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GHG Emissions by Gas Type (2009)
CO 2 91 percent
CH 4 1 percent
N 20 7.5 percent
HFCs 0.5 percent
Other Gas Emissions and
Particulate Matter
In addition to GHG emissions, Clorox is
committed to carefully monitoring and working
to minimize other gas emissions and particulate matter.
Our manufacturing processes use a minimal amount of
fluorinated gases, primarily chlorodifluoromethane
This gas is part of industrial refrigeration systems and
works in a closed-loop system.
PLANET
GHG Emissions
by Segment
(’000 metric tons)
600
22
51
202
14
61
250
595
22
52
198
14
61
248
561
21
48
183
14
58
236
2007 2008 2009
HOUSEHOLD
CLEANING
LIFESTYLE
TRANSPORT
INTERNATIONAL
OFFICES
While the Clorox GHG inventory has not been independently verified by
a third party, our GHG inventory gathering process and calculations
(for 2005-2009) were led and conducted by a third-party environmental
services firm that has detailed knowledge of the operations and air
emissions characteristics of the major Clorox manufacturing facilities
and uses the methodologies and emissions factors from well-known
GHG protocols, including those of the U.S. Department of Energy, World
Resources Institute and EPA’s Climate Leaders.
We also monitor the use and release of volatile organic
compounds, particulate matter, sulfur oxides and
nitrogen oxides. Our plants comply with air permits
that limit these pollutants based on federal, state and
local government regulations. We are actively looking
for technologies and efficiencies to further reduce
particulate matter emissions in the future.
On Track to Achieve Our
Water-Reduction Goal
Clorox has made strong
progress in reducing our
water use in the past two
years as a result of initiatives
that addressed our water
recycling infrastructure,
upgraded equipment and
replaced water-cooled with
air-cooled compressor
systems. Two of our
Kingsford ® charcoal plants,
for example, have each
reduced water consumption
by more than 30 percent.
We believe these types
Water Consumption
1,029
2.35
960 952
2.17 2.15
2007 2008 2009
CONSUMPTION
(millions of gallons)
RATIO
(gallons of water per case)
of initiatives, as well as
changes to manufacturing
facility water management
practices, will enable us to
meet or exceed our overall
water-use reduction goal of 10 percent by 2013.
By volume, most of the water consumed
by Clorox is derived from city water utilities.
A small fraction of our total water use is
derived from surface and well water.
The Clorox Company | 2010 CRR 45