West Zone concessionaire Maynilad Water Services Inc.’s energy efficiency was recently recognized by the Clean Energy Ministerial (CEM), a global forum that promotes policies and programs to advance clean energy. Maynilad is the lone award recipient from the Philippines.
Maynilad earned the Energy Management Insight Award for its excellent implementation of an energy management system (EnMS) based on ISO 50001:2018 — the international standard for structured monitoring of energy utilization and performance.
The water company’s efforts to enhance the energy efficiency of several treatment plants and pumping stations led to significant reductions in greenhouse gas emissions and other related environmental impacts. It also enabled the company to register savings in energy consumption and operational expenses.
“We are happy to receive this recognition, as it reinforces our carbon sequestration initiatives geared toward attaining Net-Zero Carbon by year 2037,” said Maynilad President and CEO Ramoncito S. Fernandez.
Maynilad is among the 28 organizations worldwide that received the award. It received the same recognition from CEM in 2017.
“Maynilad’s energy management leadership is important at this critical time as analysis shows that implementation of ISO 50001 across the commercial and industrial sectors globally could drive cumulative energy savings of approximately 105 exajoules by 2030, saving nearly $700 billion in energy costs and avoiding 6,500 million metric tons of CO2 emissions,” said United Nations Industrial Development Organization-Department of Energy director Tareq Emtairah.
