ITC continued to make progress on the following sustainability
objectives relating to water:
Conservation to achieve the lowest specific water consumption (water used per unit of production).
The Packaging & Printing business achieved 16.8 % reduction, the Cigarette business 8.2 % and Paperboards & Specialty Papers business, which accounts for 91.5% of ITC’s fresh water usage, achieved 0.8 % reduction in specific water consumption during the year.
Various units that achieved significant savings in specific water consumption during the year were: Packaging & Printing unit at Tiruvottiyur (35.5%), Leaf Threshing plant at Anaparti (19.7%), Cigarette units at Munger (14.1%), Bengaluru (8.4%) and Saharanpur (7.4%); Hotels : ITC Maurya (11.1%) and ITC Maratha (17.1%).
Zero Effluent Discharge Closing the water loop in a factory or a hotel not only results in minimum fresh water usage, it also prevents pollution of the environment and fresh water sources.
The Cigarette factories at Bengaluru & Saharanpur, Leaf Processing Plants at Anaparti & Chirala, Packaging & Printing unit at Tiruvottiyur, Research Centres at Bengaluru & Rajahmundry, Paperboards unit at Bollarum, ITC Green Centre at Gurgaon, ITC Sonar and Sheraton Rajputana hotels recycled all their treated effluents.
Rainwater Harvesting ITC continued to invest in rainwater harvesting potential both at the Company premises and through external watershed development projects in socially relevant areas.
Total rainwater harvesting potential so far developed by the Company is more than 3 times the total water consumed by its operations
| Water balance at ITC |
2004-05 |
2005-06 |
2006-07 |
2007-08 |
|
| Fresh water intake |
25 |
25.5 |
25.8 |
27.5 |
| Treated effluents discharged |
19.6 |
21.0 |
19.6 |
19.0 |
| Net water consumption |
5.4 |
4.6 |
6.2 |
8.5 |
| RWH potential* created within ITC units |
0.3 |
0.6 |
0.5 |
0.4 |
| RWH potential* created through watershed projects (till date) |
16.5 |
19.0 |
23.1 |
25.4 |
| Total RWH potential created (till date) |
16.9 |
19.6 |
23.6 |
25.8 |
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All figures in Million KL
*Amount of rainwater harvested in a year is dependent
upon the actual rainfall and the rain pattern. |
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