Environmental Actions in 2009

1. Environmental Actions in 2009 Simona Environmental Team

2. Content • Forewords • Changes we made on Water • Changes we made on ETP • Changes we made on Energy • Changes we made on Solid Waste • Changes we made on Solvent

3. Forewords Simona Tanning, as a social responsible company , produces environmental leather. We grasp every possibility to protect our living environment through reducing energy, water, solvent use and solid waste generation during processing.

4. Changes We MadeWATER • All treated water from MBR is going to RO system for treatment. • Build up rain water recycling system to collect rain water • Use condensate system to reuse steam condensate as hot without steam heating again • Reuse lab returning water • Set up departmental production water consumption target • Put departmental water consumption into staff KPI assessment • Attribute the hot water to employee area for taking bath and sale extra condensation to the wood fired boiler.

5. Changes We MadeWATER All treated water from MBR is going to RO system for treatment. The average RO water used for process was higher than 60% of total processing water needed of whole year.

6. Changes We MadeWATER Build up rain water recycling system to collect rain water. The whole trial collecting area is 2448m2, according to the yearly rain in Huizhou of 1705MM that we can save about 4174m3 water a year.

7. Change We MadeWATER • Use condensate system to reuse steam condensate as hot water to reduce steam use for heating water.

8. Change We MadeWATER • Reuse lab returning water

9. Product Water Usage in 2009 Full score level ≦58.7 l/m2 2009 average water use

10. Changes We MadeETP • Utilize Fenton system to treat concentrate • MBR membranes replacement • Install more aeration pipes in the old ETP • Reduce the chemical adding in Fenton process • Divide the second settlement tank into second settlement tank and biological settlement tank • Fix sludge scrapper in the biological settlement tank • Reedbeds treatment trial • Move the air pipes the side of the facultative tank in the old ETP, which is not only help to push water swirled and make sludge move but also good for taking out the broken aerator without pumping out all water. • Use submerge propeller instead of diving mixer in the balance tank in the new ETP that each one can save about 1kw/h. • Construct one more tank for planting Vertiver at Reedbed to get better trial result of effluent treatment. • Cancel some aerobic tanks in the new ETP. • Utilize the REDOX DAF to replace the current DAF

11. Change We MadeETP • Utilize Fenton system to treat concentration

12. Change We MadeETP Old membranes New membranes • MBR membranes replacement

13. Change We MadeETP • Divide the second settlement tank into a second settlement tank and a biological settlement tank

14. Change We MadeETP • Fix sludge scrapper in the biological settlement tank

15. Change We MadeETP • Move the air pipes the side of the facultative tank in the old ETP, which is not only help to push water swirled and make sludge move but also good for taking out the broken aerator without pumping out all water.

16. Change We MadeETP Diving mixer Submerged propeller • Use submerge propeller instead of diving mixer in the balance tank in the new ETP that each one can save about 1kw/h.

17. Change We MadeETP • Reedbeds treatment trial to treat RO concentrate in three tanks

18. Change We MadeETP The new DAF help to reduce 50% chemical usage, remove 70% COD & 99% SS, and the total energy cost of whole ETP can be reduced by 20%, meanwhile 10% sludge will be decreased. Old DAF New DAF

19. Discharge Reduction Performance in 2009

20. Recycled Water Percentage in 2009 2009 Total recycled water 2009 Total RO water

21. Changes We MadeENERGY • Install air extractors for improving air flow to make leather drier in natural air. • Use solar power as hot water resource (still on trial) • Set up departmental production energy consumption target • Put departmental energy consumption into staff KPI assessment • Add heat isolating curtains on some machines to save steam usage • Install heat isolating layers at the bottom of the tunnel for the roller coater to keep warm to reduce about 1/6 electricity usage. • Utilize energy saving light tubes, save about 1/3-1/4 electricity use. • Utilize the separate switches to control steam supplying to the past unit specially.

22. Change We MadeENERGY • Install air extractors for improving air flow to make leather drier in natural air, which help to save steam to dry.

23. Change We MadeENERGY • Use solar power as hot water resource (still on trial)

24. Change We MadeENERGY • Through condensation system, we can save about 1276T steam per year based on yearly 22,000,000sf output.

25. Change We MadeENERGY • Add heat isolating curtains on some machines to save steam usage

26. Change We MadeENERGY • Install heat isolating layers at the bottom of the tunnel for the roller coater to keep warm to reduce about 1/6 electricity usage.

27. Change We MadeENERGY • Utilize energy saving light tubes, save about 1/3-1/4 electricity use.

28. Change We MadeENERGY • Utilize the separate switch to control steam supplying to the past unit specially, in this way, the steam will shut down during down load the leathers with machine running

29. Energy Usage in 2009 2008 average engergy use 2009 average engergy use

30. Changes We MadeSOLID WASTE • Implement department solid wastes segregation and reduction programme • Install a certain container for collecting waste battery specially • Implement departmental solid waste segregation training

31. Change We MadeSOLID WASTE • Implement department solid wastes segregation and reduction programme

32. Change We MadeSOLID WASTE Fix a certain container for collecting waste battery specially

33. Changes We MadeSOLVENT • Bought solvent recycling machine to recycle the waste solvent • Utilize the recycled solvent to wash machine or buckets • Mix solvent together with correct proportion in advance before mixing with water to avoid more solvent use. • Put departmental KPI consumption into staff KPI assessment

34. Change We MadeSOLVENT • Bought solvent recycling machine to recycle the waste solvent, the recycled solvent is used to wash machine or bucket.

35. Change We MadeSOLVENT • Mix solvent together with correct proportion in advance before mixing with water to avoid more solvent use.

36. Product Solvent Usage in 2009 08 average consumption 75g/m2 09 average consumption73g/m2

37. Change We MadeTraining • Train all staffs in environmental knowledge by environmental department team. • Production supervisors train operators in environmental subjects onsite. • Organize environmental staff to attend energy-saving courses.

38. Change We MadeTraining • Train all staffs in environmental knowledge by environmental department team. • Production supervisors train operators in environmental subjects onsite.

39. New Achievement • Got LWG Gold Metal at the earlier of year 2009

40. New Achievement • Pass the Genuine Leather Mark Eco-Leather assessment by China Leather Industry Association in the year 2009 and get the Eco-leather certificate/ board/ seals in the early of the year 2010.

41. New Achievement • Received the award as tannery of the year for China as this is the biggest tannery base in the world and took the first place award ahead of our competitors.  This is a wonderful accomplishment after only 4 years of tannery operations.