BECOMING MORE
GOOD & GREEN


Our commitment towards a more inclusive and greener world

As a Group, we have always actively championed social responsibility. We are now exploring ways to further this commitment through shared value initiatives that create both social and business benefits.

 
By 2020, we aspire to:

Ensuring Employability

Train 1 million youth in skills that enhance their earning potential

As of March 2018, we trained 305,101 youth in India and Kenya in skills that will enhance their earning potential

  • Collaborate with non-profit organisations and social enterprises on employability training programmes for young people from low-income communities
  • Aim to improve the earning potential of graduates by building skills, and thereby empowering them
  • Offer programmes in beauty and hair care, retail management, and channel sales
  • Focus on life skills training, entrepreneurship, and post-placement support

Greener India

Achieve zero waste to landfill, carbon neutrality, and a positive water balance, while reducing specific energy consumption and increasing the use of renewable energy

  • Make environmental sustainability key to our manufacturing processes
  • Reduce energy needs, managing waste, and transforming our products
  • Ensure our overall manufacturing approach is more future ready - from raw material sourcing to technologies used at plant

 
Progress by our factories in improving environmental sustainability, compared to a 2011 baseline, at a GCPL India level:

Greener India Goal 2020
Become carbon neutral
Have a positive water balance
Have zero waste to landfill
Reduce specific energy consumption by 30%
Increase renewable energy sources by 30%
Achievement as on March 2018
39.6% reduction in specific greenhouse gas emissions
19.6% reduction in specific water consumption
99% reduction in specific waste to landfill
25% reduction in specific energy consumption
30% of total energy consumption from renewable resources

Elimination of Mosquito Borne Endemic Diseases (EMBED)

  • Part of our commitment to help create a Malaria-free India by 2030
  • Intensive community awareness and behaviour change programme to battle malaria in regions that report high Annual Parasitic Index
  • Collaboration with non-profit organisations and governments
  • Addressed 45% of the malaria burden in the state of Madhya Pradesh, across 9 districts; 3,000 villages; 700,000 households and 3.5 million people

Community Waste Management

  • Supported three community waste management projects in Bangalore, Hyderabad, and Mumbai with an aim to demonstrate zero garbage to landfill

Watershed Management

  • 3,300 hectares covered in the drought-prone region of Telangana, through an integrated watershed development project

Rural Electrification

  • 74 villages across three states (Andhra Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh and Uttarakhand) covered as part of a rural electrification initiative; leveraging renewable energy systems

Community Development

  • Implemented a range of high impact community development programmes across 6 villages in and around our manufacturing facilities
  • Focus on improving the quality of education, providing access to clean water, raising awareness on health and sanitation issues, and protecting the environment