沙特阿美设定几个关键可持续发展目标

据阿拉伯贸易网达兰报道，沙特阿拉伯国家石油公司（沙特阿美）日前为自己设定了几个关键的可持续发展目标，以期在2050年前实现净零排放目标。 

这些新目标是沙特阿美6月15日发布的首份可持续发展报告的一部分。报告概述了沙特阿美计划进一步解决碳排放问题的方式，同时提供可靠的、负担得起的能源解决方案。

报告提供了沙特阿美为支持更广泛的能源转型所做努力的进一步信息，并提供了沙特阿美旨在到2035年前实现的一系列中期目标。沙特阿美希望每年更新可持续发展报告。

在这份报告发布之前，沙特阿美宣布了到2050年前实现其全资运营资产净零温室气体(GHG)排放的雄心。 

削减上游碳排放强度计划 

到2035年前，沙特阿美的目标是将其上游碳排放强度（已经是行业中最低的碳排放强度之一）降低15%，至每桶原油8.7公斤碳当量，而2018年的基线为10.2公斤碳当量。 

沙特阿美还计划在2035年前将其全部运营资产（包括上游和下游部分）的温室气体净排放量减少或减轻超过5000万吨碳当量。

沙特阿美总裁兼首席执行官表示：“我们的目标是到2050年前实现净零运营，我们的可持续发展报告强调，我们的目标是继续满足世界对安全、可靠和廉价能源不断增长的需求，同时也为更广泛的能源转型作出贡献。在全球能源和经济不确定性的背景下，我们正在进行长期投资，在未来10年甚至更长时间里，我们将继续在运营中整合突破性技术。”

循环碳经济 

沙特阿美正在利用循环碳经济框架，重点是减少、再利用、回收和消除温室气体排放。到2035年前，沙特阿美的目标将通过以下方式实现减排和缓解： 

•  可再生能源投资——每年减少1400万吨的二氧化碳当量；

•  投资碳捕获、利用和储存技术——每年减少1100万吨的二氧化碳当量； 

•  提高能源效率——每年减少1100万吨二氧化碳当量； 

•  减少甲烷和燃烧——每年减少100万吨二氧化碳当量；

•  抵消交易——每年减少1600万吨二氧化碳当量。

报告还概述了沙特阿美发展蓝色氨和氢业务的重点，目标是到2030年前每年生产多达1100万吨蓝色氨，有潜力支持重型运输、加热和工业应用等难以脱碳的行业的大幅减排。 

在编写这份报告的过程中，沙特阿美评估了150多个环境、社会和治理问题，以确定它们对公司主要利益相关者的相对重要性。沙特阿美表示，可持续发展报告强调了四个重点领域：气候变化和能源转型、安全运营和人类发展、最小化环境影响和不断增长的社会价值。

李峻 编译自 阿拉伯贸易网 

原文如下：

Aramco sets new key targets in net-zero drive

The Saudi Arabian Oil Company (Aramco) has set itself several key sustainability goals to achieve by 2035 as part of its operational net-zero ambition. 

The new targets are part of the company's first sustainability report published on Wednesday (June 15). It outlines ways in which the company plans to further tackle emissions while delivering reliable, affordable energy solutions.

The report, which the company expects to update on an annual basis, provides further information on Aramco’s efforts to support the broader energy transition, with a set of interim targets the company aims to achieve by 2035. 

The report’s release follows the company’s announcement of its ambition to achieve net-zero Scope 1 and Scope 2 greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions across its wholly-owned operated assets by 2050. 

Plans to cut upstream carbon intensity

By 2035 Aramco aims to reduce its Upstream carbon intensity, already one of the lowest in the industry, by 15% to 8.7kg of CO2 equivalent per barrel of oil equivalent (CO2e/boe), against a 2018 baseline of 10.2kg CO2e/boe. 

The company also aims to reduce or mitigate net Scope 1 and Scope 2 GHG emissions across its wholly-owned operated assets, both in its Upstream and Downstream segments, by more than 50 million metric tons of CO2e annually by 2035, when compared to the business-as-usual forecast. 

Amin H Nasser, Aramco President & CEO, said: “Our ambition is to achieve operational net-zero by 2050 and our sustainability report highlights how we aim to continue meeting the world’s rising demand for secure, reliable and affordable energy, while also contributing to the broader energy transition. We are investing for the long-term, against a backdrop of global energy and economic uncertainty, and we will continue to integrate breakthrough technologies in our operations over the next decade and beyond.”

Circular Carbon Economy

Aramco is harnessing the Circular Carbon Economy framework, which focuses on reducing, reusing, recycling and removing GHG emissions. By 2035, it aims to achieve emissions reduction and mitigation through:

• Renewables investment — 14 million metric tons of CO2e reduction annually

• Investing in Carbon Capture, Utilization and Storage — 11 million metric tons of CO2e reduction annually

• Energy efficiency improvements — 11 million metric tons of CO2e reduction annually

• Methane and flaring reduction — 1 million metric tons of CO2e reduction annually

• Offsets — 16 million metric tons of CO2e mitigation annually

The report also outlines the company’s focus on developing its blue ammonia and hydrogen business, with the aim of producing up to 11 million metric tons of blue ammonia per year by 2030 -- with the potential to support significant emissions reductions in hard-to-decarbonize sectors such as heavy-duty transport, heating, and industrial applications.

In compiling the report, and to identify appropriate metrics and performance indicators, Aramco evaluated more than 150 environmental, social and governance topics to establish their relative importance to the company’s key stakeholders. The sustainability report highlights four focus areas: climate change and the energy transition, safe operations and people development, minimising environmental impact, and growing societal value, the company said.