Sustainability Report 2010.pdf - Reckitt Benckiser

Contents
Introduction
Environment
Marketplace
Workplace
Community
Managing & Reporting
Reducing carbon through
operational efficiency
Energy use
Since 2000, we have reduced energy
consumption by 39% per unit of production
and 16% in actual energy used.
We used 0.56 Gigajoules (GJ) for every
1,000 Consumer Units (CUs) of production
in 2010. This was 5% lower than 2009.
Our energy and production efficiency
programmes are behind this improvement.
For example:
• Improving machine efficiency, insulating
pipes and using natural lighting where
possible at our site in Cali, Colombia,
has increased energy efficiency by
23% per unit of production.
• At our facility in Milton, Canada we
have made savings of 37% per unit of
production by reducing heat output in
the warehousing areas.
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Air emissions
Greenhouse gas emissions from energy use
in manufacturing have fallen by 45% per unit
of production since 2000, and total emissions
are 25% lower.
During 2010 we reduced these emissions
by 11% per unit of production; down to
0.043 tonnes of CO 2 per 1,000 CUs.
Total emissions were 249,500 tonnes of
CO 2 equivalent – 2% less than 2009.
These emissions are generated directly on-site,
through burning fossil fuels for space heating,
hot water and process heating or cooling,
and indirectly from our use of electricity.
As well as improvements in energy efficiency
we have made further GHG savings with new
technologies and fuels:
• Seven of our sites now use energy from
combined heat and power (CHP) plants and
seven use certified ‘green’ energy such as
hydroelectricity or solar power.
• We have replaced some high carbon fuels
such as coal and furnace oil with biomass
at our Hosur and Jammu sites in India and
Semarang in Indonesia.
Other emissions
Common industrial air emissions such as
sulphur and nitrous oxides (SOx and NOx)
and particulates (dust) are not generally
emitted from our manufacturing facilities.
Where present, these emissions are below
applicable legal requirements.
At our facility in Semarang,
Indonesia we have reduced our
greenhouse gas emissions by over
6,000 metric tons of CO 2 e since
2009 by replacing the coal used for
firing our boilers with biomass such
as rice husks and saw dust. This is a
59% reduction in greenhouse gas
emissions from 2009 to 2010.
Normalised energy use
Normalised Energy Use
Gigajoules (GJ) per 000’CUs
Greenhouse gas
Normalised Manufacturing Greenhouse Gas Emissions
tonnes CO 2 equivalents per ‘000 CUs
1.0
0.8
0.925
0.08
0.06
0.0791
0.6
0.4
0.595
0.563
0.04
0.0485
0.0432
0.2
0.02
0.0
00
09
10
0.00
00
09
10
2010 Target = 20% reduction
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