Sustainability & Social Values

MV Lifts Stratergies to Combat Polution & Reduce our Carbon Footprint

Welcome to Morris Vermaport Lifts, where sustainability meets innovation in the world of vertical transportation. We are committed to reducing our environmental impact and creating a greener future. Our revolutionary Ecocell Lifts are engineered to minimise energy consumption while maximising efficiency, elevating your experience while contributing to a cleaner planet.

At Morris Vermaport Lifts, we offer a wide range of environmentally friendly and energy-reducing solutions. From advanced regenerative drives that harness and reuse energy to energy-efficient LED lighting systems, innovative secondary power supplies and shaft heat loss reduction solutions, our lifts minimise their carbon footprint without compromising performance or safety. We actively participate in environmental projects, collaborating with local communities and organisations to promote sustainability and reduce greenhouse gas emissions. Join us in our mission to build a more sustainable future and let’s raise sustainability to new heights.

How MV Lifts Helps Sustainability

Ecocell

Experience the power of energy-efficient lifts with our Ecocell range. These single-phase lifts not only consume low energy but also provide a standby power solution through a battery bank. Over a 20-year period, they can save up to 48,209 kg of CO2, contributing to a greener future.

Ecocell Retrofit

Upgrade your existing geared or gearless machine with our Ecocell Retrofit system. This innovative solution offers the same energy and cost-saving benefits as our Ecocell range while providing a secondary power supply. Say goodbye to additional costs for secondary input when retrofitting for Evac regulations.

Ecogen Drive

Harness wasted energy in elevators with our Ecogen Drives. Our system captures and stores the energy wasted during motor braking, using it efficiently in subsequent trips. With energy savings of up to 70%, no harmonic distortion, and no added standby consumption, our Ecogen Drives surpass standard regenerative drives in efficiency.

Ecovent

Achieve eco-balance through your lift shaft with Ecovent. This intelligent system automatically controls ventilation openings, reducing heat loss and power consumption. By optimising shaft ventilation, Ecovent helps minimise environmental impact while ensuring optimal performance.

Reforestation

Join us in our commitment to restoring healthy ecosystems and combating climate change. Through our partnership with Ecologi, Morris Vermaport plants over 10,000 trees annually across the globe. By supporting local reforestation schemes, we sequester and store carbon in soils and plant biomass, while promoting biodiversity.

Carbon Avoidance Projects

At Morris Vermaport, we actively contribute to global carbon avoidance efforts. Annually, we prevent over 230 tonnes of CO2 emissions through various projects. By supporting these initiatives, we not only reduce greenhouse gas emissions but also restore nature and support local communities.

MV Lifts Commitment To A More Sustainable Future

At Morris Vermaport, we are deeply committed to minimising our environmental impact and embracing sustainable practices. Our dedication begins with responsible sourcing strategies, prioritising local companies near our client’s sites whenever possible to reduce transportation emissions. As an ISO 14001-accredited company, we take pride in showcasing our commitment to Environmental Management.

One of our flagship offerings is the Ecocell® range of battery-powered lifts. These lifts not only significantly reduce energy consumption but also come equipped with an integrated standby power supply. This innovative feature eliminates the need for costly and potentially harmful secondary power sources, ensuring a more environmentally friendly solution.

The Ecocell® lift boasts a bank of individual batteries and chargers, which can be conveniently charged using alternative power sources such as PV cells or wind turbines. This sustainable approach enables a greener operation and contributes to a more sustainable future.

In line with our sustainable practices, we have joined forces with Ecologi to actively decarbonise our activities. Trees play a crucial role in mitigating climate change by sequestering CO2 and restoring healthy ecosystems. Through community-led projects, we ensure the planting of ecologically appropriate tree species in suitable locations, safeguarding them from natural and human-induced threats. These reforestation initiatives also provide numerous co-benefits to local communities, including employment opportunities, gender equality, diverse food sources, and improved community facilities.

Morris Vermaport has actively participated in various global reforestation projects. Notable among them is our support for a reforestation initiative in Changalene, Mozambique, where we funded the planting of 10,438 trees. Additionally, we have contributed to forest restoration projects in Kenya, Madagascar, and Tanzania.

In addition to our reforestation efforts, MV Lifts has played a significant role in preventing hundreds of tonnes of CO2 emissions through various verified carbon avoidance projects. By supporting these projects, we actively contribute to preventing greenhouse gas emissions, restoring nature, and supporting local communities. It’s worth noting that the projects we endorse are certified by reputable standards such as the Gold Standard, Verra’s Verified Carbon Standard (VCS), Climate, Community and Biodiversity Standard (CCBS), and Sustainable Development Verified Impact Standard (SD VISta).

Among the notable projects we have funded is a renewable solar electricity initiative in Egypt, which has already avoided 182.23 tonnes of CO2e. Additionally, we have supported projects that produce energy from waste rice husks in India, resulting in the avoidance of 152 tonnes of CO2e to date. Moreover, our contributions to wind power projects in Northeast Thailand and the distribution of cleaner cookstoves in Zambia and Ghana have helped avoid 98 tonnes and 50 tonnes of CO2e, respectively.

In addition to these sustainability initiatives, we offer a diverse range of energy-efficient lifts and supplementary products designed to minimise environmental impact. Our offerings include the highly acclaimed Ecocell® range and retrofitting packages known for their exceptional energy efficiency. We also take pride in our Eco Regen Drives, which surpass conventional regenerative drives in terms of performance and efficiency. Furthermore, our shaft ventilation solutions effectively address the energy loss associated with the “open window” effect of open shaft ventilation, ensuring optimal energy efficiency.

Please don’t hesitate to contact our sales team to explore how Morris Vermaport can assist you in reducing energy consumption and achieving your Net Zero goals. Together, let’s embrace sustainability and pave the way for a greener and more promising future.

Climate Projects MV Lifts Has Sponsored

Mangrove planting in Marotaola, Madagascar

Mangroves are a small, coastal tree species that occur worldwide in the tropics and subtropics and are particularly proficient at absorbing carbon and storing it in their extensive root systems underground. Carbon stored in mangrove forests is considered blue carbon because it is stored on the coast. In addition to their excellent carbon sequestration abilities, mangroves provide excellent flood and storm protection to the coastal area itself.

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Peruvian Protection of the Amazon

The Amazonian ecosystems of the Madre de Dios region are considered Peru’s ‘capital of biodiversity’, due to their impressive species richness. This project area alone provides habitat to four endangered rainforest tree species and eleven endangered wildlife species. However, deforestation within this area is increasing, threatening its biodiversity and releasing carbon dioxide into the atmosphere.

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Generating renewable solar electricity in Egypt

This project will prevent 779,450 tonnes of CO2e from entering our atmosphere over its 10-year lifespan. That’s 77,945 tonnes of CO2e reduced each year!

The project is located in Benban, Egypt. Benban solar park is a power complex of 41 solar power plants being developed, located in the Aswan governorate, and is anticipated to be the largest solar photovoltaic (PV) park in the world, upon completion.

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Producing electricity from wind power in Northeast Thailand

Thailand’s energy, like in most countries, has historically been produced by burning fossil fuels. However, as new regulations are introduced to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, Thailand is producing more energy from renewable sources, including wind power. The demand for energy in Thailand is also expected to increase by 78% by 2036, so there is an urgent need to increase the amount of energy Thailand can produce, with a growing proportion of this energy coming from renewable sources.

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Cleaner cookstoves in Zambia and Ghana

Rudimentary stoves, used for cooking, produce several greenhouse gases through the combustion of non-renewable biomass. These emissions are damaging to the climate, and also greatly increase levels of household air pollution which causes health conditions in the population – particularly affecting women and children. Ghana is the largest per-capita consumer of charcoal in West Africa, and charcoal is often used as biomass fuel for household cookstoves.

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Protecting rainforest in a wildlife sanctuary in Cambodia

The Keo Seima Wildlife Sanctuary (KSWS) is a haven for biodiversity and a vast storehouse of forest carbon. Spanning over 290,000 hectares, the protected area is home to a diverse array of wildlife, including 84 globally threatened species and the world’s largest population of black-shanked douc and yellow-cheeked crested gibbon. The REDD project area covers 166,983 ha of forest in the SPF Core Protection Area.

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Producing energy from waste rice husks in India

This small project involves the implementation of a 5MW cogeneration power project powered by waste rice husks. The project is designed to meet growing electricity demands as local manufacturing infrastructure develops, without producing increases in fossil fuel energy usage. Rice husks are the hard protective covering of grains of rice that are discarded when rice is harvested

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Reforestation in Changalane, Mozambique

The Changalane project employed 15 full-time nursery workers to plant and grow the seedlings, and 30 full-time planters from the local village. Through reforestation, we can help provide long-term financial stability to local families, as well as restore the terrestrial ecosystem. Through the efforts of our planting partner, Eden Reforestation Projects, funding from our community supported the planting of over 2.2 million dry deciduous trees during the project period.

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