Sustainability

Before setting up the manufacturing site at Jhagadia, LANXESS experts carried out value engineering right at the concept stage. This made it clear that the company is focused on optimal use of natural resources, ensuring minimum impact on the environment and complete safety of our people. All this has been incorporated into the operational and investment strategy of the site.




Along the way, the LANXESS group has set new standards in sustainable production. The site can lay claim to some significant features as below:

• 20 percent of total building costs were spent in sustainability projects
  
  
• Effluent treatment plant: It treats the waste water from the site before being discharged in the disposal system
  
  
• Cogeneration plant: It generates power and steam for use by production facilities and is fuelled by natural gas. Saves emissions of around 31,000 tons of CO2 equivalents per year.
  
  
• Significant premium paid for Solo-NOX model in order to reduce nitrogenous oxide emissions, which are more harmful, and recovering the heat to reduce carbon foot print.
  
  
• Green zone:  From 2009 onwards, LANXESS India has been making continuous efforts in creating “Green Zone” at its site in Jhagadia while celebrating Earth day and World Environment day. The company aims to plant around 7000 trees in and around the site, of which 3500 trees have already been planted.