South African brick manufacturer Corobrik is planning to undertake another carbon emissions reductions (CER) application process, it said this week.

Corobrik is preparing to undertake its next CER application process for a project it undertook at its Driefontein factory, near Johannesburg.

In June last year, it had become the first company in sub-Saharan Africa to be awarded certificates for CERs for the Fuel Switch project at its Lawley factory, in Johannesburg.

The manufacturer this week presented Minister of Minerals and Energy, Buyelwa Sonjica, with a commemorative record of its recently acquired certificate of CER.

The certificates are awarded under the auspices of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, as set out by the Kyoto Protocol, which encourages signatory nations, including South Africa, to reduce carbon emissions.

“Under the scheme, developing nations can sell greenhouse gas emission reductions, also known as carbon credits, to organisations in developed countries,” commented Corobrik MD Dirk Meyer.

Corobrik, which is a member of the Green Building Council of South Africa, now fires six of its biggest factories on natural gas and was investigating the conversion of two more to this cleaner burning fuel, it reported.

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