* Dhananjay Tapasvi, General Manager -
Our people making a difference is a series featured throughout
In the six years he has served the General Manager for our operations in
On collaborating across our value chain to reduce our footprint
To be responsible citizens, we have to make sure that the value chain that delivers our energy and raw materials is also looking after the planet in the way that we would do. I see us trying to help the entire value chain, with transportation up and down the value chain, their processes, and their practices, including their labor commitments to following rule of law, making sure they're not big emitters and being as efficient as possible.
On the urgency of acting to reduce our footprint
With rising costs and supply risks associated with energy and transportation, the need to evaluate alternatives is critical. So, for example, we're considering use of solar energy for a part of our energy requirements for the furnaces. Similarly, in terms of transportation, we are looking at optimizing how much we put in containers and how we transport materials so that the energy footprint of the transport intensity per kilogram of product moved is reduced. We can't make it zero, because we've got to transport the stuff, but we need to reduce it to the extent that we can.
We've also taken a conscious view to be in multiple locations closer to our customers, so we don't transport as much around the world. We are using local raw materials in
On the dedication to sustainability specific to
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