Arkoslight achieves carbon neutrality
(Spain) – Arkoslight has reached carbon neutrality after calculating, reducing and offsetting its direct and indirect greenhouse gas emissions (Scopes one and two) for the year 2024, making it the first company in the Spanish lighting sector to achieve carbon neutrality.
The company’s carbon footprint has been verified by the Carbon Footprint, Offsetting and Absorption Projects Registry of Spain’s Ministry for Ecological Transition and Demographic Challenge (MITECO). Following this verification, Arkoslight received the official “Calculate, Reduce and Offset” seal.
Between 2021 and 2024, Arkoslight measured its corporate carbon footprint in line with internationally recognised standards. The assessment covered Scope 1 emissions, generated directly by the company’s activities, and Scope 2 emissions, linked to electricity consumption. The calculations apply to the company’s headquarters in Ribarroja del Túria, Valencia.
Over this period, Arkoslight reports a 12% reduction in CO₂ emissions. Measures contributing to this reduction include energy efficiency initiatives, the installation and expansion of photovoltaic panels with a capacity of 100 kWp, and the purchase of carbon credits. The credits were sourced from a certified reforestation project located in Valdés, Asturias (project code 2024-b440), enabling the offsetting of remaining emissions.
The achievement comes alongside continued business growth and the expansion of the company’s headquarters in 2024, which coincided with Arkoslight’s 40th anniversary.
According to the company, carbon neutrality forms part of a broader long-term decarbonisation strategy aimed at maintaining this status over time. The approach also extends to other areas of the business, including human resources, supply chain management and corporate governance.
Commenting on the milestone, Arkoslight CEO, Luis Latrás states: “Arkoslight’s DNA includes attention to detail in its products, quality and continuous improvement. These are values that have inevitably placed sustainability at the heart of our strategy, both in the medium and long term. Being a carbon-neutral company is a milestone that we celebrate and which, at the same time, prompts us to think about a future in which values will be intrinsically linked to growth.”
