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{{Short description|Energy, water and environmental programmes of MSIL}} | |||
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== Energy == | == Energy == | ||
=== Solar power === | === Solar power === | ||
MSIL has installed 10.8 MW of rooftop [[wikipedia:Solar power in India|solar]] generation, which it says avoids about 13,296 tonnes of carbon dioxide a year.<ref name="tmlegacy" /> Mill buildings have large roof areas, so the panels need no additional land. A solar power project was inaugurated at Unit 2 in 2022.<ref name="a249">{{Cite archive |album=Solar Power Project Inauguration, Unit 2, 2022 |album_id=249 |access-date=16 September 2026}}</ref> | [[File:MSIL Unit 4, rooftop solar, aerial view.jpg|thumb|right|upright=1.2|Solar panels on the roofs of Unit 4, 2024]] | ||
MSIL has installed 10.8 MW of rooftop [[wikipedia:Solar power in India|solar]] generation, which it says avoids about 13,296 tonnes of carbon dioxide a year – equivalent, by the company's comparison, to planting 66,480 trees a year.<ref name="tmlegacy" /> Mill buildings have large roof areas, so the panels need no additional land. A solar power project was inaugurated at Unit 2 in 2022.<ref name="a249">{{Cite archive |album=Solar Power Project Inauguration, Unit 2, 2022 |album_id=249 |access-date=16 September 2026}}</ref> | |||
=== Coal-free steam === | === Coal-free steam === | ||
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== Water == | == Water == | ||
[[File:MSIL water treatment plant, aerial view.jpg|thumb|right|upright=1.2|A water treatment plant at an MSIL site, 2024]] | |||
The company's effluent treatment plant is oriented to [[wikipedia:Zero liquid discharge|zero liquid discharge]] and recovers 98% of process water for reuse. It also has 20 million litres of [[wikipedia:Rainwater harvesting|rainwater harvesting]] capacity.<ref name="tmlegacy" /> | The company's effluent treatment plant is oriented to [[wikipedia:Zero liquid discharge|zero liquid discharge]] and recovers 98% of process water for reuse. It also has 20 million litres of [[wikipedia:Rainwater harvesting|rainwater harvesting]] capacity.<ref name="tmlegacy" /> | ||
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MSIL reports planting more than 10,000 trees of 200 species, with 30% of its facility area under green cover.<ref name="tmlegacy" /> Tree-planting drives have been held at Unit 2.<ref name="a163">{{Cite archive |album=Plantation, Unit 2, 2014 |album_id=163 |access-date=16 September 2026}}</ref> | MSIL reports planting more than 10,000 trees of 200 species, with 30% of its facility area under green cover.<ref name="tmlegacy" /> Tree-planting drives have been held at Unit 2.<ref name="a163">{{Cite archive |album=Plantation, Unit 2, 2014 |album_id=163 |access-date=16 September 2026}}</ref> | ||
== Packaging == | == Packaging and materials == | ||
The company reports that 90% of its packaging materials | The company reports that about 90% of its packaging now uses sustainable materials. Product development increasingly uses fibres such as organic cotton, [[wikipedia:Better Cotton Initiative|BCI]] cotton and [[wikipedia:Lyocell|Tencel]], and other blends with lower environmental impact.<ref name="tmlegacy" /> | ||
== Approach == | |||
Whole-Time Director [[Gottimukkala Ravi Kumar]] has described sustainability at the company as part of daily operations rather than a separate function: "We do not treat sustainability as a department or a marketing theme—it is how we operate, every single day."<ref name="tmlegacy" /> | |||
== See also == | == See also == | ||