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SUSTAINABILITY
REPORT 2004: FIRST OF ITS KIND IN INDIA |
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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. |
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TOWARDS
‘ZERO’ SOLID WASTES |
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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. |
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ITC CONTINUES TO BE
A ‘WATER POSITIVE’ CORPORATION |
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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.
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| 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 |
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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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