ENVIRONMENT
Towards environmental stewardship
We are cognisant of the existential challenges posed by climate change. As a responsible and ethical Corporate citizen, we are proactively aiming at reducing our carbon footprint and contributing to the global fight against climate change. We are committed to enhancing our energy efficiency and achieving positive water footprint, in addition to reducing our paper and plastic usage.
MATERIAL ISSUES
- Climate change
- Waste management
- Water conservation
- Bio-diversity
As the world develops and progresses, our planet and resources are being exploited rapidly. A need for revolutionized thinking is needed to bring about a change before the impacts become irreversible. We understand the importance of conserving our resources and minimising our carbon footprint. We endeavour to undertake innovative initiatives to protect the environment to help fight climate change. We have identified key areas of intervention such as energy efficiency, water conservation, waste management, reducing paper and plastics usage.
Some of our key initiatives pertaining to the focus areas are given below.
Our corporate office is a green building, certified by Indian Green Building Council (IGBC). We aim to reduce our carbon footprint by driving optimal and efficient use of natural resources and minimal waste generation.
A feasibility study on the viability of power generation through solar roof top panels is underway. The project, if implemented, could reduce electricity load by upto 35% from existing demand.
Leftover food and food waste generated in our cafeteria is collected and recycled through a composter biodegradation process into organic manure for plants in the premise.
100
kgs per month
We have incorporated a process of collecting the waste water which is available in the water dispensers’ station. The collected water is being used for watering of indoor plants and floor mopping.
We are committed to zero plastic usage and thus, stopped the procurement of PET bottles post August 2019.
We have installed a rainwater harvesting system to collect rainwater during the monsoon and recoup the existing underground sumps. The water so collected is being used in the cooling towers for air conditioning
We have made our operational processes — fund statements, on-boarding, customer service — digital. This has helped us to significantly cut down on the use of paper, making our process greener. Almost all of our new policies are now sourced digitally, thus eliminating the usage of paper.
99%
Individual applications sourced digitally