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Chairman’s Statement:
ITC’s Vision and Strategy		 ITC:
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ITC’s Triple Bottom Line GRI Index Annexures Independent
Assurance Statement 		Self-declaration on Application Level
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Environmental Performance

•  ITC's Triple Bottom Line

Water Conservation & Management

Enlarging Our Water Positive Footprint

The watershed projects, covering over 51,000 hectares of land, supports the water positive status of the Company for the 8th year in a row

The continued focus on rainwater harvesting in company premises as well as socially relevant watershed areas has enlarged our positive water footprint. In addition, wherever feasible, adequate provisions have been made to utilise the treated effluent for irrigation purposes. In 2009-2010, 84.8% of total treated effluent discharged has been utilised for irrigation.

As on March 31, 2010, the watershed projects, covering over 51,000 hectares of land, support the water positive status of the Company for the 8th year in a row. The total rainwater harvesting potential, thus created by the Company, is over three times the net water consumption by its operations.

Since the amount of actual rainwater harvested is dependant on incident rainfall and also the pattern of rainfall, among other factors, this introduces several challenges, since our activities cover such a large geographical spread. We will continue to enhance our expertise and practices to ensure greater effectiveness in harvesting as well as reporting accuracy.
Water balance at ITC 2002-03 2003-04 2004-05 2005-06 2006-07 2007-08 2008-09 2009-10
Fresh water intake 24.1 22.48 24.98 25.58 25.79 27.46 32.72 29.96
Treated effluents discharged 14.64 14.04 19.55 20.96 19.58 18.92 24.52 23.41
Percentage of treated effluent
utilized for irrigation by nearby
farming community		 ** ** 86.9 86.8 80.5 79.4 72.3 84.8
Net water consumption 9.49 8.44 5.43 4.62 6.21 8.54 8.2 6.55
RWH potential created
within ITC units		 0.24 0.39 0.34 0.61 0.47 0.42 0.5 0.42
RWH potential created
through watershed projects
(cumulative for that year)		 12.5 15.67 16.52 18.99 23.12 25.42 19.43 20.18
Total RWH potential
created (for the year)		 12.74 16.06 16.86 19.60 23.59 25.84 19.93* 20.60*
All figures in Million KL, except percentage
* ‘RWH potential’ figures account for silt deposits in various watershed structures. The adjustments are based on actual sample measurements & the extent of silt deposit depends on the age & location of a structure
* * Not available
 
ITC: Water positive-eighth year in a row
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Chairman’s Statement:
ITC’s Vision and Strategy		 ITC:
Organisational Profile		 Certifications, Honours & Awards Report
Parameters		 Governance, Commitments
& Engagements
ITC’s Triple Bottom Line GRI Index Annexures Independent
Assurance Statement 		Self-declaration on Application Level
  
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