Environment

One of the priority objectives for the Concern Achema Group is to reduce the negative environmental impact by optimizing the production processes with particular emphasis on development in companies with specific activities.

The Company Achema is implementing the EU policies of chemicals management. The company is one of the main registers for magnesium nitrate in REACH regulation. By 2018 Achema will be able to supplement specialized files of the regulation, provide information to other participants and administer the registration process.

REACH regulation is the new policy of chemicals on the management act of EU.

Achema AB

The company Achema is voluntarily implementing the other two of the Kyoto Protocol Joint Implementation Mechanism projects and in just over a year the CO2 emission was reduced by 1.3 million tones.

The factory has nitrous oxide (N2O) treatment plant installation. Therefore nitrous oxide average emission rate is approaching to 80 percent.

By 2012 more than 4 million tones of CO2 equivalent emission is expected to lower.

By 2014 the Company plans to optimize the nitric acid production process and to reduce energy consumption in ammonium nitrate production. Also it is important to carry out the modernization of the ammonia plant and to reduce energy losses in existing steam header. The company plans to apply best available techniques in the eligible technologies for heat production and many other ones.

In the ceremony of National Responsible Business Awards (NAVA) in 2009 Achema among the major companies in the country was recognized as Environmental Company of the Year. This evaluation is due to efforts of reducing environmental impact.

A "green procurement" criterion is included in the public procurement contracts. The factory has nitric oxide treatment plant installed.

The Environment and natural state is observed not only by the company Achema specialists but also academic institutions: Lithuanian University of Agriculture and Institute of Botany. In 2006 the Helsinki Commission that is taking care of the Baltic Sea environment removed the company Achema from the „hot spots" list.

The area of stevedoring company KLASCO is always occupied with active loading work. It’s extremely important that the activity doesn’t affect negative on the Kursiu lagoon ecosystem and people living around the area. Fertilizers are loaded on ships with enclosed conveyors which have air filters to trap particulates. The company has installed 12 m high noise attenuation wall. By the legislative requirements ozone-depleting substances and accounting controls are executed.

KLASCO meets the ISPS (Port Security) code requirements. The monitoring of ground water, rain water, air pollution and noise is being executed in the sanitary protection zone.

The company has been cooperating with Klaipeda University since 2000. KLASCO is financing the educational work practices and promoting initiatives for freight logistics and marine business. It’s also providing students and trainees with work positions.

KLASCO AB

Kroviniu terminalas is one of the most modern oil and chemical cargo terminal in the East countries by the Baltic Sea with all validated safety and reliability requirements in international markets. It is the first company in region which is running four management systems according to ISO standards.

The terminal had installed modern vapour recovery equipments which cost more than 3.45 million Lt. It’s the largest installation among the oil companies in the Baltic States. It’s used for the collection of gasoline vapour emission during loading from tankers. In order to complete an air quality control throughout the territory of the terminal there are 87 air pollution detectors.

There are special floating roofs on gasoline storage tanks that reduce VOC (volatile organic compounds) evaporation to 95 percent. For groundwater protection throughout the terminal territory there is a high-quality concrete surface with a slope to collect contaminated water and to direct it to treatment systems. Potential discharges would be directed to terminal control wells. Rain and relatively polluted rainwater are cleaned in two modern sewage treatment plants with very efficient treatment absorption filters. The cargo terminal is constantly carrying monitoring of the groundwater and the impact on ambient air. Also terminal conducts studies on surface and stormwater control.

In the autumn of 2010 two companies Achema and Agrochema started a special product marking - they are participating in an educational project "Be responsible - Protect the Baltic Sea." The project is aimed to introduce farmers with environmental problems and encourage responsible use of nitrate fertilizers. The main goal is to reduce eutrophication in the Baltic Sea.

Agrochema is a member of the Lithuanian Plant Protection Association. Specialized storages for pesticides are equipped in Jonava, Seduva, Vilkaviskis and Vidukle.

All companies of the Concern have the highest quality management (ISO 9001 and ISO 9002) and environmental management (ISO 14001) certificates. Also they have implemented systems of health and safety management (OHSAS 18001).

Agrochema UAB

Agrochema UAB is the owner of one of the largest networks of agro-centres Agromax. Upon the performance of design and construction works of new agro-centres (in Jonava, Šeduva, Vilkaviškis) and other objects, new modern and efficient rainwater and sewage treatment equipment systems are installed, environment research is performed on a regular basis.

Renerga UAB

The objective of the company is electric power generation from renewable resources. It thus constitutes a contribution to the project of the Joint Implementation Mechanism under the Kyoto Protocol targeted at the reduction of the greenhouse gas emissions.

At the beginning of 2007 , the wind power station park was completed in Kretinga District. Its power amounts to 16 MW. The emission of CO2 to the atmosphere by the electric power station with such power capacity using fossil fuel would amount to 27,000 tonnes per year.

Krovinių Terminalas UAB

Volatile products are handled in the cargo terminal, it is thus extremely important to apply modern technologies reducing pollution to the maximum extent. Floating roofs reducing evaporation of volatile organic compounds (VOC) by 95% are installed in the petrol storage containers. The modern vapour recuperation equipment (VRE) system has been installed to collect vapour evolving from tankers in the course of stevedoring operations. Therefore the concentration of VOC emitted to the atmosphere does not exceed 150 mg/Nm3 (based on total amount of carbon), and based on this parameter its efficiency exceeds the EU directive requirements by 230 times. All tankers with respect of which stevedoring operations are performed are connected to the VRE.

In order to achieve full control on air quality, 87 pollution detectors are installed throughout the terminal territory. They react to extremely small product amounts in the air. In order to protect groundwater, high quality pitched concrete coating for the collection of foul water and direction thereof to the treatment systems is paved throughout the terminal territory. The contingent waste water would be directed to control manholes of the terminal.

Rainwater and relatively foul rainwater is treated in two modern sewage treatment systems equipped with absorption filters providing extremely efficient treatment. The treatment equipment is maintained by a specialised company. Monitoring of underwater, impact on atmosphere, as well as control research of surface waste water and rainwater is constantly performed in the cargo terminal.