Case Study

Roadmap to climate action reduce emissions by 80% by 2030.

An important press meeting was held at Radici Chimica Novara in June 2022. During the event, the roadmap to a significant reduction of emissions in the Group was retraced. A multi-year investment plan of more than EUR 10 million involved three major projects at the Novara site: the commissioning in 2004 of a reactor designed and patented by the company; the installation in 2013 of an EnviNOx plant to abate nitrous oxide associated with nitric acid production and, in 2021, a further improvement of the abatement system for emissions associated with adipic acid production.

All these measures have meant that Radici Chimica Novara can now boast nitrous oxide emissions of less than 10 ppm (parts per million), a value that is close to zero.

The event was also an opportunity to launch a new and ambitious goal. After direct emission reductions of 70% between 2011 and 2020, the next target is to reduce emissions by a further 10% by 2030, mainly through Best Available Techniques in the chemical sector with further investments and the commissioning of an EnviNOx plant, also in Germany, in January 2023 to drastically reduce nitrous oxide emissions from nitric acid production.