Judgment of the National Green Tribunal, May 27, 2025 in the matter of Sumit Saini Vs Shree Ram Steel Industries & Others. Sumit Saini, resident of village Damla, District Yamuna Nagar, Haryana had sent a letter petition dated May 14, 2022 to the NGT. The application said that around 25 …
• Environment policy/policy statement: Even if these companies do not have environment policy statements with all the details worked out, they do have formal environment policy statements. They also have environment departments with senior managers looking after their day-to-day affairs l Chemical recovery plants and lime kilns: Several companies that …
It is no surprise that the only Indian company that had an iso 14001 certificate even before the Green Ratings Project began has come out on top. But even the top-rated company has only scored 42.75 per cent. J K Paper Mills ( jkpm ) is owned by J K …
The company that has been rated second is located on the left bank of river Godavari in the pilgrim town of Rajahmundry, East Godavari district, Andhra Pradesh. Not that Andhra Pradesh Paper Mills Ltd's ( appml 's) environmental performance is extraordinary. But it shows consistency. The mill is ranked above …
Two Leaves Company SCORE 33.44%RANK THREE Ballarpur Industries Ltd ( bilt ) operates an integrated pulp and paper mill on the banks of the Wardha river about two km from the town of Ballarshah in Chandrapur district of Maharashtra. It has to be noted that the Ballarpur unit is the …
SIV: On the comeback trail South India Viscose ( siv ) Ltd has a factory on the banks of river Bhavani in Sirumugai village of Coimbatore district, Tamil Nadu. siv 's recent history is also the story of a vigilant local community and media that taught a lesson to the …
Sinar Mas Pulp & Paper (India) Ltd is located along the Pune-Solapur highway near village Bhadalwadi of district Pune, Maharashtra. Though the company has done well in the ratings, it has not been ranked as it started operations only in 1997, and the ratings are based on performance in the …
For assessing actual environmental performance, cse decided to use the broader Life Cycle Analysis ( lca ) approach instead of the more restricted Environmental Impact Assessment ( eia ) approach used by the government to clear projects. The eia approach only assesses environmental impacts at the production site whereas the …
• Lack of environment policy/policy statement: Let alone having a comprehensive environmental policy statement, most of these companies do not even have a general environment policy statement. They have not made any effort to set up an environment department l Poor at fibre sourcing: Most of the companies source their …
Grasim Industries Ltd has a plant along the river Chaliyar at Mavoor, district Kozhikode, Kerala. It produces rayon-grade pulp and is entirely based on bamboo and wood for raw materials. The mill claims that it has an environmental policy statement, though no document has been provided to substantiate the same. …
As the name suggests, Mukerian Papers Ltd ( mpl ) has its plant at Mukerian, about 40 km from Pathankot in Punjab. Although mpl has been making profits in the past, its turnover and profitability have declined continuously since 1996-97. The company does not have a documented environmental policy statement, …
Amrit Paper Mills ( apm ) has a plant at Saila Khurd in Hoshiarpur district, Punjab. Though the company claims to have an environmental policy, it seems doubtful as no documented proof of the policy has been provided. The company also claims to have environment departments both at the corporate …
Fibre requirements of the pulp and paper sector are met by bamboo, hard wood, agrowaste and wastepaper. The amount of land required by a mill to meet its raw material needs equals the ecological burden that the mills' fibre sourcing has on the environment. The average Indian mills footprint is …
Mind your business Good environmental performance makes good business sense. And to support this rationale, CSE analysed the financial performance of the 28 firms that had been rated. The conclusion: there is a 60 per cent likelihood of a mill with fairly good environmental performance churning out profits (see graph: …
The 1988 National Forest Policy ( nfp ), among other things, envisaged a forest cover of 33.3 per cent of the total land area. Sadly, it has remained just a vision. Down to a paltry 11.7 per cent, there is further threat that this may reach a single digit figure. …
A 1989 study conducted by the Bureau of Industrial Costs and Prices showed that the pulp and paper mills in India consumed around 805 million cubic metres (cum) of water to produce 2.7 million tonnes of paper
Till the 1960s, the pulp and paper market was dominated by family-owned big industrial houses such as the Birlas and Thapars. They availed of all the sops given to the industry and built their empires on the foundation of a paper or pulp ind ustry. Then entered public sector underdertakings …
Whether state pollution control boards (SPCBs) are doing their work is anybody's guess. One of the loopholes discovered by CSEwas when it came to SPCBs granting yearly consent to companies to operate their plants. The PCB is supposed to check whether the company is adhering to the pollution limits set …
Company that had an environment policy before GRP started J K CorpCompanies that adopted an environment policy after receiving CSE's questionnaireCentury Pulp & Paper Star Paper MillsPudumjee Pulp & Paper Mills LtdAndhra Pradesh Pulp & Paper Mills LtdSinar Mas Pulp & Paper LtdITC-Bhadrachalam Paperboards LtdSouth India Viscose LtdTamil Nadu Newsprint …
Being environment-friendly is not only a moral obligation, it also makes good economic sense... I think ultimately a country like India cannot be governed by accepted regulations, so we must develop a more participatory style of management and regulations which rely more on self-performance and self-improvement rather than mere regulations. …
T he pulp and paper industry is one of the oldest industries in India: the first paper mill was set up as early as 1832 at Serampore in Hooghly district of West Bengal. But in terms of production capacity, the industry remains very small. The mills have an aggregate capacity …
