What Inspires Me and Excel to Go Green - IGCW 2019 2013/sympo...What Inspires Me and Excel to Go...
Transcript of What Inspires Me and Excel to Go Green - IGCW 2019 2013/sympo...What Inspires Me and Excel to Go...
Philosophy and Spirit
I am a human being. A human being is capable
of asking questions and in trying to find
answers, is capable of evolving.
Question – Am I evolving? Am I becoming
better?
Thinking Green is part of evolving at
Individual, Family, Community, National and
Global level.
Individual Level
Introspect your Habits and Assumptions. To start with, ask some basic and mundane questions about how you live, what are your habits, your likes and dislikes, your life style. Examples
Water use – Direct & Indirect
How much water for my bath? – Shower or Bucket?
Is my Hot Water Geyser on 24 X 7? or for short time?
What kind of Towel I use – Thick, Large, Turkish, or Medium size, Thin Turkish? Wash Towel everyday or intermittently?
Contd…..
Individual Level
Similarly, one can ask many questions of oneself in many areas.
Examples
Food – at Home, in Office, at Restaurants – What size serving?
How much wasted?
Car – Fuel efficient, suitable size, or Gas guzzling SUV?
A.C. especially in Car – do I keep at highest setting all the
time, or high initial, then at lower setting?
Exhaust fan in toilets – at home, office – “On” all the time, or
programmer fixed?
Lighting – Incandescent or LED? Need based or excessive?
Charity Begins at Home – To Go Green, begin with yourself –
Remember what Mahatma Gandhi said “ There is enough for
Everyone’s Need but not enough for Everyone’s Greed”
Corporate Level
Business Ethics & Vision
Choice of Products & Businesses
Choice of Raw Materials, Technologies &
Processes
Systems for continuous monitoring &
improvement
Focus on Priorities of Research & Innovation
Corporate Level – Suggested
Approach
Use of better catalyst for better conversion efficiencies and better energy efficiencies
Use of enzymes as catalysts
Automation for precision controls
Optimize the packaging requirement –eliminate overpackaging
Introduce eco-friendly / bio-degradable / bulk / recyclable packaging
Minimize effluent generation (reduction at source and segregation concept)
Bioremediation eg. Chlorinated residueContd…..
Treat the effluents properly to avoid land and life damages down stream
Recycle the treated water – Industrial, sewage
Treat even canteen waste / make use of it
Implement Quality Systems and Environment management systems with a view to achieve a frame work of continual improvement.
Establish / monitor / Improve water / energy / RM / consumption norms - OPG
Minimize travel requirements – use emails – phones –video conference - SPG
Spread awareness regarding the importance of judicious use of resources and the role an individual can play in the efforts
Corporate Level – Suggested
Approach
Approach & Systems at Excel
Regular Monitoring and Review of Raw Material and Energy Efficiency for continual improvement.
Our manufacturing sites are working as per ISO 9001 and ISO 14001 and OHSAS 18001.
Responsible Care (RC) Signatory and holder of RC Logo
SPG and other meetings through videoconferencing. – Saving of time and fossil fuels.
Regular Review of Safety, Health and Environment related matters at OPG
Audit by Customers to understand our capability to manufacture products as per standards required by them.
Case Studies
Butene Diol
atmospheric pressure process
Need based generation and use of Acetylene and
Hydrogen (Phosgene post Bhopal)
CTC elimination – Montreal Protocol
Bioremediation
Encon
Odour Control - TPP
Pollution load and Cost reduction
5S concept (Cleanliness and proper storage)
Regular training and exposure to operating personnel eg. BATU and Ethanol Column performance improvement Contd…..
Case Studies
OWC Machine / Canteen waste
Energy Plantation – Sugarbeet, Sweet
Sorghum, Elephant Grass
Windmills
Water Harvesting
SPG by Video Conference
Bioremediation of Industrial Hazardous
waste at Excel Crop Care, Bhavnagar
Hazardous Waste
(HW)
Inoculate with Specific
Microbes
Incubated – 1 to 3
Months
Mix Org. Manure
Maintain Moisture
Converted HW to
Organic Manure
Degradation
Analyzed
For Forestry
use
Industry Sector & Fraternity Level
Responsible use of Resources eg. LAZOR
initiative of Indian Pharma Industry
Responsible Behaviour eg “Responsible Care”
initiative
Sustainability & CSR
Skill Development – Competency & Values –
Chemical Sector Skill Council, by ICC
ITIs privatization program – Transpek & VIVEC
National Level
Energy – eg. Japan 28 Degree AC Setting, no
Business Suits in Summer
“Triple Bottom Line” Approach
Concepts like IPM, INM, ICM in Agriculture
Skill Development – GOI’s NSDC initiative
Excerpts from Mr. Y C Deveshwar’s Speech
This ‘commitment beyond the market’ shapes the
quality of ITC’s partnerships with the various
constituents of its value chains—farmers,
suppliers, employees and the state. Such a
commitment propels ITC to contribute far beyond
servicing financial capital to enlarging economic,
social and environmental capital for the nation.
This unique spirit of synergizing business
objectives with a larger sense of social and
environmental purpose is what we call a ‘triple
bottom line approach’ —a powerful idea that has
inspired ITC’s transformation and is at the core of
its business strategies.
ITC’s Triple Bottom Line Approach
Role of Excel’s NGOs
Water Harvesting & Irrigation
Environment, Plantation and New Plant Varieties
Drought Proofing Programmes
Prevention of Salinity Ingress
Non-conventional Energy and Energy
Conservation
Agriculture development and Allied Activities
Animal Husbandry and Dairy
Health and Hygiene Awareness Programme
Climate Change Initiative
Watershed Management by Excel’s
NGO
Rukmavati River Basin (Kutch)Before intervention
After intervention
Hamla and Manjal villages
of Mandvi block in Kutch