Sonepar – Sonepar Accelerates its Partnership with Wallbox, Driving Towards the Future of Energy Transition

EMR Analysis

More information on Sonepar: See the full profile on EMR Executive Services

More information on Philippe Delpech (Chief Executive Officer, Sonepar): See the full profile on EMR Executive Services

More information on the Sonepar Sustainability Strategy: See the full profile on EMR Executive Services

More information on Taco van Vroonhoven (President, Sonepar Asia Pacific and Sonepar International Services until 01.01.2024 + Chief Executive Officer, Sonepar Nederland/Technische Unie as from 01.01.2024): See the full profile on EMR Executive Services

More information on Artur Puzinas (International Market Director, Sonepar International Services (SIS), Sonepar): See the full profile on EMR Executive Services

More information on Sonepar Sweden: We market and sell electrical equipment and systems in the power, automation, telecommunications, data, safety, lighting, household appliances, and industrial supplies segments.

• Elektroskandia: https://www.elektroskandia.se + Elektroskandia – Sweden’s leading electrical technology wholesaler today has more than a hundred years of experience to lean on.
  • We market and sell electrical equipment and systems in power/automation, telecom/data/security, lighting, household appliances and industrial supplies.
  • In our position between manufacturer and end customer, we want to be much more than a passive link in a chain. With our systems and our experience, we strive to contribute to increased efficiency and profitability in the customers’ purchasing and sales organization.
  • Among Elektroskandia’s customers there is an incredible range. We work with the sole trader as well as with worldwide groups. In both cases, the service level must exceed expectations. We always strive to use the best suppliers in the world – and we stock more than 40,000 items that we guarantee will arrive the day after ordering.
  • In addition to offering the widest assortment, our logistics solutions set the standard in the industry. Logistics is the engine of everything we do. We ensure that the right product reaches the right customer in the right place at the right time. Our employees bring together 2,500 suppliers with 13,000 customers. Every day, we handle 600 tons of electrical equipment in our logistics center in Örebro – that means we dispatch an order line every three seconds!
  • If the customer wants, we can also enter into an in-depth collaboration, where our organization functions as a fully integrated part of the business. The aim is, as always, to increase efficiency, and thus the profitability of customers.
  • We have departments with personnel who have solid technical competence and deep knowledge of the products we sell. They can quickly answer your questions and also put the products into context.
  • Elektroskandia owns the Cylinda brand, which offers the Swedish market a complete range of white goods.
  • Elektroskandia has been operating as an electrical wholesaler in Sweden since 1904. The company is headquartered in Sollentuna, north of Stockholm.
• CARDI: http://www.cardi.se + 40 Years in the lighting industry.
  • With nationwide competence in several different disciplines, from shops and offices to ice rinks and outdoor lighting, Cardi can offer everything in light and lighting solutions.
  • Cardi Belysning is a nationwide sales organization within Elektroskandia with lighting salespeople and lighting designers who help you with your lighting project. Our exhibition on Valhallavägen in Stockholm is the organization’s sales office.
  • The Cardi brand offers a very large range of functional and designed luminaires for all kinds of environments, interior as well as exterior. Cardi Belysning’s product portfolio also contains high-quality products from brands such as Molto Luce, Panzeri, Lival & Nordic Aluminium.
  • Cardi: Cardi Belysning’s own brand , Cardi offers a very large range of functional and designed luminaires for all kinds of environments, interior as well as exterior.
  • In 2021, Cardi Belysningsspecialisten has been merged into Elektroskandia Sweden. In connection with this, Cardi Belysning has been created, a merger of the organizations of Cardi and Cebe Belysning.

More information on Anders Nordlöw (President, Sonepar Sweden – Elektroskandia, Sonepar): See the full profile on EMR Executive Services

More information on Wallbox: https://wallbox.com/ + Wallbox is a global company, dedicated to changing the way the world uses energy in the electric vehicle industry. Wallbox creates smart charging systems that combine innovative technology with outstanding design and manage the communication between vehicle, grid, building and charger.

We are dedicated to changing the way the world uses energy. Wallbox creates advanced electric vehicle charging and energy management systems that redefine users’ relationship to the grid.

We know this is no easy task, but we also know that great innovation doesn’t come from taking the easy route. That’s why we’re excited to be pushing the boundaries of what EV charging can do! And as long as there are walls to inspire us, we’ll keep designing out-of-the-box boxes to overcome them.

Wallbox offers a complete portfolio of charging and energy management solutions for residential, semi-public, and public use in more than 113 countries. Wallbox was founded in 2015 in Barcelona, still the location of its headquarters, and has offices throughout Europe, Asia-Pacific, and the Americas.

More information on Enric Asunción (Co-founder and Chief Executive Officer, Wallbox): https://investors.wallbox.com/governance/executive-management/default.aspx + https://www.linkedin.com/in/enric-asuncion/ 

More information on Eduard Castañeda (Co-founder and Chief Innovation Officer, Wallbox): https://investors.wallbox.com/governance/executive-management/default.aspx + https://www.linkedin.com/in/eduard-c-752411128/ 

More information on Douglas Alfaro (Chief Business Officer, Wallbox): https://investors.wallbox.com/governance/board-of-directors/person-details/default.aspx?ItemId=9f2a54dd-0b5e-471e-b924-3f1eb2f337d0 + https://www.linkedin.com/in/douglasalfaro/ 

More information on The Science Based Targets initiative (SBTi): https://sciencebasedtargets.org/ + The Science Based Targets initiative (SBTi) is a global body enabling businesses to set ambitious emissions reductions targets in line with the latest climate science. It is focused on accelerating companies across the world to halve emissions before 2030 and achieve net-zero emissions before 2050.

The initiative is a collaboration between CDP, the United Nations Global Compact, World Resources Institute (WRI) and the World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) and one of the We Mean Business Coalition commitments. The SBTi defines and promotes best practice in science-based target setting, offers resources and guidance to reduce barriers to adoption, and independently assesses and approves companies’ targets.

• Defines and promotes best practices in emissions reductions and net-zero targets in line with climate science.
• Provides target setting methods and guidance to companies to set science-based targets in line with the latest climate science.
• Includes a team of experts to provide companies with independent assessment and validation of targets.
• Serves as the lead partner of the Business Ambition for 1.5°C campaign, an urgent call to action from a global coalition of UN agencies, business and industry leaders that mobilizes companies to set net-zero science-based targets in line with a 1.5 degrees C future.

EMR Additional Notes: 

• AC (Alternating Current) & DC (Direct Current) & UC (Universal Current):
  • Direct current (DC) is an electric current that is uni-directional, so the flow of charge is always in the same direction. As opposed to alternating current, the direction and amperage of direct currents do not change. It is used in many household electronics and in all devices that use batteries.
  • Direct current has many uses, from the charging of batteries to large power supplies for electronic systems, motors, and more. Very large quantities of electrical energy provided via direct-current are used in smelting of aluminum and other electrochemical processes.
  • in contrast to AC power, DC power is entirely made up of active power, meaning that there are almost no losses due to the capacitance of wires when DC power travels long distances. In fact, high voltage AC transmission systems have losses of 7% to 15% with aboveground transmission.
  • Alternating Current is used in homes as Direct current can not be easily stepped up or stepped down with the help of transformers whereas alternating current can easily be converted from low voltage to high voltage or vice-versa with the help of transformers.
  • “UC” is used for “Universal Current”, that translates to “either DC or AC”. So a 24 V UC input can accept either 24 V AC or 24 V DC.

• Global Warming: Global warming is the long-term heating of Earth’s climate system observed since the pre-industrial period (between 1850 and 1900) due to human activities, primarily fossil fuel burning, which increases heat-trapping greenhouse gas levels in Earth’s atmosphere.
• Global Warming Potential (GWP): 
  • The heat absorbed by any greenhouse gas in the atmosphere, as a multiple of the heat that would be absorbed by the same mass of carbon dioxide (CO2). GWP is 1 for CO2. For other gases it depends on the gas and the time frame.
  • Carbon dioxide equivalent (CO2e or CO2eq or CO2-e) is calculated from GWP. For any gas, it is the mass of CO2 which would warm the earth as much as the mass of that gas. Thus it provides a common scale for measuring the climate effects of different gases. It is calculated as GWP times mass of the other gas. For example, if a gas has GWP of 100, two tonnes of the gas have CO2e of 200 tonnes.
  • GWP was developed to allow comparisons of the global warming impacts of different gases.
• Greenhouse Gas (GHG):
  • A greenhouse gas is any gaseous compound in the atmosphere that is capable of absorbing infrared radiation, thereby trapping and holding heat in the atmosphere. By increasing the heat in the atmosphere, greenhouse gases are responsible for the greenhouse effect, which ultimately leads to global warming.
  • The main gases responsible for the greenhouse effect include carbon dioxide, methane, nitrous oxide, and water vapor (which all occur naturally), and fluorinated gases (which are synthetic).

• Hydrofluorocarbons (HFC):
  • Hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs) are a group of industrial chemicals primarily used for cooling and refrigeration. HFCs were developed to replace stratospheric ozone-depleting substances that are currently being phased out under the Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer.
  • Many HFCs are very powerful greenhouse gases and a substantial number are short-lived climate pollutants with a lifetime of between 15 and 29 years in the atmosphere.
• GHG Protocol Corporate Standard Scope 1, 2 and 3: https://ghgprotocol.org/ + The GHG Protocol Corporate Accounting and Reporting Standard provides requirements and guidance for companies and other organizations preparing a corporate-level GHG emissions inventory. Scope 1 and 2 are mandatory to report, whereas scope 3 is voluntary and the hardest to monitor.
  • Scope 1: Direct emissions:
    • Direct emissions from company-owned and controlled resources. In other words, emissions are released into the atmosphere as a direct result of a set of activities, at a firm level. It is divided into four categories:
      • Stationary combustion (e.g fuels, heating sources). All fuels that produce GHG emissions must be included in scope 1.
      • Mobile combustion is all vehicles owned or controlled by a firm, burning fuel (e.g. cars, vans, trucks). The increasing use of “electric” vehicles (EVs), means that some of the organisation fleets could fall into Scope 2 emissions.
      • Fugitive emissions are leaks from greenhouse gases (e.g. refrigeration, air conditioning units). It is important to note that refrigerant gases are a thousand times more dangerous than CO2 emissions. Companies are encouraged to report these emissions.
      • Process emissions are released during industrial processes, and on-site manufacturing (e.g. production of CO2 during cement manufacturing, factory fumes, chemicals).
  • Scope 2: Indirect emissions – owned:
    • Indirect emissions from the generation of purchased energy, from a utility provider. In other words, all GHG emissions released in the atmosphere, from the consumption of purchased electricity, steam, heat and cooling. For most organisations, electricity will be the unique source of scope 2 emissions. Simply stated, the energy consumed falls into two scopes: Scope 2 covers the electricity consumed by the end-user. Scope 3 covers the energy used by the utilities during transmission and distribution (T&D losses).
  • Scope 3: Indirect emissions – not owned:
    • Indirect emissions – not included in scope 2 – that occur in the value chain of the reporting company, including both upstream and downstream emissions. In other words, emissions are linked to the company’s operations. According to GHG protocol, scope 3 emissions are separated into 15 categories.