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PRODUCTS &
SERVICES
Significant environmental impact
of principal products and
services (EN14)
The International Iron & Steel
Institute (IISI), Brussels, has
initiated a Life Cycle Study for
steel products, at present
restricting the scope from
mining of raw materials to the
dispatch of material from the
steel plant gates. The issues
addressed under the LCA program
include raw material
consumption, energy usage,
discharges & emissions, climate
change, acid rain and
eutrophication. At Tata Steel,
LCA has proved to be very
successful in analyzing inputs
to the processes and discharges
to the atmosphere. As per IISI
norms, the tracking of
performance and significant
impact of steel products and
services beyond the gate is not
possible due to multiple usage
of steel. This parameter will
not be assessed by the
organization in the near future.
Recycling and reuse of our
products (EN15)
Steel products are 100%
recyclable in their life cycle.
However, it is difficult to keep
track of products after they
leave the factory gate and hence
this information has not been
furnished. Tata Steel recycles
all scrap steel generated in the
plants. The organization did not
purchase any scrap from the
market during the reporting
period.
COMPLIANCE
Environmental compliance status
(EN16)
TRANSPORT
Significant environmental
impacts of transportation used
for logistical purposes (EN34)
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Diesel and Petrol consumed
for transport of raw materials
and by in-house vehicles are
accounted for in the calculation
of CO2 emission as per GHG
protocol.
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Contractor’s vehicles are
not considered in the GHG
calculation. It is not possible
to track the mileage and fuel
consumption of contractors’
vehicles entering the Steel
Works. We do not intend to track
this in future.
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Company vehicles including
locomotives are monitored for
vehicular emission (CO, HC for
Petrol and smoke density for
Diesel vehicles) every six
months. All the contractors and
suppliers vehicles are checked
for Pollution Under Control
Certificates at the Factory’s
entry gate to the Steel Works.
The Company has put up vehicle
emission monitoring stations at
various locations in the
township where the State
Pollution Control Board checks
the vehicles. All units under
EMS follow this practice.
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Particulate Matter, Sulphur
Dioxide and Nitrogen Oxides are
not monitored for transport
vehicles, as it is not a legal
requirement.
OVERALL
Environmental expenditure (EN35)
Capital Investment on Pollution
Abatement
Under different phases of
modernization, several
state-of-the art pollution
control systems have been
installed to prevent and control
pollution. Fig.5.30 provides
cumulative capital expenditure
over the years, on pollution
abatement. Expenditure during
the reporting year on pollution
abatement also includes
facilities provided during 1 MTPA expansion in Jamshedpur
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