Investor Presentaiton
2016 Braskem | Annual Report
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Glossary
Biopolymer
Thermoplastic resin produced
from renewable raw materials
Сар
Emission limit
Cracker
Industrial plant where naphtha
is processed into derivatives,
such as ethylene, propylene,
and other co-products
Cracking (naphtha)
Breaking molecules for
ethylene production
Eco-efficiency
The ratio between the use
of resources required to
manufacture a given product
and its production volume.
Expresses productivity from an
environmental standpoint
Eco-indicators
Environmental performance
indicators
Grid factor
Average rate of GHG emissions
resulting from generating electricity
Flare
Static mechanical safety
equipment that is powered to
burn chemical compounds that
the industrial plant will not
be able to process. Burning
keeps hazardous compounds
from being released into the
atmosphere.
Rotary clinker kilns
Kilns to produce cement
Grade (Resin)
Type, Specification
Investment grade
Investment grade
Reverse logistics
A set of actions, procedures,
and means enabling the
collection and restitution of
solid waste in the business
sector, for reuse in its cycle or
in other production cycles, or
for other destinations
Cap&trad market
Cap & trade. A system composed
of several parts in which
emission quotas (permissions)
are established for each
participant, so that the sum of
all quotas does not exceed the
maximum fixed limit for the
system. The cap is set to ensure
that total system emissions are
reduced from one period to the
next. Trade is the trading of
permissions between participants
- those who can reduce their
emissions further can sell their
surplus permissions to those
for whom reducing emissions
is more expensive than buying
permissions from others. That is,
the trade mechanism allows the
reduction sought by the group
to be achieved at the lowest
possible cost.
Offsets
Emission credits that may be
traded in a cap&trade market.
They are generated by the
reduction of avoided emissions
or emissions in accredited
locations outside of market
coverage (e.g. reforestation).
These securities may be
used as compensation by
participants in a cap&trade
market who have exceeded
their emission limit
p.p.
Percentage point
Raffia
Fibers used to manufacture
bags for transporting fruit or
small loads
Ramp-up
Term in economy and business
defining the initial stage of
industrial production
Risk rating (of processes)
Process safety index
established by insurance
companies
Second generation (in the
petrochemical industry)
Second generation units,
producers of intermediates and
thermoplastic resins (PE, PP,
and PVC)
Spread
Margin (of profitability)
Tagalong
Mechanism that gives minority
shareholders the same rights
as controlling shareholders in
the event of sale or transfer
of control. Under Brazilian law
(Brazilian Corporate Law).
ACRONYMS
ABS: acrylonitrile-butadiene
styrene
GJ: Gigajoules
GPS: Global Product Strategy
KWh/t: kilowatt-hour per ton
kg/t: kg per ton
PE: Polyethylene
HDPE: High Density
Polyethylene
LDPE: Low Density
Polyethylene
LLDPE: Linear Low Density
Polyethylene
PP: Polypropylene
PVC: Polyvinylchloride
REACH: Registration,
Evaluation, Authorization and
Restriction of Chemicals
SAN: Styrene acrylonitrile
UNIB: Basic Petrochemicals
and Vinyls Unit
UNPOL: Polyolefins,
Renewables and Europe Unit
UTEC: ultra-high molecular
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