Chemical Company of Malaysia Berhad Sustainability Report 2018

REDUCINGWATER CONSUMPTION [303-4] As part of our commitment to reducing our operational water footprint, CCM Polymers has initiated a 3Rs Sustainability Programme in 2016. Under this programme, we have been able to reduce fresh water consumption by 666.8 MT and have derived accumulated savings of RM1,757,676. On top of this, instead of disposing off a huge amount of washed water as waste, and spending a considerable amount on the disposal of this waste water, we have reduced the disposal costs by more than half between 2015 and 2016. Subsequently, over the last few years, we have been able to maintain our costs well below RM50,000, thereby garnering at least RM200,000 in savings annually. Our Commitment To Sustainable Environmental Practices Our Chemicals Division has also embarked on water reduction initiatives such as its Waste Water Recovery Project and its sodium hydroxide recovery initiative. Under its Waste Water Recovery Project, the Chemicals Division aims to ensure zero treated effluent discharge from the coagulant plant. The generated waste water from the coagulant plant is collected and treated in the waste water recovery plant and is then reused in the Division’s operations. Under this initiative, we have managed to recover 200 m 3 of waste water and prevent it from entering the environment. The sodium hydroxide recovery process on the other hand takes place at the chlor-alkali plant within an ion-exchange system which is used to demineralise the water system and aid in the brine purification process. In the operation of the ion-exchange system, sodium hydroxide (caustic soda) is used in the regeneration steps to maintain resin life. Upon regeneration, a low concentration of sodium hydroxide is recovered and reused in other operating units. This initiative has resulted in a 950 m 3 reduction of waste water and minimised our environmental discharge. 35 CHEMICAL COMPANY OF MALAYSIA BERHAD