08 90% EN 2024/2025 TOWARDS SUSTAINABILITY Across CUMI, investments have been in high efficiency dust collectors. The factories have a significant green cover of 6,000 trees which act as a carbon sink. The investment in a highperformance scrubbing system has contributed significantly to a much cleaner environment. Switching to natural gas in many plant locations has also helped lower emissions. In line with CUMI’s goal of reducing water intensity, several projects have been undertaken for water conservation using rainwater harvesting tanks and recycling facilities. Large water harvesting ponds effectively collect and store rainwater enriching groundwater storage for furnace cooling. In addition, technology programs are under execution to reduce the furnaces’ cooling water requirement without compromising the safety of plants and people. The reduction of waste across business locations has been addressed through design. Programs that focus on more from less have led to innovative solutions that are reducing the use of materials in the process, thereby generating less waste and also by programs that use the waste materials to create products that can be used for social and economic purposes. Examples are the use of waste abrasive materials into composites and the recycling of industrial ceramics waste as inputs to refractory raw materials. Emissions Waste Water Sythetic fused aluminia Fused Alumina were developed to meet newer and emerging applications. Reduction of CO2 emissions by 90% compared to conventional bauxite-based fusion. Several new variants of Brown Synthetic alumina fusion RHODIUS & CUMI 008
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