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Water Management
Water conservation has become an issue of critical importance. As a result of population growth, water is becoming an increasingly
scarce and precious resource. Fiat Group is aware that, to effectively address this issue, action needs to be taken to reduce total water
consumption and ensure the highest quality of discharged water.
During 2012, the Group’s Water Management Guidelines were extended to Chrysler Group. The guidelines establish methodologies
and procedures oriented toward maximizing water recycling and reuse.
For 2012, Group plants worldwide achieved 98.8% reuse of water utilized in the manufacturing cycle, resulting in total water
savings in excess of 2 billion m3.
Water withdrawal and discharge
Fiat Group worldwide (thousands of m3)2012 2011(9) 2010 (10)
Total water withdrawal 25,874 29,862 34,198
Total water discharge 17,321 18,839 22,365
The Group reduced water withdrawal by 13.4% over 2011 and discharge by 8.1%, continuing the trend of reductions in both areas.
Measures implemented at the Cassino plant in Italy, for example, led to an increase in the recycling index with water consumption being
reduced by 62.5% over two years. In addition, at the assembly plant in Kragujevac (Serbia), a treatment plant for discharged water
was installed, making water recycling and reuse simpler and more economical and, thereby, reducing the quantity of water withdrawn.
Waste Management
One of the Group’s priorities is to prevent the level of waste generated in order to minimize
consumption of raw materials. Efficient waste management practices, formalized in the
Group’s Waste Management Guidelines, are oriented toward maximizing reuse and
recovery for the production of new base materials. Where neither reuse nor recovery
is possible, materials are disposed of using the method having the least environmental
impact (waste-to-energy conversion or treatment) with landfills only being used as a last
resort.
Waste
Fiat Group worldwide
(tons) 2011(9) 2010 (10)
2012
Total waste generated 1,760,737 1,855,312 1,712,011
of which hazardous 40,327 50,614 61,754
Total waste disposed 489,514 607,881 580,979
Total waste recovered 1,271,223 1,247,431 1,131,032
In 2012, rigorous waste management led to a 5.1% reduction in waste generated
compared with the prior year. Due to the continuous improvement that has been
achieved in this area, the percentage of total waste recovered has increased to 72.2%
and waste sent to landfills reduced to 24.9%.
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