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Sustainability Progress Report: Greenhouse Gas Emissions

Tuesday 29. July 2008 - The 2008 Sustainability Progress Report highlights the five DuPont 2015 sustainability footprint reduction goals, the company's progress against them, as well as a reduction example.

One of the five goals is to reduce greenhouse gas emissions 15 percent from base year 2004. Overall, it is down 9.5 percent since 2004.
An example is the Sabine River site in Texas that successfully installed ethylene dryer facilities and optimized production schedules. As a result, the site has reduced annual emissions of carbon dioxide by 34 million pounds, saved 7.5 million pounds of ethylene finished product, and conserved 16 million pounds of non-renewable natural resources (natural gas and crude oil derivatives). In addition to the large greenhouse gas elimination, the financial savings from this effort have averaged USD 2.5 million pre-tax operating income annually.