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AkzoNobel
Molekylverkstan Science Center, Stenungsund
www.akzonobel.com/ea
www.akzonobel.com/sc
AkzoNobel in Stenungsund is publishing this summary to
demonstrate our commitment to our environmental program
and to open communication.
AkzoNobel HSE department, Environmental summary 2009 4
AkzoNobel is the largest global paints and These Swedish and international standards
coatings company and a major producer of guarantee that we take a long-term approach
specialty chemicals. We supply industries and to environmental, quality and energy efficiency
consumers worldwide with innovative prod- management. We have also adopted the prin-
ucts and quality ingredients for life’s essentials. ciples of the chemical industry’s Responsible
AkzoNobel has around 55,000 employees in Care program for continuous improvement in
more than 80 countries. In Sweden we employ the aspects of health, safety and environment.
around 3,600 people, working at 20 locations.
Sustainable development
One of these locations is Stenungsund, where A sustainable development meets the needs
AkzoNobel has almost 500 employees. Produc- of the present without compromising the
tion continues 24 hours a day, all year round. ability of future generations to meet their own
We manufacture chemicals that are used to im- needs. In AkzoNobel we want to incorporate
prove the function and performance of several sustainable development into the decision-
products that surround us in daily life. Additives making process.
in paint, detergents, gasoline, road surface, skin
and hair care products are just a few examples In our daily work we aim at improving our
of products that may contain our chemicals. environmental performance and reducing our
energy use. It is also important for us to provide a
Using our main raw materials ethylene, oxygen developing work environment for our employees
and ammonia we manufacture substances such and to make a contribution to the societies in
as ethylene oxide, glycols, ethanolamines, ethy- which we operate. More information about our
lene amines, surfactants and mixtures contain- policy in this area is available at our website
ing both our own and purchased products. www.akzonobel.com/sustainability/managing_
sustainability/hse/
The way we work
We follow environmental regulations and We also use tools that investigate the environ-
under take voluntary initiatives in sustainability. mental impact of products and processes
Our site in Stenungsund holds ISO 14001 throughout the value chain, such as Life Cycle
Environmental, ISO 9001 Quality, as well as Assessment.
SS 627750 Energy certification.
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Energy and trading with carbon dioxide AkzoNobel in Stenungsund has realized several We value engagement in society
The energy issue is important from an environ- measures to reduce the environmental impact In Stenungsund we are engaged in the Molekyl-
mental as well as an economic perspective. We of transport. It is worth mentioning that we verkstan Science Center. Being a meeting point
continuously strive to make our processes more have successfully increased the loading factor for teachers, students and the public, its pur-
energy efficient and in 2006 our way of working of our transport and that we are using inter- pose is to stimulate young people’s interest in
with energy was certified. In collaboration with modal transports. Intermodal transports means natural science. In addition, it is a channel of
several chemical companies in Stenungsund that different types of transports are combined communication for the local chemical compa-
and the Chalmers University of Technology we to transport the load effectively, both from an nies. Through Molekylverkstan we arrange
study the possibilities to reduce the energy use environmental and economic perspective. lectures and visits to the plants, and we have
by recycling energy among the plants. close collaboration with schools and universities
Work environment and risk management in the region.
At the Climate meeting in Copenhagen in 2009 No one comes to work to get hurt or sick. We
the leaders of the world discussed how to re- seek to provide a healthy and safe workplace
duce the emissions of green house gases. for all employees. Incidents and near-accidents
Green house gas emissions from the site are are reported and monitored with various para-
strongly connected to energy consumption meters. To prevent accidents we train our per-
and therefore energy efficiency measures are sonnel and develop procedures and working
important. Since 2005, AkzoNobel in Stenung- practices for our processes. Potential risks from
sund has been a participant in the European the plant and from the transport of hazardous
Union’s trading system with emission allow- goods are investigated and monitored. These
ances for carbon dioxide. The system is one investigations are followed up and risk reducing
instrument to reduce the emissions according measures are implemented.
to the Kyoto protocol.
Focusing on chemicals
Transport monitoring In 2007 the European union issued a new
We perform studies on the environmental im- chemicals legislation; REACH. To meet these
pact of our transport from a local, regional and demands on our company risk assessments
global perspective in order to maintain an open are being performed for all the chemicals that
dialog with our transporters aimed at reducing we handle. We provide information about safe
the environmental load of transport. handling of the chemical for personnel, con-
sumers and the environment.
AkzoNobel HSE department, Environmental summary 2009 6
Emissions to water
0,2 kg / ton of product
Organic material
Large emissions of organic material can cause
oxygen depletion in our waters, since oxygen TOC
is consumed when micro-organisms decom-
pose the material. TOC means “Total organic
carbon” and measures the amount of organic
material released to water. The measurements 0
presented are only from 2006 and onwards, 2006
since that year the method of measurement
was changed. This change was an environ-
mental improvement, since the older method
contained mercury.
Emissions to air
0,6 kg / ton of product
Carbon dioxide
The emissions of carbon dioxide contribute Carbon dioxide
to global warming, which threatens to change 0,4
our climate. In 2009 the emissions of carbon
dioxide were 79,000 tons, which amounts to 0,2
7 percent of the emissions from fossil fuels
of the community of Stenungsund. Since the 0
year 2000 the emissions have been reduced by 2000 2005
10 percent per amount of product.
of AkzoNobel NV.