ITC Limited
Sustainability Report 2006

   
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Water Conservation

The two paperboards units at Bhadrachalam and Kovai and
the specialty papers unit at Tribeni account for 91.9 % of ITC's total fresh water intake. By implementing water audit
recommendations, use of advanced technology, better water management and heightened awareness, these units have reduced specific water consumption by 13%, 2% & 18%, respectively, over the previous year.

Image of Graph showing Specific Water Consumption at Bhadrachalam, Tribeni and Kovai units from the Financial Year 1998-99 to 2005-06

Sustained Improvements

The Bhadrachalam unit, the largest consumer of water in ITC (77.1% of the total fresh water drawn), has recorded 88% growth in production since 1988-89 but only a 2% increase in fresh water intake. This has been made possible by improvements in technology and sustained water conservation efforts.

ITC's Cigarette factories achieved specific water consumption of 6.33 KL/million cigarettes in 2005-06, an improvement of 12.1% over the previous year (7.2 KL/million cigarettes in 2004-05).

 

 

Image of Graph showing Production versus fresh water intake at Bhadrachalam Paperboards unit from the Financial Year 1998-99 to 2005-06

 
In 2005-06, the Leaf Threshing units brought down fresh water intake by 19% over the previous year, in spite of a 2.2% increase in production - a very significant 21% reduction in specific water consumption.

The Packaging & Printing factories also achieved a major reduction (16%) in fresh water intake over the previous year - a notable achievement given a 9.4% growth in production. This amounted to 23.4% improvement in specific water consumption.
 

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