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2013-07-26

LANXESS Specialty Chemicals Co., Ltd (LSC) was certified about its Cleaner Production Projects

15 clean production projects will save energy and reduce emission substantially

On Nov 6th, 2012, a team of auditors assigned by Shanghai Municipal Promoting Cleaner Production office visited LANXESS Specialty Chemicals Co., Ltd , and implemented the on-site inspection for the cleaner production final acceptance. The audit team listened to the introduction of Cleaner Production implementation and the achievements on environmental and economical benefits reported by LANXESS Specialty Chemicals and the agent for Cleaner Production audit, checked all relevant documents and information and conducted on-site observation. After intensive and careful discussions, the audit team unanimously agreed to give the LANXESS Specialty Chemicals a high score for Cleaner Production acceptance, with high appreciation regarding the efforts spent by all staff members of LSC in Cleaner Production.

 

LANXESS Specialty chemicals has introduced in this round of Cleaner Production acceptance check a total 15 clean production projects, which have achieved environmental and economic benefits already. After the implementation of these projects, the estimated benefit from annual energy-saving and emission-reduction will be 350,000 kwh of electricity saving, 533 tons of standard coal saving, 1,333 tons of CO2 emission reduction, 10 tons of SO2 emission reduction, and 290,000 tons industrial water saving.

 

Based on the recommendations from the audit team, LANXESS Specialty Chemicals Co., Ltd. promised to implement the Cleaner Production proposals further and to obtain new projects in the future, in order to reach the goals of Cleaner Production, i.e. energy savings, reducing consumption, reducing pollutants discharge and increasing efficiency. Dr. Wolfgang Oehlert, the chairman of the Board of directors of LANXESS Specialty Chemicals Co., Ltd. commented: “The Inorganic Pigments business unit of LANXESS has been always committed to improve energy utilization and optimize the production process, the Cleaner Production certificate is a recognition of our efforts, which will inspire us to even further drive the sustainable development in China.”

 

LANXESS is a leading specialty chemicals company with sales of EUR 9.1 billion in 2012 and roughly 17,400 employees in 31 countries. The company is currently represented at 50 production sites worldwide. The core business of LANXESS is the development, manufacturing and marketing of plastics, rubber, intermediates and specialty chemicals. LANXESS is a member of the leading sustainability indices Dow Jones Sustainability Index (DJSI) World and FTSE4Good as well as the Carbon Disclosure Leadership Index (CDLI).

 

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