Increasing pressure on
natural resources

While climate change affects business and
communities it impacts the developing
countries the most and they face the
challenges of dealing with the consequences.

Good & Green vision

In 2010, we laid out our sustainability vision
that made us look inward at our operations
and processes, and outwards at our
ecosystems, supply chain and communities.

We had three ambitious goals led by one
central team, guided by our company boards,
and implemented by numerous teams across
our companies.

Shared value approach

The issues we set out to tackle are too large
for us alone. Along our journey we
collaborated with quite a few implementation
partners who helped us improve our
understanding, provided solutions and
supported us in addressing specific issues.

We embraced the shared value approach in
sustainability that looks at business solutions
to stimulate social and environmental
progress.

Trained 500,000
vs goal of 1 million

We’ve trained and supported over half million
underprivileged people to improve their
incomes through better jobs, improved farm
practices, or building their businesses.

Reached 3.5 million

We enabled 3.5 million people to protect
themselves against vector-borne diseases.

Renewable portfolio is 50%
vs goal of 30%

Over half of the energy we use across our
companies is from renewable sources.

Lowered energy use by 30%
vs goal of 30%

For every tonne of product manufactured we
now use 30% less energy.

Recharged 4x the water
vs goal of water positivity

We recharge four times the water we use in
our processes. Moreover, for every tonne
of product manufactured we now use
35% less water.

Lowered emissions by 50%
vs goal of carbon neutrality

For every tonne of product manufactured we
now emit almost 50% less emissions.

Lowered waste by 75% vs goal of zero waste to landfill

For every tonne of our product manufactured
we now send 75% less waste.

95% green product profolio
for GPL

Almost all homes built by GPL are green
certified with a minimum of LEED Silver rating.

Encouraging impact

It’s encouraging to see the social impact our
work has had. We’ve seen women too shy to
speak, start and run a successful business, dry
arid regions transform in to a green space, and
see malaria hotbed regions fight back to knock
out malaria deaths.

Our green investments in our manufacturing
operations have saved over INR 140 crores
over the decade. Our shop floor teams drive the
green initiatives and lead from the bottom up.
And we’re now working with our supply chain
to amplify our impact.

Driving impact bottom up

In 2010, when we first shared our targets
internally it seemed like a mountain of a task. It
took a mindset change over the next few years
to get people onboard. As teams saw direct
ROI of green initiatives, the confidence and
acceptance grew and it became a seamless
part of the manufacturing teams.

For social impact, all our programmes were
developed based on the community needs
and tweaked to local contexts. This ensured a
deeper engagement and successful outcomes.

Employability to livelihoods

We started out with the employability goal of
training ‘1 million people’. But along the way
we asked if our programmes are creating a
meaningful lasting impact? When we got our
answer, we pivoted our approach to a holistic
lens of livelihoods support.

We achieved just over half of our target but this
programme now means a lot more to the 192,000
women who entered the workforce for the first-time,
to the 100,000 farmers who improved productivity
and incomes, and to the 94,460 construction workers
registered to receive entitlements.