climate Active demonstrates genuine leadership and commitment to reducing emissions and addressing climate change.

Our organisation’s emissions are predominantly scope 3 in the supply chain and in purchased goods and services. Scope 2 electricity consumption is the next largest followed by a small amount of scope 1 emissions, mainly transport fuel and refrigerant gases.

Our emissions reduction strategy focuses on energy efficiency, renewable energy, sustainable procurement, internal policies and procedures (e.g. minimizing travel and transitioning the vehicle fleet to EV) as well as improved waste management practices.

Our product emissions are also predominantly scope 3, driven by material extraction and pre-processing activities. Our emissions reduction strategy targets scope 3 emissions through transport optimisation, supplier engagement on climate action, energy efficiency, renewable electricity and optimising material consumption.

As leaders in the water industry, we understand the complexity of the nexus between carbon emissions and water. Many renewable energy sources require fresh water requiring detailed knowledge about how methane and nitrous oxide are generated in the treatment of wastewater.

Hydroflux has this experience, as well as expertise around how much electricity is needed to remove contaminants and how much energy could be produced from organic wastes contained in wastewater.

We see our role as letting our clients know what’s possible. A lot of work still needs to be done in comparing the embedded carbon versus operational emissions over the project lifespan– for example, a lower embedded carbon piece of infrastructure might mean higher operational emissions in the years to come, or that it might need to be replaced more often, negating the benefit. The same can be said of building infrastructure with a large construction-related carbon footprint to achieve minor reductions in operational emissions. Hydroflux can assist in identifying the most optimal design and equipment selection decisions assisting our clients to meet their immediate and long-term carbon emissions targets.

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