ClaimsØrsted

“In 2017, our target is that 60% of the biomass we buy during the year must continue to be certified as sustainable.”

DONG Energy, annual report 2017 DONG Energy Annual report 2016 Summary (DONG Energy) archived copy

Promise Their own work or organisation

DONG Energy's target is that 60% of the biomass it buys during 2017 will be certified as sustainable.

Delivered on time The record shows it happened or was so.

Promise: Commitments to the person's or organisation's own future action, with something to deliver: was it delivered?

What would count as true or false

Use the share of biomass bought by DONG Energy/Ørsted in 2017 that was certified sustainable, as reported for that year. True: the reported share is at least 60%. Mostly true: it is 58-60%. Mostly false: it is 45-58%. False: it is below 45%. The reported share must be a measured 2017 figure, not a restatement of the target.

Set before the research began.

Evidence (4)

  1. E1 [PDF] Statusrapport for Bæredygtig Biomasse for - Ørsted NEPCon Certificering ApS (verifier) / Ørsted Bioenergy & Thermal Power A/S · July 2018 Own record

    “Ørsted har ikke klassificeret biomasse som dokumenteret bæredygtig på baggrund af alternativ dokumentation i rapporteringsperioden.”

  2. E2 [PDF] Statusrapport for Bæredygtig Biomasse for - Ørsted NEPCon Certificering ApS (verifier) / Ørsted Bioenergy & Thermal Power A/S · July 2018 Own record

    “Den mængde biomasse, der opfylder dokumentationskravene er leveret til Ørsted som certificeret biomasse i henhold til de i Brancheaftalen anerkendte certificeringsordninger.”

  3. E3 [PDF] Statusrapport for Bæredygtig Biomasse for - Ørsted NEPCon Certificering ApS (verifier) / Ørsted Bioenergy & Thermal Power A/S · July 2018 Own record

    “vi i 2017 har opnået en dokumentationsandel på 72%, hvilket vi vurderer er meget tilfredsstillende.”

  4. E4 Danish Industry Danish Industry Agreement presentation (Søren Larsen, EU4Energy Vienna Policy Forum) · 24 May 2017

    “In 2017: 60 %, 2018: 75 %, 2019: 90 %”

Reasoning

The 2017 status report on sustainable biomass, verified by the auditor NEPCon, gives a measured 2017 documented share of 72% for the Bioenergy & Thermal Power plants' forest biomass. All of it was certified, with none counted through alternative documentation (E1, E2, E3). That is above the 60% target, which matches the 2017 industry-agreement requirement (E4). The report was published by Ørsted, but the figure was checked by a third-party auditor and is a specific measured result, not a restatement of the target.

Cite this claim

Ørsted, “DONG Energy's target is that 60% of the biomass it buys during 2017 will be certified as sustainable.” (said 2017). Verdict: delivered on time. Reliability API, claim c_69df66844f3d, method 0.1.0+7831dd9d, dataset release v1.1.2. https://epistacklabs.com/claims/c_69df66844f3d

This claim is in dataset release v1.1.2, with the same verdict.

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