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Dear Shareholder,
As a leading environmental
services provider, we at SembCorp Environmental Management
(SembEnviro), see our role as that of providing leadership
in meeting the challenges of a sustainable future for the
whole SembCorp Industries Group. Strongly committed to environmental
care, we work in close partnerships with communities, industries
and governments towards the sound management of social, economic
and environmental responsibilities. This is referred to as
“the triple bottom line”.
Our efforts
in promoting resource conservation include:
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Teaming up
with one of the world’s leading recycling companies
– Australia’s VISY Recycling – to set
up an automated materials recovery facility (MRF) in
Singapore. The MRF sorts and recovers paper, plastics,
glass and metals. Since its inception in August 2002,
the volume recovered has grown 142 per cent due to the
efficiencies at the MRF while achieving a recovery rate
of 80 per cent. The facility currently recovers 25 tonnes
per shift and is targeting to recover 100 tonnes per
shift by the year’s end with Phase Two in place
and with growing participation from other recycling
collectors who bring their recyclables to the MRF. (Figure
1.0)
SEMBVISY MRF:
VOLUME RECOVERED IN 2002
(Tonnes per month)
Figure
1.0
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Pioneering
the use of environmentally-friendly crates for the storage
of recyclables. The household participation rate and volume
of recyclables collected have improved in the precincts
that we serve.
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Investing
in a pilot recovery facility to mine construction and
demolition waste. Since the start of operations, the
volume of construction and demolition waste recovered
at the trial plant has grown 30-fold, rising from 310
tonnes in January 2002, when it was first set up, to
9300 tonnes in December 2002. Encouraged by the results,
we are now developing a full-fledged 600,000 tonnes
per year automated facility which is expected to be
ready by mid-2003. (Figure 2.0)
CONSTRUCTION
& DEMOLITION WASTE:
VOLUME RECOVERED IN 2002
(Tonnes per month)
Figure 2.0
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Employing
conversion technologies specific to the markets that we
operate in. For example, we invested in a joint venture
plant with a leading Malaysian conglomerate to convert
palm oil waste to green energy. The facility in Malaysia
will save 500 tonnes of empty fruit bunches per day from
being otherwise disposed of.
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Working
closely with the community and city councils in Australia
towards zero waste by progressively reducing the volume
of waste disposed of at the landfills.
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Expanding
into industrial biologics – an environmentally friendly
liquid waste treatment using micro-organisms.
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Holding
community roadshows and talks in schools and welfare homes
to share our 3Rs philosophy “Reduce, Reuse, Recycle”.
We are also committed to supporting national events such
as Clean and Green Week, sponsored community events with
recycling themes such as the Hong Kah North’s Environmental
Awareness Programme and the ZhengHua CCC Go Green Family
Day, and even jointly attempted to break the Guinness
World Record for the longest aluminum can chain with the
students of the Singapore Management University.
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Offering
an environmental management scholarship scheme for needy
children so that they may realise their full potential
and do their bit for the environment and adopting the
Jamiyah Children’s Home.
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Adopting endangered tree frog species
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Operationally,
we are committed to pursuing a high standard of environmental
performance. This commitment is best demonstrated in our certification
to international quality standards. Four of our businesses
are certified to ISO 9001:2000 standards and two of our medical
businesses are certified to ISO 14001 standards. This year,
we will be working towards certifying the entire SembEnviro
stable of companies to ISO 14001 standards.
At the industry level, we are working closely with the Waste
Management Recycling Association of Singapore towards the
long- term challenge of sustainable development. The Association
was set up in August 2001 to raise the level of professionalism
and the image of the industry and its workers. It is presently
chaired by SembEnviro.
Environmental enhancement and good businesses can and do co-exist.
This is what we at SembCorp Industries hope to show as SembEnviro
moves forward towards higher levels of environmental responsiveness
and performance.
LOH
WAI KIEW
President & CEO
SembCorp Environmental Management
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