Sustainability

Sustainability is one of our core business objectives at ASA. We look for ways to optimize our process, our chemical usage, our people and performance, our budgeting and financial management – all going a long way to help us ensure our value and viability into the future. We continue to take focused steps in line with our strategic and business planning process, so that sustainability becomes a holistic program as opposed to an ‘initiative’-integrated into our day-to-day operations and culture.

We track a multitude of sustainability metrics during our normal business operations, as well as with design and construction projects. Some of the highlights include:

Making a conscious decision to buy “green” – items like hybrid vehicles, green seal certified cleaning products, and office supplies.
Entering into an energy load shedding program where ASA diverted 1,700 kW to help power companies meet peak demand needs.
Reducing total chemical usage by 33% over a three-year period.
Reducing energy consumption of our treatment operations by over 6% in 2010.
Ensuring that 32% of all construction materials used contain recycled content, and at least 36% of materials to come from sources within 500 miles of ASA.
Requiring sustainable construction practices, emissions control, and salvaging, recycling, waste minimization and disposal efforts for construction debris.
Leveraging technology through computer systems and utilizing teleconferencing has saved over 6,500 pounds of carbon emissions to date – this is the equivalent of taking 7 cars off the road for an entire month.
Using the methane gas created by bacteria in the digesters, ASA generated close to 130 million cubic feet of renewable energy – enough gas to heat 793 homes for a year.