ith an effective safety management system and projects to create good safety awareness, employees’ work-related injury rate in GGC has remained zero for five years and eight months running.
in the fatty alcohols distillation process. GGC reduced steam consumption by 1 , 00 tons per year in the process, reduced greenhouse gases by 1,8 0 tons of carbon dioxide e uivalent.
Environmental Management GGC is committed to compliance with laws and regulations. It has established policies for all executives and employees to follow regarding security, safety, occupational health, the environment, business continuity, and energy conservation to ensure efficient operation and reduction of potential impacts on the environment. GGC is certified against international standards, including IS 1 001 Environmental Management System, IS 0001 Energy Management System, and IS 22000 Food Safety Management System. The certification steps allow assessment on resource management in production processes in all operating areas of GGC. In 2018, GGC implemented many environmental projects, covering energy efficiency management, reduction of greenhouse gas emissions, water management, and waste management to increase operating efficiency to achieve established goals and reduce environmental impacts for long-term sustainable business. In 2018, GGC implemented the following energy conservation projects:
3. Absorption Chiller Installation Project GGC replaced its chillers (compressor chillers) with absorption chillers, which were powered by waste heat generated steam condensate from the methyl ester and fatty alcohols facilities, as an energy source for absorption chillers, resulting in 1, 8 M of electricity saving per year.
1. Installation of Heat Recovery System GGC installed a heat recovery system in the fatty alcohols process to reduce the use of steam in heat exchangers of the methanol distillation unit. This project reduces process steam consumption by tons per day, reduces greenhouse gas emissions by ,2 2 tons of carbon dioxide equivalent. 2. Producing Steam from the Surplus Process Heat in the Production Process (Steam Generator) GGC continued implementing a project to increase energy efficiency in the fatty alcohols process of 201 by leveraging the surplus process heat to produce ow ow-Pressure Steam ( PS) for use
Waste Management GGC has established an industrial waste management policy under the Rs principle, namely Reduce, Reuse, and Recycle, together with green purchasing, which covers separation, storage, transport, and disposal as well as wastemanagement in compliance with the laws. In addition, GGC has established an Industrial Waste Management Committee to develop effective plans and initiate projects with goals to increase potential re-utilization of major waste in 2018 as follows: 1 ero aste to Landfill GGC has implemented a project based on the Rs principle to maximize the re-utilization of waste to minimize impacts on the environment. This project has been successfully implemented, resulting in no waste disposal to landfill since 201 . As a result, GGC won a Rs Award and ero aste to andfill Achievement Awards. 2. Feasibility Study to Improve Glycerine Process GGC conducted a feasibility study to identify methods to increase the efficiency of the glycerine process while reducing waste generated from the process by replacing sodium hydroxide (Na H) with potassium hydroxide ( H), resulting in higher uantities of refined glycerine production. In addition, the waste generated from the new process can be converted to potassium salts, which are further processed into fertilizers or soil improvement material. Apart from the higher Safety, Occupational Health,and Environmental Management
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