• The brand aims at changing its operations' energy matrix to natural gas by 2023

As part of its sustainability strategy, Mobil, the leading lubricant brand in the country (represented in Peru by Terpel,) seeks to promote carbon neutral operations. To this end, it has been implementing a rigorous action plan focused on controlling and reducing greenhouse gas emissions in its plant operations and assisting its customers.

First, a baseline calculation was conducted for the carbon footprint of its production plant in Callao. The result showed that more than 50% of the CO2 emissions came from the consumption of diesel and petroleum fuels used in the grease mixing and manufacturing processes. Therefore, a priority for 2023 was to change its energy matrix towards a cleaner and more environmentally efficient fuel.

“We expect to start our operations with natural gas by the end of 2023. In doing so, we expect to reduce our carbon footprint by at least 15-20%,” Juan Carlos Copello, Operations Manager of the Mobil lubricants production plant, explained.

Mobil is also in the process of managing the purchase of carbon credits from forestry projects authorized by SERNANP [National Service of Natural Areas Protected by the State] and MINAM [Ministry of the Environment,] in order to obtain information and thus neutralize their emissions.

Furthermore, the plants in Chile, Colombia, and Peru are close to being considered as “zero waste” factories in their production process, which will not only help to minimize the waste that would end up in a landfill, but will also allow them to be more efficient across the entire production chain.

“This effort is supplemented by the joint actions that Terpel undertakes with its customers, through the products we supply under the Mobil brand, as well as through the services we provide to reduce the carbon footprint and generate efficiencies such as savings in energy consumption, greater equipment productivity and a reduction of waste disposal,” Enrique Duffo, Commercial Manager of Mobil lubricants, stated.