Engro believes environmental performance is critical to upholding responsible business operations, and has worked hard at monitoring, controlling and reducing wastes while conforming to relevant environmental standards. Broadly, Engro has displayed consistent progress in all its key environmental performance indicators, namely, effluents, greenhouse emitting gases, ozone-depleting gases, hazardous and non-hazardous wastes, and natural resource management with respect to waste reduction, energy conservation, and compliance.

100% compliance of National Environmental Quality Standards (NEQS) was achieved for effluents & emissions and transparent reporting to governmental bodies continued during 2007. A major breakthrough was environmentally friendly disposal of hazardous waste that was achieved by recycling / reusing the entire on-site inventory of spent catalysts & resins and mercury lights for metal extraction and manufacturing of salts / micro nutrients. Similarly, environmentally friendly disposal of chromate sludge was started. After discontinuation of Ozone depleting Chlorofluorocarbons (CFC’s), replacement of Hydro CFC’s is underway in a phased manner (normal replacement cycle of air conditioners). Engro has also won consecutively four National Forum of Environment & Health annual environment excellence awards.

The company has gone one step forward towards carbon trading (Clean Development Mechanism) by signing a contract with consultants on Project Development Document (PDD) for development of possible Clean Development Mechanism projects.

“For complete detail on environmental foot-print, please review-CSR Report Link”