Sustainable development in water and process treatment

Growing customer interest in sustainable development is driven by both increased consumer demand for responsible business management and additional regulatory requirements. Nalco is uniquely positioned to help customers improve their environmental performance. Across its portfolio of programmes and services, nearly all offerings provide social benefits such as:

• Cleaner water to use and air to breathe
• Improved freshwater availability driven by reduction, recycling and reuse of water in production and other processes
• Reductions in greenhouse gas emissions resulting from energy efficiency improvements
• Reduced solid waste generation and hazardous materials exposure

Most of these benefits create significant economic value for customers. When you look at the return on investment this provides, sources of value often include savings from reducing energy requirements, water reuse or avoidance, asset conservation, reductions in waste disposal, improved utilisation of other natural resources or raw materials, and many other actions.

Many customers are making substantial, corporate-wide commitments to reduce their environmental footprint. The recent rapid increase in energy costs and an expanding number of regulatory requirements have only added to their motivation. Customers also recognise there are economic gains to be obtained from the more efficient use of natural resources such as water, crude oil, pulp and minerals. They are seeking to do business with suppliers who can help them meet their sustainable development goals and who operate using similar principles.

Nalco is continuously developing additional goals to ensure it remains focused on improving its own environmental performance, even as it helps customers to do the same.