A commitment to sustainable living

For Grasim, sustainability is more than protecting the environment. It is adopting new processes and technology to ensure safety at the plant and providing sustainable livelihood opportunities to surrounding communities while safeguarding the environment. Know more about the Birla Cellulose's sustainability goals

  • Over 50% reduction in water consumption by the pulp and fibre business

  • Output material is reused at every step of the process through closed-loop fibre manufacturing

  • Grasim’s VSF unit at Nagda is the lowest consumer of water globally

  • Four USDA certified Biobased products – Birla Viscose, Birla Modal, Birla Excel and Birla Spunshades

  • Grasim is the first VSF Company to receive Gold Level Material Health Certificate by C2CPII, USA for dope dyed VSF

  • DuPont Sustainable Solutions with end-to-end safety focus for employees, transporters and customers

  • Reduction in energy consumption and GHG emission for transportation of raw materials and products

  • Regular training of drivers for safe movement of vehicles

  • Empowering more than 3000 women every year through self-help groups

  • Educating almost 49,061 students through schools, scholarships, adult education programmes and more

  • Helping over 1,328,059 patients through health camps, immunisation drives, free specialised healthcare facilities and more

  • Enabling 1,000,000 people by providing career guidance to local youth, upskilling of local farmers and artisans and infrastructure development projects among others

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To achieve its green goals, the viscose business employs a 360 degree sustainability approach which minimises the environmental impact of its processes. This plan ensures that processes are constantly monitored and improved, investment in cleaner technologies is continuous and waste recycling is a priority. Moreover, the business goals are also intertwined with a sense of environmental responsibility. Each employee is also a Green Champion, contributing daily towards energy conservation and social value creation.

With one of the best environmental policies in the business, the chemicals business follows environment-friendly processes and adheres to global safety standards. New processes and technologies are continuously adopted to minimise pollution and waste. In addition, natural resources are used responsibly and by products are disposed safely.

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News & Stories

Grasim recognized as ET Sustainable Organisation 2023

The time for nations has come to identify exceptional Organisations and The Economic Times Sustainable Organisations is an effort to shine the strobe light on these sustainability trailblazers and celebrate their success stories.

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Pathbreakers from Grasim

At Grasim, innovation is an enabler of business success and its regular and incremental innovations help the company stay agile and responsive to consumer needs

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Grasim Nagda Unit a leader in water management

Water, is the lifeline for every living being on this earth, and is the most important shared resource on the planet.

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Birla Cellulose And Nanollose File Joint Patent For High Tenacity Lyocell

Birla Cellulose, part of the Aditya Birla Group and one of the world’s largest man-made cellulosic fibre producers, is pleased to announce that it has filed a joint patent application with Nanollose for a high tenacity lyocell fibre made from bacterial cellulose.
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Mr Dilip Gaur, MD Grasim Industries

Grasim is among India’s top 10 companies for Sustainability and CSR 2020

ET and Futurescape 7th Responsible Business Rankings 2020 ranks Grasim Industries at 9th position

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