Collaborative action will carry us forward

Bringing the solutions - for today and tomorrow

Our commitment spans the entire value chain – from forging multifunctional partnerships and enabling cross-sector investments to delivering game-changing innovations in food, pharma, water, energy and marine transportation. We are helping to shape the systems that will carry us forward. And it starts with our own ambition to reach net zero in our operations by 2027, while continuously optimizing our customers’ processes for greater efficiency, resilience and lower emissions.

Recovering excess heat from data centers

The data center industry is predicted to grow at a very high pace the coming years due to AI and digitalization. The industry is a big consumer of electricity, where 90% of the energy ends up as waste heat. The reuse of excess heat can significantly impact carbon emissions, energy security and energy affordability.

Read more about heat recovery in data centers
Read more about WHR – Waste heat recovery
In action: Major data center, Odense, Denmark

Control of usage data reduces energy consumption

At Alfa Laval, improving energy efficiency is an ongoing commitment across all our sites. Our target is to improve energy efficiency by 4 percent* yearly, measured as energy consumption per net sales.

Every 15 minutes, advanced energy meters track the usage of electricity, gas, district heating and water at Alfa Laval sites. With the Alfa Laval Energy Management (ALEM) system, real-time data is analyzed to uncover patterns and identify cost-saving opportunities.

2025, around 80 percent of the electricity used in our factories, service centers, and offices are measured. 

*Revised target Nov 2025

Recovering excess heat from industries

Industries account for 30% of the world’s energy consumption. The waste heat generated amounts to over 2,800 TWh/y in EU alone, almost corresponding to EU’s total energy demand for heat and hot water in the residential and service sectors. Integrating industrial heat into district energy systems through sector coupling offers significant benefits, e.g. higher energy security, lower energy costs, and reduced carbon emissions.

Read more about waste heat recovery
In action: Kemira Kemi, Helsingborg, Sweden
In action: Aurubis Group, Hamburg, Germany

Advancing food production for a growing population

Feeding a growing world population while reducing the environmental impact of food production is an escalating challenge. The United Nations estimates we'll need 70% more food by 2050, yet our current food systems are responsible for a third of global greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions* and impact ecosystems, land, and water resources.

Read more about how we can feed in the future and food production 

Read more about a resilient global food system

Lantmännen launches an exciting new yellow-pea-processing initiative

Lantmännen, a cooperative owned by Swedish farmers, accelerates the ambition in finding innovative solutions to bridging the global protein gap. The gap reflects the imbalance between food demand and supply, which is being put under increasing pressure by a growing world population heading for 9.8 billion by 2050 (UN, 2024).

Read more about how Lantmännen launches an exciting new yellow-pea-processing initiative

Read more about Plant-based protein processing

Providing wings for a shipping revolution

Shipping companies today face unprecedented complexity: disrupted trade routes, intensifying climate risks, volatile fuel markets, and tightening regulatory pressures. Voyage Intelligence by StormGeo is already in use across 12,000+ vessels

and 75,000+ voyages annually, and enables operators to optimize routes, improve safety margins, and ensure regulatory compliance in an increasingly complex maritime environment.

Why Voyage Intelligence is the digital backbone of the fuel transition

Recovering excess heat from light industries

Light industry often describes as a sector with lower absolute energy use than heavy industries, but this wide-ranging sector accounts for 8% of all industrial emissions. Waste heat recovery captures excess heat from processes and repurposes it for preheating materials, space heating, or even electricity generation, thereby reducing energy needs. High-efficiency heat pumps offer a sustainable alternative, providing both heating and cooling using less energy.

Read more about industrial heat pumps
In action: Alfa Laval, Lund, Sweden

Affordable heating made easy by heat pumps

Heat pumps powered by low-emission electricity are a central technology in the global transition to secure sustainable heating. Heat pumps meet around 10% of global space heating needs, but the pace of installation is growing rapidly. The International Energy Agency (IEA) estimates that heat pumps have the potential to reduce global CO₂ emissions by at least 500 million tonnes by 2030 – equivalent to the annual CO₂ emissions from all cars in Europe today.

Read more about industrial heat pumps

Read more about residential heat pumps

In action: WOLF, Germany

Enabling recycling of water

Alfa Laval recognizes water as a finite and increasingly vulnerable resource, especially for areas suffering from water stress and we have set a yearly target to improve water efficiency in its own operations by 5 percent* compared to previous year (m3/net sales).

In our Jubail and Yanbu service centres, Saudi Arabia

90 percent of the water used for hydrostatic pressure tests at the service centres is recycled - amounting to over one million litres annually - thanks to water recirculation systems.  

At our site in São Paulo site, Brazil

Near 100 percent of the water used operationally is being reused and zero water is drawn from the public supply due to a series of water-capture and recycling initiatives, like rainwater harvesting from the factory’s 6,000 square-metre roof.

*Revised target Nov 2025

Spanish coffee producer achieves dramatic drop in water use with Optiwia™ 

As the EU continues to strengthen its regulations on water use in food production, many companies across Europe are working hard to understand their water risks and incrementally improve their water footprint. Companies focus on reducing the amount of water needed in their processes – increasing overall efficiency of water needed for cleaning and cooling, recovering and reusing as much water as possible, and adequately treating wastewater for reuse or replenishment of local watersheds.

Read more about how the Spanish coffee producer achieves savings in water with Optiwia™

Read more about Optiwia™ centrifuge

BioteCH4 recovers oil from food waste and creates a new revenue stream

A UK-based waste-management company uses cutting-edge decanter separation technology to tap into a brand-new revenue stream – turning waste oils and fats into high-quality feedstock for the biofuel industry. BioteCH4 operates with anaerobic digestion facilities across, and takes commercial and domestic food waste from various sources to produce biogas, which is used to generate electricity.

Read more about how BioteCH4 recovers oil from food waste

Read more about how Prodec Oil Plus decanter can help

Voyage Intelligence for sustainable shipping

Wind propulsion technology has received growing attention as new GHG regulations come into place. Oceanbird wing sails can reduce fuel consumption by 7-10 percent per wing, depending on the route. Ocenbird is a joint venture between Alfa Laval and Wallenius, and launched its first prototype wing this year.

Oceanbird wing sails: A robust pathway to decarbonization

District cooling offloading grids with free cooling

Cities across the globe are expanding to accommodate growing populations, requiring energy services to be extended to new consumers. Increasing global temperatures due to climate change are leading to more frequent and intense heat waves, increasing the demand for cooling. District cooling offers a sustainable solution, providing efficient cooling with lower environmental impact compared to traditional air- conditioning systems by eg using free cooling from the sea or rivers.

Read more about district cooling
In action: City of Toronto, Canada
In action: City of Paris, France

Decarbonizing transportation with e-fuels

The carbon-intensive marine industry accounts for roughly 2% of global CO₂ emissions: 858 million tonnes in 2022. In hard-to-abate sectors like the marine industry e-methanol is a liquid electrofuel produced from renewable hydrogen and captured CO₂. When produced with renewable energy and biogenic CO₂, e-methanol presents an opportunity to accelerate fossil-free propulsion in the marine industry, thereby cutting emissions.

Read more about Power-to-X
In action: Liquid Wind, Sweden

Upcycling sustainable protein from brewer’s spent grain

Sustainable sources of high-quality protein are essential in meeting the ever-increasing global demand for healthy, affordable, and nutritious food. Alfa Laval’s expertise in protein makes it an ideal technology and solutions partner in this field.

Read more about how to upcycle sustainable protein in a brewery

Read more about how the Foodec decanter works

Enabling treatment and reuse of water in industry

Industries account for approximately 20 percent of global freshwater withdrawals (UNESCO), making efficient water management crucial.

Alfa Laval recognizes water as a finite and increasingly vulnerable resource, especially in regions facing water stress. That is why we have set an ambitious yearly target to improve water efficiency in our operations by 5 percent* compared to the previous year (measured as m³/net sales).

At the Pune site, India, Alfa Laval’s own decanters and membrane bioreactor treat all the recyclable wastewater at the site leaving minimal liquid discharge. The treated water is reused for various purposes, including manufacturing process, restrooms, and the Alfa Laval Garden.

*Revised target Nov 2025

Water recovery and circular reuse in oat drink production

As plant-based drinks producers seek to increase production in a global market projected to reach USD 71.46 billion by 2030 (Facts & Figures Research, 2023), innovative leaders in the industry are incorporating ‘sustainability as standard’ and building circularity into their expanding operations.

Read more about water recovery and reuse in oat drink production

Read more about how the AlfaVap system can help you

Energy efficiency to decarbonize industry

50% of today’s potential for energy savings comes from the industrial sector according to IEA, and increased energy efficiency could account for more than ⅓ of emission reduction in the next 25 years. Alfa Laval and ABB has founded Energy Efficiency Movement, a non-profit association with the aim to accelerate energy efficiency in the broad industry.

Read more about energy efficiency
Read more about Energy Efficiency Movement (EEM)
In action: Discover our sustainable impact across industries

2.5% CO₂ emission reduction through services

Today, the industry sector accounts for about one-third of the global energy consumption. Since 2000, the industrial sector’s energy consumption has risen by almost 70%. Studies have shown that as much as 11% of the world’s total emissions could be saved through energy efficiency measures, with maintenance of heat exchangers being one of the main recommendations. Beside the emission reduction, machine downtime is costing manufacturers more than £180 billion each year.

Read more about service to optimize energy efficiency
In action: Boliden, Sweden

Southern California zeros in on wastewater treatment

Establishing a reliable, energy-efficient, and viable water system is a top priority in Southern California, where water scarcity and rising demand are driving positive change. And for Orange County Sanitation District (OC San), this means increasing efficiency at key stages of the wastewater treatment process.

Read more about how California is prioritizing wastewater treatment

Read more about how an Aldec G3 decanter can help

How to deal with water stress in Saudi Arabia

Alfa Laval is saving more than one million litres of water annually following the installation of water recirculation systems at the Jubail and Yanbu service centres in Saudi Arabia. This water conservation initiative contributes towards Alfa Laval’s target of reusing all water at production sites located in areas of water stress by 2030.

Read more about how to tackle water stress in Saudi Arabia

Read more about how a Gasketed plate-and-frame heat exchangers can help

A strong demand for fossil-free steel

On average, every tonne of steel produced leads to the emission of 1.89 tonnes of CO₂ into the atmosphere. Under the IEA’s Sustainable Development Scenario, total direct emissions from the iron and steel sector must be reduced by more than 50% by 2050. In 2021, Swedish steel company SSAB produced the world’s first fossil-free steel as a proof of concept using the HYBRIT^® technology. This revolutionary steelmaking technology, which uses hydrogen- reduced sponge iron, eliminates the primary source of CO₂ emissions by producing water as a byproduct instead of CO₂.

Read more about Concept Zero and the vision to produce the world’s first heat exchanger without any fossil carbon emissions by 2030

Accelerating competitiveness through ambitious targets

Business has a critical role to play in driving down greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and building the resilient, thriving zero- emissions economy we urgently need. 

The Science Based Targets initiative (SBTi) defines and promotes best practices for emission reductions and net zero targets in line with climate science. In our carbon reduction program aiming at net zero by 2050, the strict definition by the Greenhouse Gas Protocol is used and we are raising the ambition to reach net zero in scope 1 & 2 from 2030 to 2027*.

*The SBTi validated targets of Alfa Laval targets are:
Net zero scope 1 & 2 by 2030, 50% reduction of scope 3, 2030.
All scopes, net zero by 2050.