G&B manages its extended responsibility for end-of-life e-waste generated due to sale and use of its consumer electronics products through proper channelization and scientifically recycling. The Company ensures it offsets its plastic use in packaging that gets released into the market with its products sale across India. Parallelly, G&B has adopted the 3R approach of Reduce, Replace and Recycle by prioritising on reducing the consumption of plastic in packaging material, substitute non-recyclable plastic material with recyclable type, channelize the waste materials for recycling and offset the waste at the end of useful life striving towards being a plastic neutral company.
Biodiversity
Biodiversity management that began as Godrej family’s philanthropy is now integrated into organization’s policy, processes and infrastructure management. G&B has a Corporate Environment Policy which explicitly mentions "protection, conservation and enhancement of green cover and biodiversity". G&B has established dedicated support services such for Environmental Sustainability, Green Cover Management and Wetlands (Mangroves) conservation to translate its policy into action and outputs. These teams follow same qualitative and quantitative processes, performance indicators and monitoring mechanisms to ensure business like outcomes. The biodiversity management initiatives considers Godrej's commitments as a responsible corporate citizen under various certifications and initiatives such as CII - India Business & Biodiversity Initiative (IBBI).
Biodiversity management in our campus is approached by
• Increase in green cover, indigenous species and biodiversity index of the campus
• Stringent pollution monitoring and control mechanisms with performance indicators
• ‘Beyond the Compliance’ approach for biodiversity management
• Active engagement of internal and external stakeholders in environment management and community development
Substantial area of Godrej campus in Vikhroli is covered by mangrove ecosystem. The Vikhroli mangroves, one of the largest mangrove forests in Maharashtra, stores more than 9,50,000 tonnes of carbon, mostly from pollutants that humans release into the atmosphere. One of the main features of mangrove trees is that they sequester more carbon than most of the terrestrial plants. Due to proper protection, over the years, the green cover has increased, which is why the biodiversity of the area is also increasing.
Godrej mangrove boasts of 16+ mangrove and mangrove associate species, 82 butterfly species, 45+ spider species, 208+ bird species, 75+ insect species, 13 crab species, 7 prawn species and 20 fish species and several other terrestrial and coastal species. The terrestrial flora of Godrej campus has been documented, conserved and enhanced over the decades. Mangrove management is based on three-pronged approach of Research, Conservation and Awareness (for more information visit www.mangroves.godrej.com).
Godrej's Pirojshanagar Township, inhabited and used by 50,000 + employees, residents and visitors every day, spread across Vikhroli in Mumbai is a role model of integrated sustainable habitat with thriving floral and faunal diversity or 1000+ species found in hundreds of hectares of mangrove forest thriving along with industrial plants, commercial offices, schools, hospital and residential colonies with abundant green spaces.