Chemical Company of Malaysia Berhad Sustainability Report 2019

REDUCING WATER CONSUMPTION [303-5] In line with the Group’s commitment to reducing our operational water footprint, we initiated a 3Rs Sustainability Programme for Polymer Washed Water in 2016. Under this programme, we have been able to reduce freshwater consumption by 1078 MT and have derived accumulated savings of RM2,075,328. On top of this, instead of disposing of a huge amount of washed water as waste and spending a considerable amount on the disposal of this wastewater, 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 RM400,000 in savings annually. CCM Chemicals has embarked on a waste water recovery project to ensure zero treated effluent water discharge from its coagulant plant. Waste water generated from the coagulant plant operations is collected and treated in the waste water recovery plant before being recycled for use in the plant’s operations. Additionally, the Group’s chlor-alkali plant operates an ion-exchange system for its water demineralisation process and also for its brine solution purification process. In operating the ion-exchange system, sodium hydroxide (caustic soda) is used in the regeneration process to maintain the resin life. Via this project, a low concentration of sodium hydroxide is being recovered after the regeneration process and is being used in another unit’s operations. Through this project, we have managed to reduce the amount of waste water discharged from the waste water treatment process and hence reduce the treated discharge into the environment. | Our Commitment to Environmental Economic Practices | 2018 2017 688,484 429,806 435,877 2019 Water Consumption (m 3 ) Water Discharge 2019 [306-1] Water Discharge by source Level of Treatment * m 3 No. of Incident of non- compliance Polymers Groundwater - - NIL Surface Water - - Seawater - - Water reused by other organisation - - Others : Please specify Standard (A) compliance 613.64 Chemicals Groundwater - - 1 Surface Water - - Seawater - - Water reused by other organisation - - Others : Please specify Waste water treatment to comply to EQA IER 2009 Std B 129086 Water Consumption by Businesses in 2019 (m 3 ) Polymers Chemicals 10,233 425,644 * Water consumption by businesses are solely from third party water supplier ie SYABAS for Polymers and Syarikat Air Johor (SAJ) for Chemicals 44 CHEMICAL COMPANY OF MALAYSIA BERHAD