Sustainability at Hitachi Energy India

Sustainability 2030 goals

Sustainability is in the DNA of Hitachi Energy’s business strategy

Our sustainability strategy, updated in early 2024, sets out three strands for the actions we take: planet, people, and principles.

The strategy embraces key topics such as integrity, health and safety, human and worker rights, diversity and inclusion, ethical behavior, stakeholder and community engagement, and environment – everything that contributes to being a responsible corporate citizen while remaining a profitable, resilient, and sustainable business.

Transparency and accountability are central to the implementation of our strategy and our approach to disclosure.

Sustainability highlights

Our DNA strands for action mirror sustainability’s approach to environmental, social and governance performance (ESG), also building on the wider corporate social responsibility (CSR) discipline.

97 %

Recycling of waste

18 %

Reduction in water usage from 2019

88 %

Reduction in emissions from 2019

~ 21 %

Gender diversity in hiring

Some initiatives in our operations towards reducing its impact on the environment

5.5 kW

New dedicated compressor installed for Savli casting plant, reducing operation of 30 kW centralised compressor system.

30.8%

Water leakages arrested at Savli, with optimised water usage resulting in significant reduction of freshwater consumption as compared to last year.

~5 MT

Avoidance of waste generation at Peenya and Doddaballapur facilities with elimination of nearly 65,000 paper cups per month.

744 MT

Of dust reused and not disposed of as waste Board dust reused as biofuel in boiler in the form of briquettes at Mysuru.

100% fossil free electricity

By investing on rooftop solar in Maneja and Doddaballapur facilities, power purchase agreements at Mysuru where more than 90% of electricity is secured through wheeled green electricity.

Encouraging and empowering women

Under its Corporate Social Responsibility initiatives, Hitachi Energy India is driving the ‘Women in the Engineering program to promote gender equality and empower women in the engineering workforce, thereby increasing diversity and inclusion. The program was launched in 2020. Hitachi Energy India has partnered with Sikshana Foundation for this initiative. The program identifies girl students pursuing undergraduate engineering courses from economically disadvantaged families and provides them with a laptop, scholarship, soft-skill training, career planning mentoring, industry visits, and interactive sessions with senior management. The program aims to create an environment of employability and summer training opportunities for some students.

Hitachi Energy is supporting over 200 girl students hailing from Tier II & III cities across the country, pursuing engineering courses in BE/ B. Tech for four years.

Investing in a sustainable and inclusive development

The Company has contributed to addressing different facets of healthcare across locations in the country. These include:

. Deployed 50 mobile deep freezer deceives for vaccine/ immunisation at Tamil Nadu & Karnataka Govt PHCs

. Funding emergency medical/ surgical requirements for underprivileged children across the country

. Developed and maintained Hematology lab at Govt Hospital at Vadodara

. Two ambulances with critical care equipment at Vadodara

. Maintaining fully equipped pediatric ICU facilities at Halol and Mysuru

Smart learning and clean drinking water in government schools

Your Company is supporting the Gujarat government’s ‘Sarva Siksha Abhiyan’ initiative. It has converted two classrooms in each of the five government schools in the villages of Gujarat for digital teaching by providing large screen monitors with interactive CPU and also refurbished the classrooms. The organization is also providing drinking water and has upgraded the campus and other facilities at the Government School in Maneja, Vadodara.