Industrial Emissions reviews how a company identifies, quantifies and manages the air-, water- and land-borne pollutants released from its industrial processes and combustion sources. It includes:
- stationary and mobile air-emission points - boilers, furnaces, kilns, stacks, fugitive vents - and the associated release of greenhouse gases (CO₂, CH₄, N₂O), criteria pollutants (NOₓ, SOₓ, PM, VOCs), hazardous air pollutants (HAPs) and ozone-depleting substances;
- process and cooling-water discharges containing nutrients, heavy metals, priority organic compounds, salinity or thermal loads that enter surface or ground waters;
- solid and semi-solid residues (dust, sludge, slag) that may generate secondary emissions or leachates;
- application of best-available techniques (BAT) and end-of-pipe controls - scrubbers, precipitators, oxidisers, filters, wastewater treatment, containment and recovery systems - to meet permit limits under regulations such as the EU Industrial Emissions Directive or U.S. Clean Air/Water Acts;
- continuous or periodic monitoring, reporting and disclosure of pollutant loads and compliance status in line with frameworks like EU ESRS E2 (Pollution), GRI 305-7 & 303-4/5, and IFC EHS Guidelines.