Energy Conservation

Waste Heat Recovery Plants - Usage of Green Technology

In any industrial process, heat is wasted as a result. If not used efficiently, waste heat is released into the atmosphere. A Waste Heat Recovery (WHR) Plant utilizes residual heat, consuming no fuel, and lowering dust emissions and temperature of discharged heat thus having a positive impact on the environment. The WHR unit does not need any externally fed fuel to operate, but it uses the waste heat from the system. The design of these plants hinges on the idea of encapsulating all the waste heat and using this heat to generate steam from boilers, which drive the turbine engines, thus producing electricity. Being one of the leading cement manufacturers in Pakistan, we have the responsibility and opportunity to contribute in bringing sustainability in the cement industry. For this we have extensively invested in implementing projects that reduce energy consumption and address issues of environmental degradation. These projects not only bring production efficiencies, but have significantly reduced carbon emission.

Water Conservation

Responsible consumption of water and its conservation are an integral part of Lucky Cement's sustainability efforts and its drive towards utilizing the resources responsibly. The Nature of Cement processing is a Dry Process, where water is used only for machinery cooling and generating the steam for boilers. Water sprinkling is done in the Yards, storage, roads and sideways to improve the health and to improve working environment of the area. Lucky Cement makes every effort towards reducing water wastage and ensures that water is consumed responsibly.

We reduce water intensity in all our operations and focus particularly on our impact in water conservation. We make efforts to restore natural water cycles, benefiting multiple aspects of our value chain and the people and communities we serve. We aim at ensuring that everyone has access to safe drinking water as well as adequate water for hygiene and sanitation purposes. For our commitment towards SDG 6; Clean Water & Sanitation, Lucky Cement provides awareness and encourages its employees towards water conservation through regular safety talks.

We work towards achieving SDG 6 by delivering services to enable access to safe drinking water and sanitation facilities in communities and schools, to people living in poverty, in hard-to-reach, climate-affected and under-served urban areas, including Jhang Khel, Wazir Kala, Shehbaz Khel, Tabi Murad and Azghar Khel where we have installed solar based tube wells for the locals.

We have defined goals for efficient water usage to reduce the impact on the depleting fresh water sources across the Country.

Environment Conservation

Lucky Cement aims to be a more sustainable business, for a more sustainable society. This means protecting biodiversity and natural resources, while encouraging others to act responsibly. Our ambition is to strive for zero environmental impact in our operations. We use sustainably-managed renewable resources, operate more efficiently, re-use and/or re cycle wherever possible, and improve water management. Cutting energy usage is central to global efforts to cut carbon-based emissions and address the problems of climate change.

The impacts of climate change are already apparent. It is a global issue that will affect everyone. We are innovating to reduce our environmental footprint, in line with our commitment to use natural resources sustainably to conserve the environment in the times when natural resources are depleting at a high rate. Our Quality, Health, Safety, and Environment (QHSE) policy outlines our commitment to measure and reduce the environmental impact of our operations, and our manufacturing units are certified to ISO 14001.

Our Environment strategy is built around four key areas that are critical to our sustainability efforts:

• We focus on emission control and reduction, which involves minimizing the amount of greenhouse gases and other pollutants released into the atmosphere.
• We prioritize energy management to reduce our carbon footprint and ensure that we use energy as efficiently as possible.
• We are committed to responsible water management to ensure that we use this valuable resource sustainably and minimize waste.
• We focus on waste reduction and resource management to minimize the amount of waste generated by our operations and to ensure that we use resources as efficiently as possible.