Value Creation Is The Bedrock Of Our Business ANNUAL INTEGRATED REPORT 2022 99 WASTE MANAGEMENT WHY IT IS IMPORTANT Efficient waste management is vital, to ensure our licence to operate. It also enables us to better protect the environment and conserve natural resources. FGV is committed to implementing zero-waste initiatives and is striving towards its goal of becoming a zero-environmental impact operation. Our waste management strategies protect our bottom line and ensure responsible waste management. This encompasses the proper collection, transportation, recycling and disposal of waste. We kicked off the Waste Mapping and Circularity Gaps project to all business sectors in February 2022 to start monitoring our waste footprint. This enables us to obtain data to improve our waste management and underlines the issues faced in our operations, including waste generation, handling, storage and disposal. We have initiated several waste management approaches, including treating biomass from palm oil milling to produce biogas and using nanofiltration waste treatment systems to process the discharge produced in our sugar refineries, among others. Sustainability Review PROGRESS AND ACHIEVEMENTS FGV’s waste management aligns with, contributes to bolsters our waste-to-wealth business strategy. Our palm oil mills convert biomass into renewable energy for power generation. POME can be treated to generate biogas, while EFB, mesocarp fibres and PKS can be used as fuel for boilers. In addition to renewable energy generation, the biomass from palm oil production can be utilised for soil improvement in estate. Our EFBs are used as mulch, which acts as an organic fertiliser that improves soil fertility and moisture retention. At the FGV Innovation Centre, we are committed to implementing proper recycling practices to reduce waste. We minimise environmental impact by segregating items such as plastics, paper, cartridges, glass and steel amongst others according to categories. To ensure proper disposal and recycling of these items, FGV has engaged SWM Environment Sdn Bhd for once-amonth waste collection, which is part of its KITARecycle programme. UPSTREAM DIVISION Our Sugar Sector is committed to practising recycling by selling non-hazardous waste such as scrap packaging material which mainly comprised of plastic wastes. It also produces mudcake, a by-product of the filtration process, which is sent to a third party as Alternative Raw Materials (ARM). They utilised the mudcake as one of the alternative resources for fertiliser and cement production. SUGAR SECTOR
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