AAK sustainability report 2018

44 In 2018, AAK generated 339,000 MT of carbon dioxide at its production sites, an increase of 19 percent compared to 2017 driven by the inclusion of four new sites and larger processed volumes. Carbon emissions per processed unit decreased with 0.9 percent on the AAK scope 2016 production sites. The new baseline including the four new production sites is 8.7 percent higher. The increase is mainly due to our production site in India which uses coal as energy source. 35 percent of direct carbon dioxide emissions stemmed from renewable resources on the AAK scope 2016 production sites while the new baseline including the new sites is 28 percent. Due to the Group’s use of fuels, its production sites emitted 192 MT NOₓ (nitrogen oxide) and 27 MT SOₓ (sulphur oxide). The significant decreases were due to a shift of fuel oil quality. There were 246 MT VOC (Volatile Organic Compounds) primarily emitted from sites that run extraction and solvent fractionation processes. VOC decreased by 6.2 percent between 2017 and 2018. With our portfolio of CO 2 reducing projects, we will continue to focus on reducing our CO 2 emissions in the coming years. Air Total direct emissions MT 350 300 250 200 150 100 50 0 NO x SO x VOC 2018 2014 2015 2016 2017 New baseline Total direct CO 2 emissions Per unit processed material 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 160 120 80 40 0 137 129 127 121 New baseline 120 132 MT Non-renewable Renewable Source of direct CO 2 emissions 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 100 80 60 40 20 0 % New baseline 39 36 37 35 35 28 44 Contributes to: