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Dow Chemical: Green Chemicals from Cradle to Cradle

上In the 1980s and 1990s, with the rise of global environmentalism and the strengthening of the traditional manufacturing industry's environmental policy constraints, chemical giants began to increase investment in energy conservation and emission reduction and green and safe products.

The 112-year-old Dow Chemical Company is recognized as a leader in this sport. From 2001 to 2008, Dow Chemical was listed on the Dow Jones Sustainability Index for the eighth consecutive year. The Dow Jones Sustainability Index is the first indicator system to evaluate the financial performance of companies committed to sustainable development on a global scale. In China, Dow's efforts in energy conservation and ecology have also been well received. At the "2009 China Beijing High-tech Industry International Week" held in June this year, Dow Chemical (China) Investment Co., Ltd. relied on excellent operational eco-efficiency. As well as outstanding contributions to energy conservation and emission reduction in China and around the world, it was rated as “Top Ten Energy Saving and Emission Reduction Marking Enterprise”.

In the past few decades, human and environmental factors have been integrated into Dow's overall business strategy, and Dow's “blood vessels” now flow with “green blood”. As early as 1994, Dow was the first in the world to propose the “Environment, Health and Safety (EH&S) Decade Objectives” plan for 1995-2005. The specific objectives of this “10-year plan” include: 90% reduction in work-related injuries and illnesses, 90% reduction in primary spills, 90% reduction in process safety incidents, 90% reduction in cargo transportation accidents, and 50% reduction in vehicle safety accidents. Waste discharge is reduced by 50% and sewage discharge is reduced by 50%.

“After continuous improvement, innovation and the joint efforts of all employees, these goals have been basically achieved in 2005 after 10 years, and have achieved great results.” Dennis Chung, Director, Asia Pacific, Dow Chemical Environment, Health and Safety ) told BusinessWeek that during the 10 years, Dow reduced industrial emissions by 56% based on a 31% increase in production. Reduced emissions of 730,000 tons of solid waste, which is enough to accumulate up to 1 meter on 270 football fields; reduced waste discharge by 83 million tons, which is equivalent to one year's water consumption of 800,000 Chinese households; enough energy saved 8 million American families use for one year.

At the same time, this strategy has brought considerable economic benefits. Between 1995 and 2005, the company invested $1 billion to improve processes and technologies to improve energy efficiency, reduce emissions, and promote safe production, resulting in a cumulative savings of $5 billion.

On this basis, in 2005, Dow developed the “2015 Sustainable Development Goals”. This Dow's second “10-year plan” covers three aspects: “Sustainable Chemicals through Innovation and Product Safety Supervision”. "; Actively undertake corporate social responsibility; reduce the impact on the environment. In the 2015 Sustainable Development Goals, Dow announced that it will increase energy efficiency by 25% from 2006 to 2015. Greenhouse gas emissions are reduced by 2.5% per year.

Dow's “2015 Sustainable Development Goals” received wide attention and praise. Zhong Ruilin told reporters that since 2006, Dow has made active efforts in community cooperation to ensure the safety of the entire product life cycle and to make efficient use of the earth's resources and reduce the impact on the environment.

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In the production process, Dow puts more stringent requirements on clean production and safe production. Zhong Ruilin said that Dow Chemical is located in all factories around the world. The production processes, processes, job preparation and the computers and tools used are the same. The company can use the uniform standards for requirements, training and assessment. At the same time, the “zero tolerance” policy has been extended to the areas of safety, health and environmental protection, such as zero injury and zero accidents in the field of safe production. Dow has careful and thoughtful "care" for the chemicals it produces from "birth" to the final entry into the "grave."

The reporter interviewed Dow at a home production base in Asia's largest production base. The garden-style factory layout, clean and tidy production facilities in the factory area, especially integrated into every corner of the production base, the safety concept of each employee and The serious implementation of the various security measures is impressive.

Since 2005, Dow has invested RMB 8 million to cooperate with China's State Environmental Protection Administration to promote a cleaner production demonstration project to promote cleaner production practices in small and medium-sized enterprises in chemistry and related industries. Dow and the State Environmental Protection Administration have set up a working group to use Dow's global chemical technology and its expertise to train and guide companies in China's chemical, printing and dyeing, brewing, electronics, food and other industries. The results of the 2006 pilot enterprise audit showed that 21 pilot enterprises had implemented more than 700 clean production programs, and obtained economic benefits of 36 million yuan, while sewage treatment decreased by 1.676 million tons, waste gas decreased by 24 million cubic meters, and sulfur dioxide emissions decreased by 667.2. Tons, saving 2.767 million kWh, saving 3.728 million tons of water and 108,000 tons of coal.

"The earth we live in requires the support and maintenance of all people. Everything Dow does for the environment and society is to make people live a better life; Dow's contribution will never stop." Say.

Sustainable development can be a highly profitable business strategy

-- Interview with Zhong Ruilin, Director of Asia Pacific, Dow Chemical Environment, Health and Safetyr

《商務(wù)周刊》：為推動可持續(xù)發(fā)展，陶氏曾在2005年提出了自己的“2015年可持續(xù)發(fā)展目標(biāo)”，其出臺的背景是什么，具體確立了哪些有利于可持續(xù)和全球生態(tài)的目標(biāo)？

鐘瑞麟：作為人類大家庭中的一員，陶氏要在解決全世界最緊迫問題的道路上充當(dāng)表率。這不僅是為了陶氏自己，更是為了生活在這個(gè)星球上的所有人。因此，陶氏制定了未來10年的可持續(xù)發(fā)展目標(biāo)，它重新定義了我們對可持續(xù)發(fā)展戰(zhàn)略的承諾。

陶氏的2015可持續(xù)發(fā)展目標(biāo)是一個(gè)由多個(gè)部分組成的計(jì)劃，旨在解決全世界在未來10年內(nèi)會遇到的最迫切的經(jīng)濟(jì)、社會和環(huán)境問題。該目標(biāo)強(qiáng)調(diào)至少在三個(gè)全世界面臨的共同挑戰(zhàn)中取得突破性進(jìn)展，它們是：充足的且負(fù)擔(dān)得起的食物供應(yīng)和寬敞的住房；可持續(xù)利用的水源；改善醫(yī)療和人身安全。

此外，陶氏還承諾改進(jìn)自己的能源利用情況，發(fā)展替代能源，以及解決由化石燃料消耗引起的全球氣候變化。在2015年可持續(xù)發(fā)展目標(biāo)中，陶氏倡導(dǎo)未來10年把能源利用率提高25%。針對全球氣候變化，陶氏提出在2006—2015年間，公司的溫室氣體排放量每年減少2.5%。

這個(gè)可持續(xù)發(fā)展目標(biāo)體現(xiàn)了陶氏對責(zé)任關(guān)懷原則做出的承諾。同時(shí)，目標(biāo)包含著更廣闊的含義：強(qiáng)化同所在的社區(qū)的聯(lián)系，繼續(xù)改進(jìn)管理流程，加強(qiáng)創(chuàng)新，減少在全球的排放量。這個(gè)目標(biāo)涵蓋三個(gè)重點(diǎn)：合作、創(chuàng)新和提高?！渡虅?wù)周刊》：陶氏在可持續(xù)發(fā)展和綠色制造上的技術(shù)創(chuàng)新和技術(shù)投入情況如何？

鐘瑞麟：陶氏非常重視研發(fā)，在今年4月成功收購羅門哈斯后，陶氏總計(jì)在研發(fā)上每年將投入15億美元，在整個(gè)行業(yè)中是最高的。陶氏以身作則走可持續(xù)發(fā)展的企業(yè)道路，堅(jiān)持降低全球溫室氣體排放，為保障綠色未來提供環(huán)保產(chǎn)品。我們?yōu)樵S多重要的日用品提供原材料，利用創(chuàng)新科技所創(chuàng)造的產(chǎn)品滿足了人們的需求，并且不斷地從根本上提高人們的日常生活質(zhì)量。比如，陶氏的創(chuàng)新性水凈化解決方案和建筑節(jié)能的解決方案就是有代表性的實(shí)例。在2008年第四季度可持續(xù)發(fā)展報(bào)告中，陶氏首次公布，經(jīng)第三方進(jìn)行的生命周期評估(life cycle assessment，LCA)驗(yàn)證，在住宅、商業(yè)建筑和工業(yè)管道上使用陶氏隔熱保溫材料，可使溫室氣體排放大幅減少，所減少的排放量達(dá)到陶氏公司自身排放總量的7倍。

《商務(wù)周刊》：請您談?wù)勌帐显谏a(chǎn)過程中對節(jié)能、清潔生產(chǎn)和員工安全的考慮和實(shí)踐。

鐘瑞麟：在自身生產(chǎn)過程中，陶氏一直堅(jiān)持不斷的節(jié)約能源和減少污染物排放。1996—2005年，陶氏產(chǎn)品所消耗的化石燃料已經(jīng)減少了20%以上。在2015年可持續(xù)發(fā)展目標(biāo)中，陶氏更是倡導(dǎo)未來10年把能源利用率再提高25%。

陶氏全球公報(bào)的初步報(bào)告中有陶氏近年來能源強(qiáng)度、化學(xué)物質(zhì)和污染物排放等的明確數(shù)據(jù)。長久以來，陶氏的能源強(qiáng)度(即單位產(chǎn)值能耗)一直在下降；2006年的能源強(qiáng)度比1994年降低了22%，同年，陶氏還決定使10年后的能源強(qiáng)度在2004年數(shù)值的基礎(chǔ)上降低25%。

另外，我們還貫徹“零容忍”政策，這一政策最初的含義是指不允許員工有任何觸犯法律的行為，這是公司價(jià)值觀和原則的一部分?，F(xiàn)在，“零容忍”政策在陶氏被引申至安全、健康和環(huán)保領(lǐng)域，比如在安全生產(chǎn)領(lǐng)域零傷害、零事故的要求。

《商務(wù)周刊》：陶氏為用戶提供了哪些創(chuàng)新性環(huán)保產(chǎn)品，是否考慮到了可回收利用的功能？

鐘瑞麟：陶氏致力于不斷創(chuàng)新科技，為用戶提供兼具經(jīng)濟(jì)價(jià)值與生態(tài)價(jià)值的新型產(chǎn)品。應(yīng)用在汽車制造中的IMPAXX吸能泡沫材料、用在節(jié)能住房建設(shè)上的STYROFOAM隔熱保溫板、DOWTHERM導(dǎo)熱液等創(chuàng)新性環(huán)保產(chǎn)品都得到了廣泛應(yīng)用，在為用戶節(jié)約成本的同時(shí)也在環(huán)保方面發(fā)揮了積極的作用。

作為全球眾多產(chǎn)品的原材料生產(chǎn)者，陶氏堅(jiān)持把對人和環(huán)境的影響最小化作為產(chǎn)品在設(shè)計(jì)、生產(chǎn)直至回收每一個(gè)環(huán)節(jié)的至高考量。在可持續(xù)發(fā)展上，陶氏不僅獨(dú)善其身，還力求兼善天下。在產(chǎn)品研發(fā)之前，陶氏會依據(jù)一套完整的生命周期分析來加以決策——從最初的選材，生產(chǎn)過程的確定，到副產(chǎn)品的循環(huán)利用、廢棄物處理的方式，以及整個(gè)過程中能耗如何等等。通過全面統(tǒng)計(jì)和參考相關(guān)數(shù)據(jù)來評估產(chǎn)品對于環(huán)境的影響、制定研發(fā)路線，這就是陶氏獨(dú)有的“從搖籃到搖籃”的理念。

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