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Water                                                            Water Conservation initiatives

         Water is one of the most valuable natural resources
         available  on the  earth.  Water  is the basic essential   SBU: IP           SBU: IP    SBU: IP
         resource for 3 business units of Balmer Lawrie i.e.,     At the Chittoor unit   At CFS –   At the Silvassa
         Industrial Packaging, Greases & Lubricants and           rainwater           Chennai    unit oil, water
         Chemicals. The Company is continuously working           harvesting is done,   Rainwater   separator unit
         towards reducing its water footprint. Various water      and R.O.            harvesting   (6Kl /Hr) is
         resources conservation initiatives have been initiated by   wastewater is used   is done.  installed,
         the Company. Water conservation goals have been          for gardening                  thereby making
         achieved through the recycling and reuse of water in     purposes. At Manali            it a zero-waste
         addition to continual improvements in manufacturing      500 ltr / day RO               water
         processes. The water conservation programs include but   plant is installed for         discharge
         are  not  limited  to  the  installation  of  ETPs  (Effluent   its degreasing unit,    plant.
         Treatment Plant), STPs (Sewage Treatment Plant), RO      thus reducing the
         systems, Atomizer tap controllers and rainwater          usage of freshwater
         harvesting etc.



         The source-wise water consumed across our sites has been listed below:

           Business                          Location           Source                       Water Consumption

           Container Freight Station (CFS)   Chennai            Municipal Water              4218
                                             Kolkata            Municipal Water              1122
                                             Navi Mumbai        Municipal Water              693.77


           Greases & Lubricants (G&L)        Kolkata            Municipal Water              20429
                                             Manali             Municipal Water              469.1
                                             Silvassa           Groundwater                  2060.1

           Industrial Packaging (IP)         Asaoti             Groundwater                  1588.48
                                             Chittoor           Groundwater                  340.3
                                             Manali             Municipal Water              3713
                                             Silvassa           Groundwater                  6595.1
                                             Taloja             MIDC Water                   3694.1
                                             Vadodara           GIDC Water                   2575


           Chemicals (C)                     Chennai            Municipal Water              25902


           Cold Chain (CC)                   Hyderabad          Municipal Water Supplies     841
                                             Patalganga         MIDC Water                   4185
                                             Rai                HSIIDC water                 6140




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