Optimizing our ressources consumption: industrial practices which are improving

The Arkema group is working hard to control and optimize its energy consumption. As a result, it is improving its production practices and has implemented an energy savings program called “Arkenergy”.

To this end, Arkema is supported by a network of Energy Saving Leaders (ESL) on each industrial site. A steering committee coordinates the actions of this network and monitors its progress. The Steering Committee works with in-house or outside experts, and with the business units.

The Arkenergy program is divided into three main parts:

• increasing awareness and progress indicators,
• best practices for managing and maintaining operations,
• investing to reduce energy consumption.

While the sales turnover of the Arkema group increased from €5.7 to €6.4 billion between 2006 and 2012, its energy consumption dropped by 26%. But this strong decrease is due to the cession of business activities which included some major electricity consumers. A restatement of the data excluding these activities, led to the following evolution trend, more representative of reality.

Arkema decreased close to 2% a year its net purchases of energy between 2010 and 2012

(excluding sold activities)

According to the United Nations, based on the current growth rates of the world’s population and its freshwater needs, the average quantity of available water per inhabitant should decrease by 30% by 2025.