ITC continues to pursue its endeavour to become a ‘Carbon-Positive Corporation’, by following a twin strategy of:

1. Increasing the use of climate-neutral fuels, replacing fossil fuels and thereby conserving virgin natural resources through process innovations and better energy conservation.

2. Sequestration of CO₂ through Farm and Social forestry initiatives.

Climate-Neutral Fuels

ITC’s Bhadrachalam Paperboards Unit, which accounts for 60% of the carbon dioxide emitted by ITC Units, has significantly enhanced the use of black liquor, a biomass waste generated in the pulping process.
The Bhadrachalam Unit has enhanced pulping capacity in the mill through the installation of a new pulp mill. In 2003–04, the Unit procured only one third of the wood pulp and 85% of the waste paper that it had procured from external sources in 2002–03, while maintaining the same level of production. Practically all the additional energy requirement for the increased pulping capacity was met from internally generated black liquor waste fuel.
This has not only saved precious virgin fuel, but also significantly reduced carbon dioxide emissions.