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Environment, Occupational Health
& Safety
Creating an ethos of commitment and care |
ITC’s EHS Philosophy
As one of India's premier corporations, ITC
attaches paramount importance to its responsibility to contribute to the preservation and
enrichment of the physical environment. The Company's commitment finds expression in its
Environment, Occupational Health and Safety (EHS) philosophy which recognises the need to
preserve and enrich the environment and provide a safe and healthy workplace for its
employees, while constantly creating productive economic resources.
ITC's EHS commitment
- To contribute to sustainable
development through the establishment and practice of environmental standards that are
scientifically tested and meet the requirements of relevant laws, regulations and codes of
practice.
- To factor in environment, occupational
health and safety in the planning and decision making process.
- To disseminate information and provide
appropriate training to enable all employees to accept individual responsibility for
environment, health and safety, implement best practice and work collectively to create a
culture of continuous improvement.
- To instill a sense of duty in every employee
towards personal safety as well as that of others who may be affected by the employee's
actions.
- To provide and maintain facilities,
equipment, operations and working conditions which are safe for employees, visitors and
others at the Company's premises.
- To ensure safe handling, storage, use and
disposal of all substances and materials that are classified as hazardous to health and
environment.
- To reduce waste, conserve energy and promote
recycling of materials wherever possible.
- To institute and implement a system of
regular EHS audit in order to assure compliance with laid down policy, benchmarked
standards and requirements of laws, regulations and applicable codes of practice.
- To proactively share information with
business partners towards inculcating world- class EHS standards across value chains of
which ITC is a part.
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The various national and international awards
won by ITC bear testimony to the Company's unflinching commitment to EHS. These
recognitions further inspire the Company to sustain and continuously improve its EHS
standards to meet and exceed international benchmarks. This report describes ITC's achievements in the areas of Environment,
Occupational Health and Safety. ITC’s EHS efforts encompass employee safety, energy
conservation, reduction in GHG emissions, water conservation and waste recycling and
reuse. While all units of ITC have registered significant improvements in EHS standards,
this report highlights a few typical examples of excellence.
Verification : Messrs.
PricewaterhouseCoopers (PWC) have reviewed and verified
the EHS data contained in this feature. Their opinion is available at the end of
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