Private steel major Tata Steel has become India's first steel manufacturing company to receive Greenco platinum rating by CII Green Building Council (GBC).
As an outcome of the improvements undertaken inside the steelworks in the domain of Energy and Environment excellence and collaboration between various divisions and departments of the company, facilitated by Corporate Sustainability, Tata Steel has scored in the band of 751-800, thus making the company a Platinum-rated organisation, according to a Tata Steel press release here today.
Tata Steel is the first integrated steel plant in the country and the first company in the Tata Group to receive the Platinum rating.
Tata Steel has received highest scores in eight criteria (Energy Efficiency, Water Conservation, GHG, Material Conservation, Green Supply Chain, Product Stewardship and LCA) as compared with other Greenco-rated companies, the release said.
The Jamshedpur Steel Works of Tata Steel underwent the Greenco Rating assessment by the CII-IGBC to assess the ecological impact of its operations and environmental efficiency.
Speaking on the achievement, T V Narendran, Managing Director of Tata Steel (India and South East Asia), said "Greenco Rating from CII Green Building Council is a testimony to our efforts in building an energy-efficient green environment for Tata Steel Group."
"Having achieved this leadership position in Greenco, Tata Steel realises its responsibility to seek further daunting targets in its journey of Sustainable Business Development," he said.
CII-IGBC Centre launched the Greenco rating system as a holistic tool to evaluate the performance of companies in terms of their ecological impact, both for manufacturing and service sectors, the release added.
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