Production
Status of Goals for 2013/2014
Protect rivers and other surface water even better against harmful substance escapes. This includes a groupwide study to identify potential risks and take countermeasures. Develop additional measures as part of our plants’ safety plans to increase the protection further.
Corporate entity: Groupwide
Deadline: 2015
Implementation status: Fulfilled; this goal will continue to be a focal point of our safety plans.
Long-Term Goals
Lower our average specific energy consumption (amount of energy per net production volume) by 50 percent, with 2007 as the base year.
Corporate entity: WACKER Germany
Deadline: 2022
Reduce specific CO2 emissions by 15 percent per metric ton of net production – while maintaining a comparable product portfolio – from 2012 onward.
Corporate entity: WACKER Germany
Deadline: 2022
Reduce specific dust emissions (per metric ton of product) by 50 percent, with 2012 as the base year.
Corporate entity: Groupwide
Deadline: 2022
Reduce specific emissions of relevant volatile organic compounds (VOCs per metric ton of product) by 25 percent, with 2012 as the base year.
Corporate entity: Groupwide
Deadline: 2022
New Goal
No incidents with relevant environmental inputs
Corporate entity: Groupwide
Deadline: Annual
Future Topics
Environmental Protection: China Initiative
As a member of the AICM (Association of International Chemical Manufacturers), we support the Nanjing Chemical Industry Park (NCIP) (Chinese-language version only) in establishing an environmental-protection working group.