10.03.23
Covestro announced that it was recently honored by the Ohio Environmental Protection Agency (Ohio EPA) with the prestigious E3 (Encouraging Environmental Excellence) Sil-ver Award.
Ohio EPA’s E3 Award program recognizes organizations for their activities that reduce en-vironmental impact, conserve natural resources and result in long-term economic success. Through the program, Ohio EPA evaluates environmental excellence across 15 categories, including topics such as pollution prevention, life cycle assessments and sustainable mate-rials and purchasing.
Covestro, which, in 2020, established a new vision to become fully circular and, in 2022, set the goal to achieve climate neutrality by 2035, was able to show tangible results and long-term commitment across many categories.
Among its achievements, Covestro’s Newark OH site has:
• Reduced absolute CO2 emissions against a 2019 baseline.
• Increased its recycling of industrial materials from 45% to 57% against a 2019 baseline.
• Reduced the amount of water used annually by more than 4 million gallons against a 2019 baseline.
• Implemented Operation Clean Sweep Blue, a program designed to prevent plastic pellet loss into the environment.
• Actively contributed to numerous community programs, including Adopt A Highway, United Way, Red Cross, Big Brothers Big Sisters of America, and more.
Ohio EPA’s E3 Award program recognizes organizations for their activities that reduce en-vironmental impact, conserve natural resources and result in long-term economic success. Through the program, Ohio EPA evaluates environmental excellence across 15 categories, including topics such as pollution prevention, life cycle assessments and sustainable mate-rials and purchasing.
Covestro, which, in 2020, established a new vision to become fully circular and, in 2022, set the goal to achieve climate neutrality by 2035, was able to show tangible results and long-term commitment across many categories.
Among its achievements, Covestro’s Newark OH site has:
• Reduced absolute CO2 emissions against a 2019 baseline.
• Increased its recycling of industrial materials from 45% to 57% against a 2019 baseline.
• Reduced the amount of water used annually by more than 4 million gallons against a 2019 baseline.
• Implemented Operation Clean Sweep Blue, a program designed to prevent plastic pellet loss into the environment.
• Actively contributed to numerous community programs, including Adopt A Highway, United Way, Red Cross, Big Brothers Big Sisters of America, and more.
