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Friday, April 26, 2024 9:9 GMT
The advisor to the Managing Director and the head of the social responsibility secretariat of the National Petrochemical Company (NPC) announced a 44% drop in the volume of petrochemical industry pollution in Iran, adding: “The amount of petrochemical pollution decreased from 66% to less than 22% at the end of last year (March 2021-22).”Ali Rabbani added: “The amount of petrochemical pollution has decreased to 22% since 2011.”This shows that petrochemical companies have been able to consider corporate social responsibility requirements by complying with environmental standards in addition to production and efficiency increase, he argued.“It is hoped that by accelerating this process, we will reach the highest level of production with least pollution,” he said.Emphasizing that the petrochemical industry has been able to minimize pollution, Rabbani said: “The viewpoint of the petrochemical industry regarding social responsibility has become completely different and efforts are being made to develop a specific strategy that is approved by the Minister of Petroleum, the Supreme Council of Social Responsibility and the Board of Directors of NPC. And in cooperation with of petrochemical companies, we will witness a favorable balance in social, economic, environmental and employee domains.” - Shana