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We are a global initiative of companies called A clear and strong signal to the market is needed Naturally! committed to combat to avoid HFCs and HFOs. The Refrigerants, climate change and depletion of the layer Naturally! member companies and Greenpeace by replacing environmentally harmful fluorinated do not consider HFCs and HFOs as suitable gases ( ‛F-gases’ such as CFCs, HCFCs and alternatives to HCFCs for a variety of technical , HFCs) with natural refrigerants. environmental and financial reasons.

Membership in the initiative includes If HFCs replace ozone-depleting gases, their McDonald’s, PepsiCo, Red Bull, The Coca- contribution to global warming will lead to Cola Company and Unilever. The initiative is irreversible environmental consequences. It is in supported by Greenpeace and by the United the direct interest of developing countries to Nations Environment Programme (UNEP). * choose long-term and sustainable replacements for HCFCs. Natural refrigerants offer long term The key goal of the initiative is to promote a solutions to meeting our cooling needs. shift in point-of-sale cooling technologies (beverage coolers/vendors and ice-cream The Refrigerants, Naturally! member companies freezers) towards natural refrigerants. This support the proposed amendments to include sector represents a significant portion of F-gas HFCs in the Montreal Protocol in cooperation with use. Natural refrigerants are naturally the UNFCCC. An international agreement to occurring substances that can be used as bring HFCs into the regulatory regime of the cooling agents in and air-condi- Montreal Protocol would be an important step tioning equipment. These substances include towards a phase-down and eventual phase out of (e.g. , iso- and these substances. cyclopentane), CO 2, water and . They have a very low or zero global warming Natural refrigerant based technologies have been potential (GWP) and a zero commercially available for all point-of-sale potential (ODP). applications for some time now and will continue to penetrate the market. Through our activities we are demonstrating that natural refrigerants are sustainable and But a strong support from political decision economical viable alternatives to HFCs and makers for climate and environment-friendly HCFCs. refrigeration and air-conditioning is also needed to further accelerate their market Furthermore, natural refrigerant-based equip- uptake! ment currently used or tested by our companies is typically more energy-efficient than HFC- and We, the five member companies, would be HCFC-based equipment. They are able to pleased to share with any interested party our achieve long-term cost benefits, decrease partnership’s experience to date in applying energy-related global warming effects and have alternative HFC-free refrigeration technologies in no or minimal global warming effects resulting our sectors, and are open to discussing with you from refrigerant emissions. options that could encourage the emergence of more climate-friendly practices in the future.

Refrigerants, Naturally! Secretariat - c/o HEAT GmbH - Zum Talblick 2 - D-61479 Glashuetten, Germany *The followingT: +49 policy 6174 statement964575 - F:does +49 not 6174 reflect 61209 the -position E: rebecca of [email protected] - I: www.refrigerantsnaturally.com