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Environment Awareness

All efforts should be directed towards strengthening institutions, scientifically and technologically, training the existing manpower, and exchanging information and integrating knowledge by complementing the efforts of agencies dealing with environment. Each of us has a role to play in rehabilitating our environment. Let us not forget that the environment is nothing but an extension of the individual. We belong to the earth; the earth does not belong to us. Land, air and water are complex interrelated systems. Even if one is affected, the effects are reflected on the others, and their constituents. Therefore, proper resource utilization, and conservation and maintenance of the ecological balance is the need of the hour.

 

 

Environment Awareness : Government Interventions

National Environment Awareness Campaign 2004 - 05

The National Environment Awareness Campaign (NEAC) is organized by the Ministry of Environment & Forests every year since 1986 with the objective of creating environmental awareness at the national level. This campaign is being continued this year also. The theme for NEAC 2004-05 is:

Solid Waste Management
The Ministry of Environment & Forests has identified sub-themes for conducting the campaign. These include household waste and composting / vermin-composting, municipal waste, bio-medical waste, plastics waste, waste management at higher altitude, electronic waste and industrial waste including fly ash.

Proposals are invited from the registered NGOs, voluntary organisations, educational institutions, State Government Departments, registered professional bodies etc. working in the field of environment and sustainable development for creating environmental awareness on the identified theme amongst the masses. The proposal must include an action oriented component, which would result in environmental improvement and benefit to the local community.

The NEAC programme is conducted through the Regional Resource Agencies (RRAs) identified by the Ministry. List of RRAs indicating their areas of jurisdiction has been displayed on the Ministry.s web site (http://envfor.nic.in/divisions/ee/neac0405.pdf). The guidelines and proforma for submission of proposals can be obtained free of cost from the designated RRAs. Application form and the guidelines can also be downloaded from the Ministry.s web site.

The proposals complete in all respect must reach the concerned RRA by 19th November, 2004. Proposals received after the last date will not be considered.

- Joint Secretary (CCI)
Ministry of Environment & Forests Government of India

 

Environment Awareness : NGO Interventions

CEE : Centre for Environment Education
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ATREE - Environment Education
MALEYA MAATHU (Voice of the forest). A ninety-minute play on conservation of forest with special reference to sustainable harvest of Non-Timber Forest Products was evolved and played by the local school children.
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WPSI : Wildlife Law Enforcement Training Workshops...
WPSI's Wildlife Law Enforcement Workshops are highly interactive sessions where important enforcement and legal information is shared and discussed in an open forum. WPSI's workshops do not lecture to the audience - they are successful because they depend on the active participation of everyone involved. Programmes are tailored to fit in with participants' knowledge of the law and their capacity to absorb detailed legal facts and issues.
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WPSI : Database on Tiger Poaching, Trade & Wildlife Crimes
Our initial investigations into the illegal wildlife trade in India, in the early 1990s, revealed that poaching was occurring on an increasingly organised scale. The same names turned up repeatedly in poaching cases from distant parts of the country. We realised that careful and thorough data collection from every poaching case was the key to apprehending the perpetrators.
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Environment Awareness : Corporate Interventions

Bayer
As the first private-sector partner to UNEP in the area of youth and the environment, Bayer organizes and promotes a number of specific projects which aim to improve knowledge about the environment among young people and support them in their environmental commitment. Building on their many years of co-operation in the Asia Pacific region, Bayer and UNEP decided in June 2004 to put their partnership on a contractual basis and expand it globally. Focal points of this cooperation are the regions Asia, Latin America, Africa and Central and Eastern Europe.
One of the projects in partnership with UNEP is the Bayer Young Environmental Envoy Programme (BYEEP), which was initiated in Thailand in 1995. Over the years, it has expanded to various countries. We launched the BYEEP in India in 2002.
The programme seeks to educate youth on the global effort to save and protect the environment, as we appreciate the fact that in order to conserve our habitat, we need the cooperation and understanding of young students.

Two students are selected each year to represent India at Bayer AG, Leverkusen (Germany). The selection process entails writing an essay on projects that the students have undertaken based on environment protection and sustainable development. In Germany. they have the opportunity to interact with other students from various countries across the globe. The study tour is sponsored by Bayer, and the students can experience first hand, how environmental protection is practiced by the company, people and government in industrialized countries.

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BG India

Programmes in Gujarat : Gujarat - Environment Education Bus for Gujarat
On February 17, 2005, BG India and Gujarat Gas Company Limited launched 'Prakriti', Gujarat's first mobile environment education bus, in partnership with the Centre for Environment Education (CEE). 'Prakriti’ will travel to schools, rural areas and education and environment fairs in the districts of Surat, Bharuch, Ankleshwar and Ahmedabad over the coming years. The bus will help create awareness about environmental concerns and provide an opportunity for the community to access a ready resource for environment education and nature conservation. Six foldable panels detail information specific to Gujarat state on biodiversity, land, water, energy, air pollution, industries and natural gas.

The bus is equipped with models on rainwater harvesting, energy efficiency, solid waste management and grey water and gives the viewers a peek into the processes involved in each one. The back panel of the bus opens up and using a roll down screen, films on environment and conservation can be screened in rural and other areas where such facilities are unavailable. Interactive panels with self test quizzes have been positioned with each of the topics and make the exhibition an enjoyable experience. Interactive outreach activities such as games and quizzes are also planned for specific audiences, and carried out while the exhibition is on display.
While CEE will be undertaking project implementation for Ahmedabad, the project will be implemented by the Nature Club in Surat and National Green Corps and District Forest Department in Bharuch and Ankleshwar, with support from the District Education Office at all locations. The bus will be based at one location for a specific time period, during which it will travel to schools and local community on a regular basis as per a planned route, before moving on to other areas.

BG India is also supporting the running of an environment bus by the Bombay Natural History Society (BNHS). The environment bus conducts outreach activities for school children and local communities of Mumbai aimed at increasing environmental awareness.

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Canon : Conservation of Environment

Canon has a corporate membership (2006-2008) with WWF and partners with them in environment conservationand awareness projects like “Adopt a Plant” where free saplings were distributed to employees; “Kids day out” where children of employees were taken through an awareness workshop on environmentand endangered species. In 2004, Canon India supported the “Save the Siachen Glacier” initiative in association with the Himalayan club.

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Cummins : Nature Clubs
 CIL has taken keen initiative in founding Nature Clubs in various schools in and around Pune to create an environmental awareness at an early age amongst children. Currently, there are 23 active clubs with 2000 students participating in the club activities. To begin with, the teachers are first trained in a school, who would later be responsible to conduct and co-ordinate this activity for children through a qualified environmentalist. Club members take part in nature camps, nature trails, tree plantations, etc. Besides, lectures and demonstrations on environment and nature are held during club meetings and students can also avail of the library facility for books and video cassettes on environment, nature and wild life.

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Castrol : The Castrol India HSE
The Castrol India HSE team makes sure that all our employees, contractors and others connected with us are well informed, well trained, engaged and committed to the HSE improvement process. We recognize that safe operations depend not only on technically sound plant and equipment but also on competent and committed people and an active HSE culture. We believe that no activity is so important that it cannot be done safely.

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    Eureka Forbes

  • Promotes awareness about conservation & management of natural water & air resources
  • Monitoring and broadcast of air pollution levels on Pollution Watch in association with NDTV television network to create public awareness
  • World Environment Day activities including tie-ups with the National Geographic and Discovery channels
  • Aquachek water labs conduct free water tests in 14 cities across India
  • Actively promoting Rainwater Harvesting to supplement and recharge our groundwater
  • EFIE award recognises groundbreaking research in molecular biology & eradication of water borne diseases
  • World Water Day spreads awareness of water borne diseases
  • Water-testing kits provided to UNICEF to check water quality samples in India
  • Pollution control camps and initiatives with medical associations for the prevention & cure of respiratory diseases
  • Seminars on water related subjects sponsored; grants and scholarships for environmental research initiated
  • Euro-Enviro Quiz - the first national environment-focused quiz for school children
  • Painting competitions, training sessions and forums in schools & colleges

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Ford : Conservation & Environmental Grants

Total grant amount : Rs.18 lakhs. 
The winners are 

  • Gram Bharti Samiti from Amber near Jaipur for the Natural Environment category
  • Jamnabhai Narsee School from Mumbai for the Child & Youthproject
  • Mrs.Padma Kalyanaraman from Chennai forConservation Engineering
  • Mahila Vikas Manch from Chamba in Himachal Pradesh for the Environment Education category.
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Ford C&E
(conservation and environment programme) Grants Programme

It is a global Ford programme, introduced in India for the first time in year 2000. The first year's awards were presented in New Delhi on Dec 1, 2000 and these awards will be presented annually.

Ford Motor Company recognizes environmental preservation as one of the most important issues for the 21st century, and is 
the first automotive company to certify all of its plants under ISO 14001 - the international environmental management standard.

  • First automotive manufacturer to sponsor 2 lifetime chairs at the IITs, Chennai and Delhi, at an investment of Rs.95 lakhs, for R&D in automotive environment and safety 
  • Support worth several lakhs for emission testing equipment to the Automobile Research Association of India (ARAI)
  • Constructed a state-of-the-art wastewater treatment plant.

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Indian Oil

The organization adopts a precautionary approach to Environmental Challenges

  • Despite dealing with hazardous material /processes /products, the organization has been using technology that minimizes environmental impact, promoting quality products that reduce pollution as well as promoting research for environment protection.
  • All our refineries, entire pipelines network & large no. of the Retail Outlets have Environment Management Systems accredited to ISO-14001
  • Fully comply with the prescribed Minimal National Standards (MINAS) and other environmental standards.
  • Development of green belts and ecological parks - an integral part of our functioning.
  • Ensures safety during transportation/storage/use of products.
  • The organisation is subjected to energy/environment audits by the Govt. agencies.
  • Ensured good health of employees with regular health check up and neighbouring communities
  • Workshops held for housewives educating them about "Safe use of LPG". Took up distribution of condoms for truck drivers through our Retail Outlets as also reading material on "Aids prevention"

The organization initiates promotion of greater environmental responsibility

  • Organisation has deployed advanced technology in all its Refineries and other installations.
  • Adherence to stringent norms for effluents & emissions
  • Transportation through extensive, environment friendly network of pipelines-more than 7500 km, the largest in India-
  • Deployment of Zero Effluent Discharge Technology at Panipat Refinery
  • Minimizing environmental impacts arising out of use of our products/services by adopting state of the art technology.
  • Special efforts to protect Taj Trapezium - extensive plantations, launch of green fuels & piped gas supply, donation of Cycle Rickshaws.
  • A modern 50-bed hospital for treating respiratory diseases set up near Mathura Refinery as a goodwill gesture to the community
  • All Refinery hospitals render regular, extensive health care for the community
  • Health check-up, immunization, family planning camps, pre & post natal check up, cancer detection, blood donation, eye-care camps, etc
  • AOD Hospital serves as the District Hospital. A Nursing School is run by the hospital
  • As a measure of discharging Corporation's social responsibility towards society, an annual expenditure up to 0.75% of the net profit of previous year is earmarked towards donations/contributions and community development activities. The Community Development Programme adopts a multi-disciplinary approach incorporating health, family welfare, education, environment protection, drinking water and sanitation, empowerment of women and other marginalised groups. About 25% of Community Development budget is spent towards welfare of Scheduled Caste and Schedule Tribe.

IndianOil: Committed to preservation of ecological balance at A&N Islands.
IndianOil is committed to the preservation of the delicate ecological balance and the natural habitat of the Andaman & Nicobar Islands. Towards that, IndianOill's maiden Indane LPG Bottling Plant and the only LPG Bottling Plant in the archipelago of Andaman & Nicobar was commissioned at Port Blair.

The Indane Bottling Plant, built at a cost of 28 Crore, at Village Chunna Bhatta, Hope Town marked a major milestone for widening the convenience of LP Gas for the people of Andaman & Nicobar, for assured local supply of the blue flame in the emerald greenery of the Islands.

Earlier, Indane LPG cylinders were transported through sea-liners from Kolkata and Chennai with substantial cost. Now, with the commissioning of this Bottling Plant in the islands, regular shipment of Indane LPG cylinders from the mainland is no longer required. The new plant brings the promise of prompt refills and better service and a faster-growing network. IndianOil is the only oil company providing a range of services including LPG in the Andaman & Nicobar Islands. IndianOil has its own marketing set up for supply and distribution of LPG. Indane LP Gas - the only LPG brand in the Andaman & Nicobar Islands, serves almost 33,000 consumers.

Shri Ram Naik, Hon'ble Minister of Petroleum & Natural Gas, dedicated the Indane LPG Bottling plant to the nation in the presence of Shri Santosh Gangwar, Hon'ble Minister of State for Petroleum & Natural Gas, Shri N N Jha, Hon'ble Lt. Governor of Andaman & Nicobar Islands, Shri M S Ramachandran, Chairman, IndianOil, and Shri P K Agarwal, Director (Marketing), IndianOil.

Pledging to better the quality of life of inhabitants, IndianOil will also donate four ambulances to the Union Territory of the Andaman & Nicobar Islands to facilitate the reach of healthcare and medical facilities to the people of the archipelago.

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ITC Welcom : Environment, Health & Safety

As   a  responsible  corporate  citizen,  ITC  accords   the  highest  priority to Environment,  Occupational  Health and Safety. It is committed to protecting the environment  in which it operates. It is equally committed to ensuring very high standards of safety at the workplace.
Apart from ensuring  compliance with statutory EHS standards, ITC constantly endeavours to improve its standards with the objective of progressively achieving international benchmarks at all its units.

The  Company's  headquarters in Kolkata has a 10-member Corporate EHS team which includes  experienced engineers who have been further trained in EHS management. The team provides audit and advisory services to the  Company's various businesses to enable them constantly update their EHS standards. The Legal and Safety Audit Committee of the Board, consisting of four non-executive Directors and headed by one of them, reviews and monitors EHS standards across the Company.

Each of the Company's businesses has a designated manager responsible for EHS. These managers work in close co-ordination with the Corporate EHS team to ensure that EHS standards are effectively implemented.

ITC attaches  great  importance to regular EHS training. The Corporate EHS team conducts a number of training programmes.  Some of the more important programmes relate  to:  Environment  Management,  Life  Cycle Analysis, EHS Awareness, Risk Assessment  & Management, Office Safety & Ergonomics, Fire Safety Management and Electrical Safety.

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JSW Steel Ltd. : Clean Bellary Project
The Foundation started a Cleanliness Awareness Programmes at many wards of the City Municipal Council of Bellary. A mechanised garbage disposal system was introduced for the first time when the Foundation presented a special truck fitted with self-loading and unloading hydraulic system of 5 cub. mtr. including 25 garbage bins along with 200 dust bins.

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Jubilant Organosys : Ensure environmental sustainability

The goal focuses on reversing loss of environmental resources, provide safe drinking water and improve lives of slum dwellers. The Company's participatory approach of community development work involves local innovations through selforganising, planning, implementation and monitoring. This process of awareness encourages individuals to shoulder community responsibilities. The Company partners with its neighbouring communities in rendering financial assistance or mobilisation of its own labour or resources. It also encourages the community members to play a role in designing and developing activities based on their needs. Plantations of trees with the involvement of the community, installations of 39 hand pumps for safe drinking water, constructions of 2 culverts for better connectivity through participatory approach were some of the measurable activities under Jubilant's long-term sustainable growth programme during FY 2005.

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L'Oréal

The cosmetics industry produces very little pollution, far less than other industrial sectors :

  • it generates no chemical by-products
  • it produces very little waste, and recycles any waste produced
  • it consumes very little energy, water and natural resources
  • its finished products are virtually non-polluting

The Environmental Management Department was created in 1991 and in 2001 was given a budget of 22.09 millions euros for environment and security.

A responsible company regards respect for the environment as a civic duty, much more than a mere technical objective or legal obligation.

Respecting the environment is a civic responsibility and a duty for the company. For years, the L'Oréal Group has been acutely aware of these issues, and has made significant efforts to master the environmental impact of its activities, as well as those of its suppliers and contractors.

L'Oréal has initiated performance charts at all its sites, to measure and monitor interactions with the surrounding natural environment : concrete results with the reduction of water and energy consumption, of atmospheric pollution and of transportable wastes.

Our objective : continued advancement.

In 2001, nearly 8 % of industrial investments were devoted to the environment and security.

For L'Oréal, the environmental approach is necessarily global : everyone must share a commitment to protecting the environment, in research and at production sites, at the Group's administrative sites, as well as in product development and ­ especially ­ packaging development.

Offering effective products of impeccable quality has always been and will remain a priority for the L'Oréal Group. In order to achieve its goals, L'Oréal quickly incorporates new advances in cosmetology ; still, that is not enough : the Group must make constant progress in environmental protection.

The environmental work groups at L'Oréal are :

  • The Environmental Management Department
  • Environmental Safety Officers for each administrative,manufacturing and laboratory site
  • An Environmental Safety Unit at the General Technical Management level
  • An Environmental Committee working with the Management of the General Research Division.

The environmental people at L'Oréal work with the Group's employees to :

  • heighten awareness
  • motivate
  • coordinate
  • inform
  • set goals
  • verify results
  • communicate

This action by the environmental work group is backed up by :

  • training sessions
  • contests
  • suggestion boxes

The cosmetics industry produces very little pollution compared to other major industrial sectors. Nonetheless, L'Oréal does not neglect the environment - quite the contrary. in 2001, nearly 8 % of industrial investments were devoted to the environment and the improvement of security.

  • To increase awareness and motivate the entire workforce to show greater respect for the environment.
  • To increase the percentage of biodegradable plant substances in product formulas.
  • To reduce the environmental impact of :
    - industrial sites
    - shipping centers
    - administrative sites.
  • To decrease the volume of POS (Point of Sale)displays, in weight and in quantity,
    while emphasizing recycling.
  • For packaging
    - To reduce volume and weight
    - To increase their percentage of recycled materials
    - To find new packaging solutions

A responsible environmental policy is a long-term commitment. L'Oréal's continued efforts over the years have produced concrete achievements :

  • Creation of the "Nicolas Hulot Foundation for Nature and Humanity"
  • Use of electric vehicles and LPG cars on Group sites
  • Elimination of all CFC in aerosols
  • Construction of the purifying station in the Lancôme factory
  • Foldable, recyclable in-store displays resulting in :
    - 25% less cardboard used
    - 90% reduction of transport and storage space

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Working With Students in Schools and Colleges -

Since school children are the generation that will chart our future, we have worked with over 80 schools and colleges covering more than 10,000 students.

To highlight a few are:

St. Anne's High School & Junior College who participated in a Inter-school Science Exhibition wherein 100 schools had participated & they won the 3rd prize for the same.

39 Students of College of Home Science who were required to do a project on "Eco-friendly Interiors" out of which one of the girls stood first achieving the highest score in the project.

We had assisted students from the Sir. J. J. Institute of Applied Arts for their project from which a particular students project was exhibited at a 4 day Exhibition organised by their college.

We also did a programme where we combined education with entertainment for students. These students visited the Kamats Klub (a sister concern of The Orchid), spent time swimming, playing and in between gave them a talk on environment through puppet shows, entertainment and games. We targeted about 10,000 children & more for this one day environment workshop.

We also hosted a presentation cum dinner for Project Eco Quest, organized by the students of D. Y. Patil College for over 100 people.

150 students of Grade IX & X from Smt. Lilavatibai Poddar High School the effect of which was the school banned the use of plastic bags, tiffin boxes and water bottles completely. They even took up cleaning of Juhu beach (a beach in the suburbs of Bombay, which is popular among Mumbaikars).

For World Conservation Day celebrated by P.E.A.S. (Programme for Environmental Awareness & Action in Schools) Western India Region we sponsored 700 cloth bags with a Eco pen and Eco pencil to go alongwith it for the 700 students participating in this programme from various schools (SSC & ICSE) of Bombay. This entire event was coordinated by the Hasnat High school.

Enlisted below are names of a few the schools & colleges for whom we gave lectures, organised filed trips to our Hotel or assisted them in their thesis, projects. This is only a indicative list not an exhaustive one.

1. Datta Meghe College Of Engineering
2. Sophia Polytechnic
3. Narsee Monjee College Of Commerce & Science
4. Pillai's College Of Architecture
5. Nirmala Niketan College Of Home Science
6. Naval Institute Of Technology
7. L. N. Welingkar Institute Of Management Development & Research
8. S.N.D.T. Women's University
9. Hasnat High School
10. J. J. School Of Applied Arts
11. National Institute Of Design
12. K. Hafizka Institute Of Hotel Management & Catering Technology
13. Bharati Vidyapeeth College Of Architecture
14. Academy Of Architecture
15. L. S. Raheja School Of Architecture
16. Asian Institute Of Technology - Thailand
17. Rizvi Academy Of Management
18. Kamala Raheja Vidyanidhi Institute For Architecture And Environmental Studies
19. Kids Adventure Group ( Aged 7-12 Years)
20. Rizvi College Of Architecture
21. Dr. Bhanuben Mahendra Nanavati College Of Home Science
22. Narsee Monjee Institute Of Management Studies
23. Rizvi Institute Of Management Studies & Research
24. IES College Of Architecture -
25. Sydhenam College
26. Jai Hind College
27. Kangaroo Kids
28. Kindergarten Activity Class
29. Small Wonders
30. Sarvajanik College Of Eng. & Tech, Surat
31. Parle Tilak Vidyalay
32. IHM, Dadar
33. S.K.Somaiya College Of Arts & Commerce
34. Patkar College
35. Dahanukar College
36. Jasudben School
37. St. Andrews College
38. St. Peter's School
39. Smt. Maniben M.P. Shah Women's College Of Arts Commerce
40. Jawaharlal Nehru Engineering College, Aurangabad
41. K.C. College
42. IIT, Powai
43. Khalsa College
44. J.N.E.C. College Of Architecture, Ahmedabad
45. Ramniranjan Jhunjhunwala College
46. SIES College
47. Wilson College
48. H. R. College Of Commerce & Economics
49. Akbar Peerbhoy College Of Commerce & Economics
50. Mithibai College Of Arts, Commerce & Economics
51. Manipal Institue Of Tech.
52. Jadavpur University,Calcutta, Dept Of Arch
53. Anjuman -I-Islam Inst Of Hotel Mgmt
54. Carmel Of St. Joseph
55. Regional Engg College, Tiruchappalli
56. D. G. Ruparel College
57. B. V. Bhoomaraddi College Of Engg, Hubli
58. Late Bhausaheb Hiray S. S. Trusts College Of Arch
59. American School
60. Anandibai Podar High School
61. University Of Pune, Departmetn Of Environmental Science
62. Arya Vidya Mandir

We also have out stations students coming to us for information and help in their thesis project etc. Not only have these students traveled from places like Pune, Panvel, Chennai, Akola, New Delhi but emailing us from Singapore, Switzerland and USA as well. Another means of spreading environment education and sharing information is through CD-ROM's, which is a knowledge base on hospitality and environment sponsored by The Orchid during the GOOD EARTHKEEPING Seminar. This CD-ROM is a tool especially developed for this occasion and is a first of its kind in the hospitality industry, which will serve as a jump-start towards taking individuals towards a better environment.

The Orchid also distributes this CD-ROM to various educational institutions and environment organisations.

The Orchid has sponsored the Environmental Teaching Resource Pack for Hospitality Educational Centres which is being published jointly by The International Hotel & Restaurant Association (IH&RA), the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) and International Association of Hotel School Directors (EUHOFA).

Advanced Locality Management (ALM) -

The Orchid spearheaded this programme of the Municipal Corporation of Greater Mumbai (M.C.G.M.). Under this programme the residents of an area take up the cleaning and maintenance of that place by contributing Re1 per day. The residents themselves take up cleaning and maintenance and the M.C.G.M. offers guidance and other aspects like funding. It is basically a residential programme but we were the first commercial entity to take it up on such a large scale. It was on The Orchid's initiative and drive, which got together 5 neighboring hotels, offices, taxi and shop owners to adopt this programme. For this purpose we have even formed our own trust known as AIRPORT HOTEL ZONE REPRESENTATIVES ASSOCIATION where hoteliers contribute Re 1 per day per room.