Integrated Report 2020
Braskem
INTEGRATED
REPORT 2020
CAPITAL PERFORMANCE
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A MESSAGE FROM THE BUSINESS LEADER
BRASKEM
STRATEGIC PLANNING
ABOUT THE REPORT
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Water Security
Our long-term goal to ensure that all the water used
by Braskem comes from low-risk sources. In a challeng-
ing global scenario, our water risk assessment identified
severe droughts as the greatest potential risk in Brazil,
for example. We carry out periodic checks to ensure we
have enough quality water for the operation of our plants
in every region. Diagnostic analyses guide Braskem's
Adaptation Plans, aiming to mitigate availability risks and
to allocate investments to safer water sources, such as
reused or desalinated water.
WATER SECURITY INDEX
2018
75%
2019
2020
75%
83%
Compared to 2019, our units in Mexico and Germany
maintained the same Water Security Index - 100%.
The indicator for USA operations was reduced due
to the completion of the Texas River Basin risk as-
sessment pointing to higher long-term water risk
(by 2040). In contrast, Brazil operations improved by
around 12% thanks to progress in shifting from sur-
face water abstraction to safer underground water
abstraction, in addition to other internal initiatives to
increase water reuse and recycling. Given the pro-
portion of Brazilian operations within Braskem's total
number of plants, their weight in the indicator is 80%,
which explains why overall corporate results rose from
75% in 2019 to 82.9% in 2020, with a total of 18.86%
of our water consumption coming from areas where
water stress is high or very high.
Waste GRI 103-2, 103-3 | 306, 306-1, 306-2, 306-3
A truly circular economy starts at home. That is why
we have several initiatives to avoid internal waste
generation. Our priorities are: 1. Avoid generation; 2.
Reduce; 3. Reuse; 4. Waste treatment; 5. Final Dis-
posal. Our efforts in the different categories aim to
reduce waste treatment costs, increase eco-effi-
ciency rates and prevent environmental liabilities.
Since 2018, we are members of Operation Clean
Sweep, and we are committed to adopting the best
practices in the control of pellets, flakes and dust in
all our industrial and logistics units. Our goal was to
become a member of OCS Blue - the highest level of
participation in the program - by 2020, and we cele-
brate the fact that we are now in this category both
in Brazil and in the United States. Our Pellet Zero
Program combined with other pellet containment
actions at unit level collected approximately 3,000
tons of pellets, flakes and powders, preventing them
from reaching rivers and seas.
We collected 3,000 tons of
pellets, flakes and powders
and reached the OCS Blue
level of the Operation Clean
Sweep program in 2020
Indicator
Total waste
generation (Kg)
Indicator -
Waste generation (Kg/t)
2018
2019
2020
37,669,700
37,002,579
35,892,667
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