To achieve its overall goal of no damage to the environment, PotashCorp sets annual environmental targets. The company also adopted a five-year goal to reduce GHG emissions. In 2007, it achieved two of the five targets it set for the year.
2007 Environmental Goals and Performance |
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2007 Targets |
2007 Results |
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Goal: No damage to the environment. |
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| 1. Develop targets for GHG emissions. | |
The company set a target to reduce GHG emissions per tonne of product by 10 percent by the end of 2012 to 1.98 tonnes GHG/tonne of product. More details are given in the section Greenhouse Gas Emissions. |
| 2. Develop five-year targets for improvements in energy efficiency. | |
The company decided to set a five-year target for GHG instead. It did set a one-year target for energy efficiency, which is to remain the same or improve energy efficiency compared to 2007. |
| 3. Improve energy efficiency in Trinidad by 3 percent from 2006 level. | |
Trinidad energy efficiency improved by 2 percent from 2006 levels. |
| 4. Continue research and evaluation of salt-tolerant vegetative cover for use on marginally saline soils near potash sites to protect the ground from wind and water erosion. | |
PotashCorp, as part of the Saskatchewan Potash Producers Association, continues to conduct research into this area. |
| 5. Reduce reportable releases and permit excursions by 10 percent from 2006 levels. | |
Total reportable releases and permit excursions remained unchanged. |