Vedanta pledges to carbon-neutrality

Chandigarh: Vedanta, the world’s leading natural resources company, has signed a declaration on climate change by pledging to move towards carbon-neutrality at the Second India CEO Forum on Climate Change.

The mission is to take the country to a net zero emission goal through specific emission measures, including the promotion of renewable energy, enhanced energy efficiency, water-efficient processes, green mobility, planned afforestation, and waste management & recycling.

Sunil Duggal, CEO, Vedanta Group said, “We as a company remain fully supportive of the government. initiative to work towards a net zero emission goal and are committed to minimize our carbon footprint. At Vedanta we have a philosophy of 'Zero Harm, Zero Waste & Zero Discharge'. We are well on course to substantially de-carbonize our operations over the next decade in line with the sentiments expressed by the Hon'ble Minister. I would like to congratulate the Government of India for this important initiative and assure our full support to help India achieve its carbon commitments”

Vedanta’s in-house Carbon Forum and Innovation Cells consist of Global experts who are actively working on solutions that can help the company reduce its carbon footprint.

With a continuous focus on responsible mining, as of March 2020, the company has successfully reduced their GHG emissions by almost 14% from 2012 baseline levels, this will help reduce more than 9 Million Tons of CO2 from the atmosphere. They generated 582 Million Units of Renewable Energy last year and have achieved 6 Million GigaJoules of Energy savings in the last 3 years.