We have always believed in being caring corporate citizens wherever we operate. Within our philosophy the concept of caring for the planet is embedded. We are committed to sustainable development. We believe that economic growth and environmental protection are inextricably linked.
We are signatories to the Global Compact, a UN Sponsored initiative and we subscribe to the triple-bottom line accountability. So we regard social, economic and environmental responsibility as integral elements that drive business.
All of your Company’s Plants- the Rayon Plant at Veraval, the Insulator Plants at Halol and Rishra , Jaya Shree Textiles also at Rishra and the Carbon Black Plants at Renukoot and Gummidipoondi are ISO 14000 EMS Certified. Your Company’s plants have also received OHSAS 1001 Certification for Safety Management Systems and are SA 8000 Certified for Social Accountability Standards. At Indian Rayon we are aiming for RC 14001 the prestigious Certification for Environment, Safety & Security.
Jaya Shree Insulators’ Environment Management Systems are certified by the American Bureau of Shipping, a renowned certification agency, based in the USA.
Professional Environment Auditors, The Central Salt and Marine Chemical Institute (Bhavnagar), - a Gujarat Pollution Control Board recognized Institute, GITCO- Ahmedabad and the Bureau of Indian Standards conduct in-depth environmental audit at our plants. Their Audit Reports validate our commitment to environment conservation. Additionally, trained environment systems auditors conduct periodic checks.
OEKO TEX Certification for our Rayon Brands - RayOne and KolorOne means that all products manufactured under these two brands meet the highest ecological requirements established for products that come into direct contact with the skin.
State-of-the-art automated industrial Effluent Treatment Plants (ETP) operate across all of your Company’s manufacturing units. The treated effluent inclusive of treated sewage is recycled and is used for gardening and irrigation.
Some of the major treatment facilities incorporated in the plant to treat liquid effluent are: Installation of New SS Clarifier for enhancing the capacity of ETP and the construction of Guard Pond for Proper Management of any accidental slippage.
The Rayon Division’s Caustic Soda Plant at Veraval, enjoys the distinction of having the lowest rate of solid waste per tonne of production. Various efforts are continuously taken to recycle the waste. Sodium Sulphide is made from Hydrogen sulphite and hypochloride is produced from waste chlorine. We use hydrogen gas to produce caustic flakes. It is one of the cleanest fuels for the Flaker Furnace.
Last year we commissioned a Brick Manufacturing Plant, utilizing Fly Ash. The Fly Ash being generated is supplied to our Group Cement Plant.
To protect the ozone layer at Veraval, we will be replacing halon base fire extinguishers with eco friendly extinguishers. Ozone depleting utility chillers have been substituted with lithium bromide based vapour absorption machine.
The Veraval Plant is also the latest state of art Bipolar Membrane Cell Technology plant with 2nd Generation Elements. Expansion of the Plant to 225 TPD has been carried out with advanced technology, 4th Generation Elements for the first time in India in 2005 and 2007 in 2 phases that are energy efficient by 100 KWH/T Ton Caustic Soda Lye produced.
At Jayshree Textiles in Rishra, the Effluent Treatment Plant has been upgraded to factor the expansion of its wool combining division. Three projects taken under the clean Development mechanism under the aegis of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) have been validated and are now awaiting registration with the UNFCCC.
At your Company’s Insulator Plant, the effluent generated is recycled for low tension insulators and whatever is not used is given to the cottage industries.
At your Company’s Carbon Black plants in Renukoot and Gummidipoondi, vent scrubbers and zero leakage valves block the venting of carbon black. So there are no off-gas leakages and energy is conserved.
Steam and electricity are generated through channelizing of gases. The power so generated is used for captive consumption and the additional steam is sold to Hindalco, another of our Group Companies, which is in proximity to your Company’s plant in Renukoot.
At your Company’s Fertiliser Division, mechanisms towards better environment management are well in place. The Plant has Zeolite softeners, Deep Hydrolyser, Ammonia stripping systems, de-dusting systems, oily water treatment systems, and guard ponds, supported by effective online monitoring system to safeguard the environment.
Process optimization, water conservation projects and using recycling treated effluent has substantially lowered the plant’s water consumption.
At Indo Gulf, the water consumption level has been reduced to 5.20 M3/Te of Urea, comparable to world class Urea fertilizer plant, as against the water consumption of 5.22 M3/Te of Urea in 2005-06 and the maximum specified limit by the Government i.e. 8 M3/Te of Product.
Indo Gulf Fertilizers is the first plant globally to register a Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) Project with UNFCCC in this sector. It has reduced CO2 emission (CERs) by about 60,000 Te and will continue to generate about 25,000 Te CERs per annum. A few more CDM projects out of which, three CDM Projects have already been registered with UNFCCC.
We have opted for rain-water harvesting in a big way. Our measures include, collecting rain-water in the lower benches of some of our captive limestone mines, water recharging projects, creation of water bodies in the catchment areas for rain-water storage. This way we also provide water to communities that live in proximity to our Plants.
At Jaya Shree Textiles we celebrate employees’ birthdays by having them plant a sapling.
In sum, in the words of Theodore Roosevelt, “To waste, to destroy, our natural resources, to skin and exhaust the land instead of using it so as to increase its usefulness, will result in undermining in the days of our children the very prosperity which we ought by right to hand down to them amplified and developed”. We bear this in mind. Always.