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Contributes to:
Air
In 2018, AAK generated 339,000 MT of carbon dioxide
at its production sites, an increase of 19 percent
compared to 2017 driven by the inclusion of four new
sites and larger processed volumes.
Carbon emissions per processed unit decreased with
0.9 percent on the AAK scope 2016 production sites.
The new baseline including the four new production
sites is 8.7 percent higher. The increase is mainly due
to our production site in India which uses coal as energy
source.
35 percent of direct carbon dioxide emissions
stemmed from renewable resources on the AAK scope
2016 production sites while the new baseline including
the new sites is 28 percent.
Due to the Group’s use of fuels, its production sites
emitted 192 MT NOₓ (nitrogen oxide) and 27 MT SOₓ
(sulphur oxide). The significant decreases were due to
a shift of fuel oil quality. There were 246 MT VOC
(
Volatile Organic Compounds) primarily emitted from
sites that run extraction and solvent fractionation
processes. VOC decreased by 6.2 percent between
2017 and 2018.
With our portfolio of CO2 reducing projects, we will
continue to focus on reducing our CO2 emissions in the
coming years.
Source of direct CO2 emissions
39 36 37 35 35
28
2014 2015 2016 2017 2018
%
Total direct emissions
MT
350
300
250
200
150
100
50
0
120
132
NOx SOx VOC
2014 2015 2016 2017 2018
New baseline
Total direct CO2 emissions
Per unit processed material
2014 2015 2016 2017 2018
160
120
80
40
0
137
129
127
121
New baseline
MT
Non-renewable Renewable
100
80
60
40
20
0
New baseline
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