Energy & Greenhouse Gas Emissions

Energy & Greenhouse Gas Emissions

Orica believes that to operate responsibly, sustain growth, offer valuable customer solutions and maintain regulatory and community trust, environmental stewardship must be embedded in everything it does.

Key Challenges and Opportunities

Orica’s operations and those of a number of its key customers are both energy-intensive and emissions-intensive.

• 8% improvement in greenhouse gas emissions intensity
• Reduced greenhouse gas emissions from nitric acid plants by more than 900,000 tonnes CO2-e

• Continue to optimise N2O abatement at nitric acid plants, including investigation of alternative technologies
• Continue to develop and deliver customer service offerings that can make a significant contribution to customer energy and greenhouse goals
• Conduct pilot trials for mineral carbonation