ITC :: Sustainability Report 2008

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ENVIRONMENTAL PERFORMANCE

Energy Use

We utilised 14,820 Terra Joules (TJ) of energy in 2007-08 (13,075 TJ in 06-07). This increase was due to significant growth in almost all our businesses and inclusion of 4 subsidiary companies’ performance in this Report.

Apart from a large number of project activities, production volumes in our Paperboards & Specialty Papers business grew by 6.6%, Cigarettes and Leaf volumes grew by 6.9% and 11.3%, respectively. The Packaging & Printing business recorded a growth of 20.4%.

Our Paperboards & Specialty Papers business accounted for 89.2% of total energy used in ITC in 2007-08 with the Bhadrachalam Paperboards unit alone consuming 64.8%.

Visual representation showing total Energy Used during the Financial Year 2007-08

Image of Graph showing Total Energy Consumption by ITC (Terra Joules) from the Financial Year 2004-05 to 2007-08

Image of Graph showing Specific Energy Consumption (Bhadrachalam) (Giga Joules per tonne) from the Financial Year 2004-05 to 2007-08

Energy Conservation

Bhadrachalam Paperboards unit, the pioneering producer of ECF (Elemental Chlorine Free) pulp in India, was adjudged the greenest paper mill in India in 2004 in a study by the Centre for Science and Environment, New Delhi.

Significant Achievements by other businesses

Our Cigarettes business reduced specific energy consumption by more than 18% this year from 7.34 Giga Joules (GJ) per million Cigarettes (equivalent) to 5.97 GJ per million Cigarettes (equivalent).

The Cigarette factories at Bengaluru, Munger and Saharanpur were able to bring down the specific energy consumption by 13.9%, 26.4% and 19.6%, respectively during the year.

The specific energy levels and the reductions are particularly commendable, given that our factories have always been very energy efficient.

(British American Tobacco‘s Sustainability Report 2007 has reported specific energy consumption of 17.48 GJ/million cigarettes equivalent).

The other ITC units that have achieved significant reductions in specific energy during the year include the Green Leaf Threshing unit at Anaparti (reduction of 11.2% from the previous year), Packaging & Printing unit at Munger (5.2%) and Cast coating unit at Bollarum (6.9%).