Sun Chemical publishes fifth Corporate Sustainability Report

Sun Chemical has published its fifth Corporate Sustainability Report. The latest report focuses on its data-driven sustainability efforts by reporting the performance measurement for seven key sustainability metrics: energy consumption/conservation at production and non-production sites, the energy carbon footprint at the production sites, process waste reduction, water consumption, materials safety, and employee safety.

In the report, Sun Chemical introduces a new internal web-based collecting system called EcoTrack. EcoTrack aims to provide continuous monitoring, increase transparency, and improve data quality check capabilities of the seven key sustainability metrics. EcoTrack will be a key tool moving forward in Sun Chemical’s road map objective to review target improvement opportunities. Sun Chemical has collected data for the key sustainability metrics since 2005 from approximately 170 Sun Chemical sites in over 25 countries, and this data has been uploaded into the system to keep continuity in data reporting.

“At Sun Chemical, we’re challenging ourselves to look for ways we can improve our processes at individual sites by monitoring key metrics to understand and manage our environmental impact,” said Gary Andrzejewski, Sun Chemical’s corporate vice president of environmental affairs. “EcoTrack is one example of ways we are improving our processes in data collection. In 2013, there are many examples of how our own manufacturing facilities have been challenging themselves with regard to eco-efficiency. We’ve accomplished a lot in 2013 that we are proud of.”

New renewable and safety projects highlighted in the report include:

  • the installation of solar panels in the Wavre, Belgium facility;
  • 28 projects in the Muskegon, Mich. facility which helped to avoid 726 tons of CO2 emissions;
  • the installation of a new distillation unit in Kankakee, Ill., which increased the quantity of ink manufactured for each kilogram of cleaning solvent by 40 percent;
  • the capture of steam to produce energy at the Maumee, Ohio site; and
  • a fire training and evacuation exercise to identify improvement areas at the Marki, Poland facility.

The Sun Chemical sustainability report is available to customers and can be requested online at www.sunchemical.com/sustainability.

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