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EVENT HIGHLIGHTS

GPCA’s Responsible Care Conference concludes

in Bahrain

Gulf Petrochemicals and Chemicals achieving carbon neutrality. The high-
Association (GPCA) organised the fifth lights of the second day of the confe-
edition of its Responsible Care Confe- rence included a presentation by Mr.
rence in Bahrain from 5-7 September Salamah Al Dhafiri, EHS Director,
2023 on the theme ‘Shaping A Sustain- Sadara and Chairman, RC Conference
able Future with Innovative Solutions’. Planning Taskforce, GPCA.

Engineer Kamal bin Ahmed As part of the conference, GPCA re-
Mohammed, President of Electricity & leased its ‘Responsible Care 2022 Perfor-
Water Authority (EWA), Bahrain and mance Metrics’ report under the theme
Chairman, GPIC, delivered the inau- ‘Navigating a year of progress and sus-
gural address on the first day, while tainability’. The report is based on 999
the opening remarks were presented by data entries from 39 companies collect-
Mr. Khalid Al Alyani, EHS VP, SABIC. ed and analysed from a set of 26 metrics.
According to the report, in 2022, GPCA
The path to net-zero in 2050 will re- members achieved an impressive 17%
quire enabling technologies and infra- Dr. Ali Al-Meshari, SVP, Techno- reduction in combined Total Record-
structure, collaboration, and conducive logy Oversight & Coordination, Saudi able Incidents (TRIs), encompassing
regulatory frameworks to develop ef- Aramco, engaged with Dr. Ahmed Al incidents involving both employees and
fective solutions that will reduce green- Hazmi, CEO, Al Madar Group, about contractors measured against the previ-
house gas (GHG) emissions, enable the the carbon management journey in ous nine years. In 2022, process safety
energy transition and address climate Saudi Arabia. Delegates heard first-hand incidents dropped by 31% YoY and by
change, speakers said. Practiced in 70 insights on effective approaches for re- an impressive 40% over the past nine-
countries globally, including in coun- ducing and removing carbon emissions, year average. In 2022, GPCA members
tries in the Middle East, ‘Responsible such as CO capture and storage, low- reduced hazardous waste generation by
2
Care’ has enabled chemical companies carbon hydrogen, low-carbon fuels, and 42% compared to the previous year. In
in the region to reduce their environ- offsetting solutions. addition, the report revealed a 61%
mental impact, maintain safe opera- reduction of hazardous waste generation
tions and build strong partnerships with The second panel of the day delved when compared to the average value
their communities, they added. into the industry’s perspective for recorded over the previous nine years
(2013-2021).

Excellence awards
The event also witnessed the
felicitation of the winners of the 3rd
GPCA Responsible Care Excellence
Awards, which attracted 82 entries
in six categories covering Perfor-
mance Metrics (Operational Excel-
lence), Process Safety, Sustainable
Environmental Protection, Rising
Star Award, Community Awareness,
and Responsible Partner. Winners
included companies like OQ, SABIC,
Sadara and GPIC.

168 Chemical Weekly September 19, 2023

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