Emission and Pollution Control
Air Emission Management
Concern for employees' and communities' health surrounding the factories, SCGP establishes a stringent Air and Odor Emission Management Policy. The process starts from controlling pollution at the source, reducing the amount of air and odors emissions together with regular surveys and measurements of them, and bringing the obtained data to analyze for developing a better environment, including continuously upgrading the reduction and measurement technology
Strategy
Management Practices
- Air Pollution Control Technology: The Company has employed effective air pollutant control technologies that meet industrial standards, such as Electrostatic Precipitator (ESP) for dust-capture and scrubber systems that treat gases and toxic fumes using solvents.
- Air Quality and Odor Monitoring System: The Company has deployed Continuous Emission Monitoring System (CEMS) to monitor Particulate Matter (PM), sulfur dioxide (SO2 ), and nitrogen oxides (NOx ). In addition, SCGP has implemented its proprietary Detect Odor & Monitoring (D.O.M.) innovation, which was developed through internal research and development. The system offers higher sensitivity and greater detail than regulatory requirements, enabling the rapid detection of odor anomalies and strengthening the effectiveness of continuous air quality management.
- Monitoring and Governance: Machine learning is applied to regularly assess air quality in plants and surrounding areas. SCGP’s Odor Management Committee oversees implementation and conducts internal audits to ensure compliance with regulatory requirements, with information disclosed transparently to stakeholders.
- Capacity Building: The Company provides training for employees to ensure the safe and effective implementation of pollution control systems.
- Community Engagement: The Company communicates with communities to share information on air quality and to gather feedback through open house events, as well as tripartite meetings comprising representatives from local communities, government agencies, and the Company. SCGP has also contributed to various environmental projects. In addition, emergency response plans are in place to control and mitigate potential impacts in the event of abnormal incidents.
- Community Engagement: The Company communicates with communities to share information on air quality and to gather feedback through open house events, as well as tripartite meetings comprising representatives from local communities, government agencies, and the Company. SCGP has also contributed to various environmental projects. In addition, emergency response plans are in place to control and mitigate potential impacts in the event of abnormal incidents.
| Target | Performance in 2025 |
|---|---|
| Reduction in Dust emission intensity (per ton of production) 10% in 2030 compared with the base year 2020. | 20.5% |
| No official odor complaint. | None |
Performance
Dusit Intensity
SOx Intensity
NOx Intensity
Odor Pollution Management
SCGP establishes a policy on odor pollution management from source by installing an air pollution treatment system, biological treatment systems, etc. for example Wet Scrubber and Bio filter. And reduce the amount of odor from waste by Sludge dryer installation and preparing Odor Mapping to control the odor pollution nuisance in the communities around the factory. We regularly survey and measure odor around the neighborhood, continuously analyze the obtained data to improve the odor environment, and always pursue developing odor pollution reduction and measurement technology.
In 2021, the Innovation and Technology Development Center and Technology and Digital Platform Department of SCGP co-invented and manufactured the innovative DOM: Detect Odor & Monitoring to measure and monitor air and odor pollution. This innovation was successfully awarded the National Innovation Award 2020 in the Product and Service design category. They worked jointly with the Siam Kraft Paper, Thai paper Factories at Ban Pong District, Ratchaburi Province, and the factory at Wang Sala District, Kanchanaburi Province, to install DOM. It has been effectively used with high efficiency. Thus, SCGP continues replicating this success to other SCGP factories. For more details: https://www.dom-noz.com/
SCGP treats all effluent from the production process before releasing it into the environment. This is through the regular monitoring of treated water for quality analysis at the internal effluent value setting to ensure that is equivalent or superior to the legal limit before discharging to the natural water source, to the Industrial Estate's wastewater treatment system or to the farmers for agricultural usage. Other efforts includes investments towards new processes and technology for enhanced efficiency of wastewater treatment, and encourage working staffs to attend all environment-related trainings to consistently obtain new knowledge / technology
SCGP selected the high-efficiency water treatment technology by installing an anaerobic treatment system in factories both in Thailand and abroad. The technology has reduced wastewater contamination before entering the aerobic treatment system, so it helps to improve the process efficiency. In addition, it can reduce energy use while producing biogas as an alternative fuel for steam and electricity generation