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ENVIRONMENT, OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH & SAFETY

SUSTAINABILITY REPORT 2004: FIRST OF ITS KIND IN INDIA

The Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) has certified that ITC’s first Sustainability Report, issued in February 2005, is the only such report from India that is ‘In Accordance’ with GRI Guidelines.

The Report highlights ITC’s pursuit of the ‘Triple Bottom Line’ goals, covering economic, ecological and social dimensions.

TOWARDS ‘ZERO’ SOLID WASTES

Waste reduction efforts gained momentum with significant improvements in recycling. A number of Units are very close to achieving 100% recycling of all solid wastes.

ITC CONTINUES TO BE A ‘WATER POSITIVE’ CORPORATION

For the third successive year, ITC continued to be a ‘Water Positive’ Corporation. Rainwater harvesting potential created exceeded the total amount of water consumed by the Company’s Units. All units continued to reduce ‘Specific Water Consumption’, i.e. water required for each unit of production.

Water balance at ITC	2002-03	2003-04	2004-05
Fresh water intake	24.10	22.48	24.98
Treated effluents discharged	14.64	14.04	19.55
Net water consumption	9.49	8.44	5.43
*RWH potential created within ITC	0.24	0.39	0.34
RWH potential created through watershed projects	12.50	15.67	16.52
Total RWH potential created (to date)	12.74	16.06	16.86

*Rainwater Harvesting

All figures in Million KL

Zero Water Discharge Units: ITC Units are encouraged to eliminate waste water discharge. This is being achieved through water conservation and the reuse of treated waste water. Treated waste water is reused mostly for toilet flushing, cooling towers and gardening. The ‘zero discharge’ target helps reduce fresh water intake. More importantly, it also minimises energy consumption, brings down indirect CO₂ emissions and eliminates effluent pollution.

The Cigarette factories at Bengaluru and Saharanpur, the ITC Group Research & Development Centre at Bengaluru, the Leaf Processing plant at Anaparti, the Packaging and Printing factory at Tiruvottiyur, the ITC Hotel Sonar Bangla and WelcomHotel Rajputana do not discharge any waste water outside.

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