What Inspires Me and Excel

to Go Green

Ashwin Shroff

IGCW 2013 Convention

Mumbai

6 December 2013

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

Excel - Vision

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.

Energy and Raw Material Efficiency

Monitoring Format at Excel

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

Thanks