EN33 ENVIRONMENTAL
PERFORMANCE OF OUR SUPPLIERS
Although suppliers environmental
performance monitoring is not undertaken, stringent procedures have been developed under
ISO-14001 for contractors, including strong punitive actions for defaulters. The procedure
for monitoring contractors/suppliers compliance with Labour Laws also furnished under Section-3.16.
EN14 SIGNIFICANT
ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS OF PRINCIPAL PRODUCTS AND SERVICES
International Iron & Steel Institute
(IISI), Brussels, has initiated Life Cycle Study for steel products, at present
restricting the scope from mining of raw materials to the despatch of material from steel
plant gates. At Tata Steel LCA has proved to be very successful in analysing inputs to the
processes and discharges to the atmosphere. As per IISI norms the tracking of performance
and significant impacts of products and services beyond the gate is not considered, hence
has not been assessed and reported.
EN15 RECYCLING AND REUSE
OF OUR PRODUCTS
Steel products are 100% recyclable in their
life cycle. However, it is difficult to keep track after the product leaves the factory
gate and hence information is not available. Tata Steel recycles scrap steel to the extent
generated in the plants. During the reporting period 535,195 tonnes of scrap generated in
the plant was recycled in the Steel Melting Shops against 319,637 tonnes during the year
02-03.
EN16 ENVIRONMENTAL
COMPLIANCE STATUS
Major complaints received during the year are
furnished below;
No penalty or fines have been posed for
non-compliance.
The State Pollution Control Board
(Jharkhand) served noticed to the company in the month of July 2003 for non-compliance of
the direct finalized in the "Charter on Corporate Responsibility" for
environmental protection by Central Pollution Control Board. The company representative
attended the show cause notice in the office of Chairman, Jharkhand State Pollution
Control Board and clarified the issues to their satisfaction and provided required
information.
Tata Steel has fixed up display board in a
conspicuous place close to its works main entrance displaying various environmental
related emission, discharge and wastes generated in the unit as per the directives of
Honble Supreme Court.
On 9th January 2004 the BOD plant faced a
great set back when one of the major units of the effluent treatment plant broke down
stopping the treatment process completely. This was informed to State Pollution Control
Board immediately as there was a major violation of statutory norms due to high level of
ammonia, cyanide and phenol getting discharged out of works untreated. Innovative idea was
used to tackle the situation and keep running the plant along with major maintenance of
treatment of effluent and meeting the statutory norms till 21.01.2004 when finally the
plant came back to its normal auto operation mode.
- There were altogether 135 cases of non-compliances out of
which 94 cases (69.63%) of non-compliances were with regard to emission of particulate
matters from process stacks and discharge through works drain during reporting period.
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