Environmental report 2006 (.pdf) - Kemira

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ContentsA smaller ecological footprint 2From good to great in safety 3The environment– responsibility andan opportunityThe environment plays an important role inKemira’s business. We aim not only to bearEnvironmental work at the sites 5• Kemira Water 5• Kemira Pulp&Paper 5• Kemira Specialty 5• Kemira Coatings 6Environmental statistics 7Environmental and safety managementsystems at production sites in 2006 9Environmental data for the Kemira group 10Assurance statement 11our environmental responsibility but also todevelop and provide environmental solutionsand pro-environmental products andservices for our customers.In 2006, we continued to reduce ourenvironmental releases and improved oursafety performance. The environmentalcosts were on the rise, mainly due to investmentsin new waste minimization technology.Preparations to implement the REACHregulation in Europe continued intensivelywithin product safety. Strong growth tookplace in Kemira’s environmental business,now representing around 36% of company’srevenue.1
A smaller ecologicalfootprintKemira undertakes to prevent and minimize the harmful effectson the environment, people and property caused by itsoperations, and to make effective use of natural resources.We have been successful in these long-term efforts, as evidencedby major reductions in emissions, effluents and wastevolumes (see the graphs and tables attached to this report).Structural changes in our business have also contributed tosmaller environmental effects reflected, for example, in thevery low amounts of greenhouse gas emissions generatedby our current operations. As a result of lower emissions anddischarges, we have shifted our environmental focus towardsclosed manufacturing processes, more efficient recycling andwaste treatment.The environmental ‘footprint’ of Kemira has diminishedby c. 80% in under ten years, calculated as an environmentalindex. The reduction from the previous year was 20% whilethe net sales of the Group were up by 26%.In 2006, environmental operating costs totaled EUR 35.4million (33.3 million), up by 6.3% on the year before, andenvironmental capital spending EUR 12.2 million (7.4 million),up by 65% on a year earlier. Capital expenditure of EUR 25.9million on the management and productization of the Poriplant’s by-products will be our largest single environmentalinvestment. Due for completion by the end of 2007, thisproject will end the series of environmental investments ofover EUR 100 million made in the plant.All of Kemira’s production sites have been subject to soiland ground water assessments, now covering 96 sites ona global basis, including those received through the latestcompany acquisitions. We have made a provision of EUR 16.8million for future soil remediation measures.2
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