{"id":1171288,"date":"2020-03-12T14:26:18","date_gmt":"2020-03-12T20:26:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.mining.com\/?p=1016940"},"modified":"2020-03-12T14:26:18","modified_gmt":"2020-03-12T20:26:18","slug":"teck-targets-33-carbon-reduction-by-2030","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/juniorminingnews.com\/?p=1171288","title":{"rendered":"Teck targets 33% carbon reduction by 2030"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Teck Resources (TSX: TECK.A TECK.B, NYSE: TECK) announced on Thursday a target to reduce carbon intensity by 33% by 2030 as part of its new sustainability strategy and goals.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div class='d-flex justify-content-center d-xs-block d-sm-block d-md-none'>\n<div id='div-gpt-ad-1561499308230-0'><script>googletag.cmd.push(function() {googletag.display('div-gpt-ad-1561499308230-0');});<\/script><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>This builds on the previously announced commitment to be carbon neutral across all its operations and activities by\u00a02050,\u00a0Teck\u00a0said.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The move comes just weeks after\u00a0Teck <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"walked away from plans (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/www.mining.com\/teck-walks-away-from-frontier-oilsands-project\/\" >walked away from plans<\/a>\u00a0to build the C$20.6-billion ($15.7bn) Frontier oilsands mine, just days before the Canadian government was slated to make a decision on the 260,000-barrel-per-day project in northern Alberta. Canada\u2019s largest diversified miner will take a C$1.13-billion ($852.12m)\u00a0writedown\u00a0on the project.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-pullquote alignright\">\n<blockquote>\n<p> This builds on the previously announced commitment to be carbon neutral across all its operations and activities by\u00a02050 <\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/figure>\n<p>\u201cWe are always challenging ourselves to improve sustainability performance, so we can be sure we are providing the mining products needed for a cleaner future in the most responsible way possible,\u201d CEO Don Lindsay said in <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"the media release (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/www.teck.com\/news\/news-releases\/2020\/teck-announces-33-carbon-reduction-target-and-updated-sustainability-strategy\" >the media release<\/a>. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe have set ambitious new goals for carbon reduction, water stewardship, health and safety, and other areas because we believe that a better world is made possible through better mining.\u201d\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Teck\u2019s&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.teck.com\/responsibility\/approach-to-responsibility\/sustainability-approach-and-goals\/\"  rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">sustainability strategy<\/a>&nbsp;also includes goals to procure 50% of its electricity demands in Chile from clean energy by 2020 and 100% by 2030 and&nbsp;Accelerate the adoption of zero-emissions alternatives for transportation by displacing the equivalent of 1,000 internal combustion engine vehicles by 2025.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Last fall, Teck\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.mining.com\/teck-resources-rolls-out-electric-buses-at-british-columbia-coal-operations\/\"  rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"launched new\u00a0electric passenger buses  (opens in a new tab)\">launched new\u00a0electric passenger buses <\/a>to transport employees to and from its Fording River and\u00a0Greenhills\u00a0steelmaking coal operations in British Columbia\u2019s Elk Valley region.\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The move comes just weeks after Teck walked away from plans to build the $15 billion Frontier oilsands 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