Hyundai Clean Production

An important task that needs to be addressed by automobile companies is to minimize environmental pollutant emissions and optimize the use of resources during the automobile manufacturing process. The use of raw materials, subsidiary materials, energy, water resources, among others, in the process of manufacturing vehicles results in byproducts such as waste heat, wastewater, gas, waste, and stench. It is thus essential to establish a clean production system to effectively manage byproducts. The adoption of the Bali Roadmap during the 13th Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change is leading to forecasts that domestic plants will also be forced to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by a certain level after 2013. HMC is actively making efforts for the preparations. We are standardizing the management of harmful materials so that they are not contained in raw materials and not used in the manufacturing process. By establishing a clean production system that encompasses all partner companies, HMC is contributing to the preservation of the global environment and enhance environment-friendliness of the automobile industry.

We are managing the material balance between inputs and outputs. In 2007, our domestic business facilities used 308 thousand tons of raw materials, 30.88 million GJ of energy, 11.683 million tons of water resources, and 2,635 tons of chemical substances, in the process of manufacturing 1.707 million automobiles and 2.376 million engines. During this process, 1.526 million tons of CO2 were emitted. In addition, 639 tons of air pollutants, 192 tons of water pollutants, and 198 thousand tons of waste were generated.

• The scope of the domestic facilities to frame material balance includes Ulsan plant, Jeonju plant
• Asan plant, R&D center, and customer service center. HMC applies the Greenhouse Gas emission
• calculation method by Korea Energy Management Corporation(KEMCO) to calculate GHG emission amount.