ITC :: Sustainability Report 2007

ENVIROMENTAL PERFORMANCE

A ‘CARBON POSITIVE’ CORPORATION 2 YEARS IN A ROW

Scientists are more confident than ever that humans have interfered with the climate and that further human induced climate change is on the way. The future, particularly in the longer term, remains largely in our hands – the magnitude of expected change depends on what humans choose to do about greenhouse gas emissions.

- The fourth assessment report of Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change- 2007

We are committed to the international endeavour to mitigate the ill effects of global warming through strategies to minimise/eliminate any adverse effect on the climate that may be caused by GHG emissions from our operations. The strategies include:

Conserving energy through audit, benchmarking and use of ‘next’ practices to achieve the lowest specific energy consumption (energy required per unit of production).
Using renewable sources of energy.
Creating a positive environmental footprint through forestry initiatives that enable Carbon Dioxide sequestration.
Implementing CDM projects under the Kyoto protocol to mitigate the adverse effects of climate change.