Sustainability
APC
As part of the AMC group, The Advanced Propulsion Centre (APC) is investing £73 million in five collaborative research and development projects with support from government and industry leaders in the automotive supply chain to build zero-emission vehicles, and a drastically reduced carbon footprint supply chain with an aim of a carbon neutral industry while safeguarding thousands of jobs in the UK.
LMEpassport
The London Metal Exchange (LME) has launched a digital credential register – LMEpassport for the disclosure of sustainability credentials of LME-listed brands.
Thaisarco operates the AMC Group’s tin smelter and refinery, located in Phuket, Thailand. The company is recognised worldwide as an industry leader in the manufacture of conflict-free tin, producing its LME registered Thaisarco and Phuket brands of tin, along with specialty tin alloys and other tin-related products including soldiers, powders, special shapes and high purity grades.
Heron Building
Lightweight Lytag aggregate formed part of the concrete used to construct the Heron Tower, which helped reduce structural loading. This City of London skyscraper was awarded an ‘Excellent’ rating from BREEAM, the world’s leading sustainability assessors. The rating owes much to the south side of the building, which is studded with an incredible 48,000 photovoltaic arrays (solar panels)