CSR
Project Units
The overall responsibility for environment management at each unit rests with the unit in-charge, who ensures implementation of the Group Policy on environment at the project level. Concerned line managers / heads of departments are responsible for environmental performance at department levels.
In order to fulfill the requirements of the Environment Policy at each site, the Unit In-charge:
| Designates a unit environment coordinator who will be responsible for co-ordinating environmental activities at unit, collating environmental statistics and providing / arranging for expert advice. |
| Agrees with the MRG Member responsible for the unit, specific environmental improvement objectives and targets for the unit and ensures that these are incorporated in the annual objectives of the concerned managers and officers and are reviewed periodically. |
| Ensures that the unit complies with the relevant national and local regulations with respect to environment. |
| Ensures formal environmental risk assessment to identify associated environmental aspects and take appropriate steps to control risks at acceptable levels. |
| Ensures that all new operations are subjected to a systematic and formal analysis to assess environmental impact. Findings of such exercises should be implemented prior to commencement of the activity. |
| Manages change in People, Technology and Facilities through a planned approach based on training, risk assessment, pre-commissioning audits and adherence to design codes. |
| Regularly reviews environment performance of the unit against set objectives and targets and strive for continual improvement. |
| Sustains a high degree of environmental awareness through regular promotional campaigns and employee participation through training, safety committees and emergency drills. |
| Ensures dissemination of relevant information on environment within the unit and to outside bodies, and regularly interact with Government authorities concerned for protection of environment. |
| Maintains appropriate emergency procedures consistent with available technologies to prevent / control environmental incidents. |
| Provides appropriate training to all employees. |
| Ensures periodic audits to verify compliance with environment management systems and personally carry out sample environment audits to check efficacy of the systems. |
| Reports environmental statistics to MRG on a monthly basis. |
Institutionalizing this Green Initiative, the Company has constituted Project Groups at the project, regional and corporate level to carry out specific environmental related functions. These groups initiate and sustain measures to mitigate, monitor and control the impact of project implementation on the environment.