ITC Sustainability Report 2008
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 Statement from
Ernst & Young
Annexures Self-declaration on Application Level
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ENVIRONMENTAL PERFORMANCE

Some significant energy conservation initiatives during 2007-08

  • Replacement of existing wet scrubber with Cold Plasma Odour Abatement System in Saharanpur cigarette manufacturing unit.

  • Installation of a Rotary Uninterrupted Power Supply System in Munger cigarette manufacturing unit, thereby optimising the standby DG (Diesel Generator) set operation.

  • Installation of spray Humidifiers in place of conventional Humidifiers in Munger cigarette manufacturing unit.

  • Redesigning process flow arrangements in Anaparti tobacco leaf-threshing unit to eliminate five air lift transport stages, using innovative piggyback transport arrangement.

  • Upgrading and optimising steam, condensate and cooling water systems at Bhadrachalam, Tribeni & Kovai paperboards/paper factories.

  • Replacement of existing chillers with higher efficiency chillers in Bollarum factory.

  • Replacement of old DG set by a Natural Gas fired electrical generating set with a waste heat recovery boiler in ITC Maurya, New Delhi.
     

Some common measures taken in many businesses/units

  • Installation of higher efficiency screw chillers in place of existing chillers.

  • Installing higher efficiency Air Handling Units (AHU) with enthalpy control in place of existing AHUs.

  • Replacement of old boilers, fans and motors with higher efficiency units.

  • Replacement of reciprocating air compressor sets with screw air compressors.

  • Replacement of incandescent lamps with high efficiency discharge lamps/CFLs (Compact Fluorescent lamps).

  • Use of variable speed drives for various applications.

  • Installation of 'energy saver' on lighting circuits.

  • Installation of thermostatic controllers for cooling towers.

  • Installation of solar water heating and lighting systems.

 
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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 Statement from
Ernst & Young
Annexures Self-declaration on Application Level
  
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