Thai PTT Global Chemical plans $22 B investment by 2050 to decarbonize
Thai chemical firm, PTT Global Chemical Pcl on Thursday said it plans to invest over $22 B in the next three decades to achieve net zero carbon emissions by 2050.
"We will invest $5 B to directly reduce greenhouse gases and $17 B in restructuring the business," chief executive Kongkrapan Intarajang said at a news conference.
This will include efficiency improvements, energy storage, and carbon capture technology, he said.
New businesses in our portfolio will be low-carbon, like performance and speciality chemicals, he said, adding the company will grow around 4% over the next five to six yrs.
In July, it bought German coating resins maker Allnex for $4.75 B, but the rate of carbon emission to growth came down because it was a low-carbon business.
This year PTTGC, a unit of the state-owned PTT Pcl, released about 8 MM tons of greenhouse gas (GHG) and CO2 equivalents and will reach a peak of 9.1 MM tons in 2025.
"There will be a 20% reduction of emissions in 2030 and net zero by 2050," said Kongkrapan.
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