Corporate Responsibility Report 2012 - Hempel
Corporate Responsibility Report 2012 - Hempel
Corporate Responsibility Report 2012 - Hempel
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introduction<br />
about hempel<br />
Ethical behaviour<br />
HEALTH & SAFETY<br />
Environment<br />
Environment: Reducing VOC emissions<br />
Procurement<br />
our people<br />
Community engagement<br />
Financial results<br />
Case story: new versions of existing products help lower VOC emissions<br />
We released new high-solids versions of some of our existing antifouling products in <strong>2012</strong> to help customers<br />
reduce VOC emissions from their operations. The products – <strong>Hempel</strong> GLOBIC, OCEANIC and OLYMPIC – are<br />
all anti-fouling coatings that stop fouling organisms attaching to a ship’s hull.<br />
A major concern for ocean-going vessels, fouling organisms, such as barnacles and biological slime,<br />
cause extra drag in the water. As a result, the vessel requires more power to move – which consumes<br />
more fuel and leads to higher emissions. GLOBIC, <strong>Hempel</strong>’s top antifouling coating, uses nano-capsule<br />
technology to give the hull a smooth finish that fouling organisms cannot attach to.<br />
As well as cutting emissions by reducing the amount of fuel a vessel uses, the new high-solids products<br />
release less VOC into the atmosphere than their predecessors. <strong>Hempel</strong> GLOBIC 9000 for example,<br />
contains 15 per cent less VOC than the previous product, GLOBIC NCT.<br />
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