must first be replaced by new technologies. In 2021, ALTANA invested
for the first time in offset projects in accordance with
the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals. In addition
to reducing its own greenhouse gas emissions, ALTANA is also
compensating for the unavoidable use of natural gas until 2025
by financing equivalent climate protection projects in the re-
gions where the emissions occur. In the meantime, the company
is supporting corresponding initiatives in the Chinese provinces
of Hebei and Zhejiang as well as in the Indian states of Andhra
Pradesh and Himachal Pradesh. In India, for example, ALTANA
is supporting a project for generating energy from hydropower
in the district of Kinnaur, and providing support for an initiative
for sustainably generated electricity from wind in the district of
Ananthapuramu. Both initiatives help reduce the high propor-
tion of environmentally harmful coal-fired electricity production
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Together with experts from the Luiz de Queiroz College of Agri-
culture of the University of São Paulo, Daniela Coan and her team
are evaluating several approaches for conserving the Atlantic
coast forest.
and promote the increased use of renewable energy sources to
meet the country’s growing energy needs.
Cooperation with universities and institutions
To ensure that the best and most effective offset projects are
chosen, ELANTAS collaborates with universities in Brazil. An
example is the Luiz de Queiroz College of Agriculture of the University
of São Paulo, one of the most distinguished research institutes
when it comes to rainforest conservation. Its experts are cur-
rently working with Daniela Coan and her team to evaluate
several approaches to conserving the forest on the Atlantic coast.
“With our involvement, we want to demonstrably contribute
to protecting biodiversity and natural resources,” explains Daniela
Coan.
For Daniela Coan, it is important that the initiatives have a
visible and tangible effect: “I firmly believe that we must make
a contribution to ensuring that future generations will be left a
world worth living in. So it is all the more important to know
exactly where to invest most effectively on a local level. Offsetting
can only be effective if it is pursued in a targeted and strategic
manner. This is how we are building meaningful bridges to
the energy transition.”
Throughout the Group, ALTANA has switched one-hundred
percent of its global electricity procurement to renewable sources.
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