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bon neutrality journey will focus
on bringing Sabic to a net-zero
end state between 2030 and
2050, which will require significant
advancement of innovative
technologies at scale and across
both our existing asset base and
growth. To prepare, we are advancing
initiatives such as our
First Adopter Program, which
charts a course for the commercial
implementation of our foundational
decarbonisation technologies
(electrification, CCS
and H2) within our olefin cracker
assets this decade. Its aim is
to ensure that Sabic is poised
for rollout across our footprint,
with a clear understanding of
the cost, performance and infrastructure
required.
3. Prioritise the
partnerships and
innovations that can
expedite the transition.
To achieve decarbonisation,
companies must ensure their
eff orts align with and accelerate
the wider industry's sustainable
transformation. This requires
cutting-edge partnerships and
external infrastructure.
For example, we are currently
building the world's first
large-scale electrically heated
steam cracker furnace with
BASF and Linde. Set to go online
later this year, the 'e-cracker'
will use renewable electricity
to provide the heat in an
industrial furnace, potentially
resulting in the reduction of at
least 90% of CO2 emissions of
crackers when compared with
conventional crackers.
We are also evaluating other
longer-term avenues to securing
carbon neutrality, including
dispatching the world's
first commercial shipment of
independently certified blue
ammonia to South Korea and
receiving the world's first independent
certifications recognizing
blue ammonia and blue
hydrogen production, opening
new market opportunities for
using ammonia as a clean fuel
in the future.
4. Acknowledge the
challenge of tracking
scope 3 emissions.
Setting targets for scope 3
emissions comes with challenges
given the chemicals
value chain represents the
third-largest industrial subsector
source of GHG emissions,
on top of the lack of consensus
on prioritised categories
to address. However, analysis
of scope 3 emissions can
help companies identify hot
spots along the value chain
and uncover opportunities to
improve their sustainable offerings
and position in the market.
This analysis can also help
strengthen relationships with
customers across the value
chain that have sought scope 3
data for their own disclosures.
At Sabic, we began by enlisting
expert personnel, resources,
data management and quality
processes to comprehensively
examine all relevant categories.
Our eff orts were acknowledged
by limited assurance on overall
scope 3 emissions for 2020, becoming
the first company in the
industry to do so, and continue to
grow in this area. In addition, we
recently joined Together for Sustainability,
a procurement-driven
initiative that will help increase
transparency in upstream value
chains and support further reductions
in scope 3 emissions.
The road
W ahead
hen faced with potentially
daunting challenges, companies
can choose caution, measured
actions and incremental change.
Or they can move forward with a
clear road map that recognises
the opportunity ahead, through
new business models, new
modes of value and diff erentiation,
and growth in new markets
and applications. By choosing
the latter path, I am proud to say
Sabic is embracing innovation
and collaboration within our industry,
and across sectors and
value chains, to take our ambition
into a reality.
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