SUSTAINABLE GROWTH INITIATIVES

ENVIRONMENT
PEL's Environment Philosophy

PEL’s Environment, Health and Safety (EHS) initiatives are designed to create long term sustainability and value for the Company, its shareholders and other stakeholders. Preserving the natural environment by reducing carbon footprint and waste and promoting the well-being of the community are an integral part of the Company’s values and business responsibility. As continual improvement is a key practice, the Company engages with its stakeholders and encourages them to make conscious efforts to undertake cleaner, greener ways of execution and boost environmental performance. The Company’s EHS Policy is available on https://www. piramalpharmasolutions.com/themes/zen/assets/misc/ehs/EHS%20Policy.pdf.

Highlights, FY 2022

~ 82,000

Trees planted till date. (1988 tCO2 offset)

~ 11 %

Hazardous Waste Co-processed

~ 1,37,000

kL of water Recycled

Conservation of resources

As a responsible corporate, The Company is committed to designing, constructing, operating, and maintaining its facilities through processes that enable the conservation of resources, especially water and energy, besides other materials.

With the concerted efforts of its employees and other stakeholders, PEL has undertaken several initiatives for GHG emissions reduction, evaluated and applied alternatives, recovery of chemicals, waste reduction, etc.

Water security

Water is viewed as a valuable resource at PEL. With the current global scarcity of fresh water, we must preserve it, reduce consumption and reuse water, patch leaks, and embrace technologies with lower water intensities.

PEL plants follow standard protocols for wastewater recycling. The wastewater from processing goes through the Zero Liquid Discharge Plants at our India API sites. Around 44% of total waste water generated gets recycled back to utilities.

Waste management

PEL ensures that the hazardous waste generated by its operations is safely handled and disposed in an environmentally responsible manner complying with all statutory norms.

Waste recycle and management

To achieve the primary objective of a net reduction of waste, our sites have adopted the 5R waste hierarchy (Reduce, Reuse, Recycle, Recover, Rethink) for waste management. A clear guideline for categorising waste as a resource has been outlined in Waste Minimisation Techniques mentioned in our EHS Guideline on Management of Wastes.

During FY 2022, the Company has generated around 10,000 MT hazardous waste out of which ~11% of high calorific hazardous waste was sent for co-processing in the cement industry.

Energy conservation and climate security
  • Along with the various initiatives undertaken to reduce emission, increase energy efficiency, and improve energy mix, PEL’s goal is to continually persist towards reducing our carbon footprint consistent with levels indicated by the global scientific community to achieve long-term sustainability.
  • Preservation of energy is essential to the Company's conservation strategy, and it undertook several initiatives to reduce its environmental footprint. This was possible with the active participation of all its sites. Some of its key initiatives include:
Air Quality

The air quality across PEL’s plants is managed through stringent process controls and technologies, including nitrogen blanketing in the equipment, efficient gas scrubbing systems, multistage condensers, bag filters and electrostatic precipitators, High-Efficiency Particulate Absorption(HEPA) filters to control indoor air quality in the pharmaceutical powder handling areas, and the use of closed systems.

A tree plantation program was implemented across PEL to collect data regarding the species and numbers of trees. Its manufacturing facilities are green, with more than 82,000 trees across locations.

Robust environmental governance

A robust governance framework comprising of Governance at the apex level and Global Sustainability Leads ensures effective implementation of various initiatives. The Company participates in the Carbon Disclosure Project (CDP) and voluntarily discloses its environmental performance related to Climate Change and Water Security.

Employee engagement in sustainability initiatives

Employees are encouraged to share innovative ideas under the 'Ideas to Excellence' (i2e) initiative. The best ideas are recognised in PEL’s annual Kaizen Convention. Most of the ideas received in the reporting year focused on environment and resource conservation and helping operations to become more eco-friendly.