PDF (15.90 MB) - Boehringer Ingelheim Annual Report 2012

11 With its own wastewater treatment plants here in Ingelheim,Germany, Boehringer Ingelheim is able to clean wastewaterarising from production.2 The whole treatment plant process is tested continuously(picture: online measurement devices for testing water quality).This way, the company ensures that only cleaned water isreturned to the environment – an active contribution to environmentalprotection.NEW REPORTING SYSTEMOPERATIONALTo support the management ofEHS performance within BoehringerIngelheim, SustainabilityPerformance Management (SuPM)reporting has been established. Itwas enhanced in 2012 by the introductionof new reporting softwarein order to increase the qualityand integrity of reported data.Furthermore, the new system providesa company-wide database,is easy to use, means less work forall stakeholders and is preparedfor future reporting requirements.at the site were equipped with motiondetectors to automatically turn lights onand off. Additionally, a facility automationsystem was also implemented tooptimise infrastructure maintenance,leading to further optimisation of energyconsumption.New lighting systems in SpainOur San Cugat site in Spain undertooka comprehensive renewal of itslighting systems. The switch fromconventional lighting to modern systemsleads to an annual energy savingof some 194,000 kWh. This roughlycorresponds to the annual consumptionof 473 housing units. The energysaving is associated with an annualreduction of around 106 tons of CO 2emissions.Improved operation of buildings inGermanyVarious optimisation measures in theoperational technology of the PharmaceuticalResearch and Developmentbuildings at the site in Biberach, Germany,achieved an annual reduction inCO 2 emissions of around 400 tons. Thiscorresponds to an energy saving ofsome 20%. This only involved changesto operational procedures in the buildingsand no additional investment wasmade.Soil clean-up at our Ingelheim siteFor over 25 years, environmental protectionhas been an integral part ofBoehringer Ingelheim’s corporate culture.This includes not only projects onwastewater treatment, air pollution preventionand resource protection butalso evaluation and clean-up of contaminateddeposits.In past years, we started an extensiveproject under our own initiative for theinspection and clean-up of contaminateddeposits in the soil at our corporateheadquarters site at Ingel heim, Germany,where active ingredients and medicineshave been produced for morethan 127 years. We have set ourselvesthe target of identifying and cleaningup contamination of the soil at and inthe vicinity of our production sites.26 Boehringer Ingelheim annual report 2012