Industries Qatar implementing 'world-class' Greenhouse Gas accounting and reporting programme

Market heavyweight Industries Qatar (IQ) is implementing a world-class Greenhouse Gas (GHG) accounting and reporting (A&R) programme in line with the QatarEnergy approved procedure for GHG emissions."We have major in-progress initiatives to reduce environmental impacts, which include projects such as Near Zero Liquid Discharge/Zero Liquid Discharge (NZLD/ZLD) programmes to recycle process wastewaters," said HE Saad bin Sherida al-Kaabi, IQ chairman and managing director, in its first sustainability report.The group, which did not record any fatalities or lost time injuries among employees and contractors and maintained reliable and safe operations in 2020, is optimistic about its approach and ability to respond to stakeholders’ needs, as it embraces innovation and approach towards operational excellence, while remaining focused on long-term aspirations and leveraging its global supply chain strengths, operational efficiencies and capital preservation strategies.Emphasising on efficient energy usage, the sustainability report said the group recognises the importance of reducing energy consumption in order to minimise the environmental impacts as well as increase company’s operational efficiency.The group uses natural gas as a primary energy source in its operations producing steel, fertilisers and petrochemical products (constituting 96% of the total energy consumption by the group), which is cleaner and more environmentally friendly than the other method of generating energy.IQ continues to invest in environmental projects to optimise and efficiently use natural resources and reduce the generation of emissions, effluents, and waste, the report said, adding through such capital investments, the group’s aim is to improve the environmental performance of operations, while enhancing the reliability and safety of operations.Its fertiliser subsidiary Qafco would continue to identify and evaluate opportunities in co-ordination with QatarEnergy to optimise its assets through the enhanced utilisation and processing of its natural gas feedstock in a profitable and sustainable manner.Qafco is implementing several environmental projects which include installation of continuous emission monitoring systems to monitor the quality and content of emissions released to the ambient environment, and achieving zero liquid discharge to sea.The group's petrochemical subsidiary Qapco has set 2021 target for the conditional CTO compliance at 96% and it established a complete renovation and upgrade project of its wastewater treatment facilities and replace it with new unit based on latest Water treatment technology from SIEMENS international.The project’s objective was to meet Qatar’s environmental regulation related to wastewater treatment with challenging targets set for the performance of the new unit including recovery of more than 85% of the treated waste water stream and reuse it inside existing production facilities.Qatar Steel's next sustainability roadmap for 2021-2025 with new targets and initiatives is in the process of being developed in line with the updated sustainability policy, new material topics, and the corporate strategy map 2021-25.The group's fuel additives subsidiary Qafac is implementing several projects and initiatives (ongoing and upcoming projects) to continuously reduce its energy consumption, GHG and air emissions, water consumption and waste generation.These include emissions: GHG accounting and reporting programme, upgrade of Jetty/ Berth project, regenerate gas scrubbing project, carbon dioxide recovery unit, and selective non-catalytic reduction (SNCR) system.