42 Climate Protection at ALTANA
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For Daniela Coan, it is important that the initiatives have a
visible and tangible effect.
Carbon offsetting measures are important elements
on the way to a sustainable, climate-neutral economy.
This also applies to ALTANA worldwide. The challenge
is to identify suitable offset projects that achieve
the greatest possible effect, for example in Brazil.
Daniela Coan is Industrial Manager Operations and Research
at ELANTAS do Brasil in Cerquilho. In this capacity, she is responsible
for the site’s carbon footprint. The focus is on sustainable
management of resource consumption, particularly in the field
of energy. Back in 2020, ALTANA switched its global electricity
procurement Group-wide to renewable sources. In Germany, a
Power Purchase Agreement has been in place since the beginning
of 2021. As a result, ALTANA buys green electricity directly
where it is generated.
The issue is also a top priority in Brazil. “We want to keep
our carbon footprint as low as possible. To this end, we are making
targeted investments in a green energy matrix, are procur-
ing more and more energy directly from ‘green’ contractors, and
have installed technical devices for environmentally compatible
energy management at our plant. This enables us to operate in
an increasingly energy-efficient manner. Furthermore, we are
conducting studies to find out how we can completely dispense
with fossil fuels as quickly as possible,” explains Daniela Coan.
Entire production processes must be replaced by new
technologies
But this cannot be realized in the short term in all cases, because
many production processes are still based on natural gas and
OFFSETTING ON
THE WAY TO CLIMATE
NEUTRALITY