Lowering our
Carbon Footprint
The global climate and ecosystem are changing rapidly, impacting each of us in various ways.
As a responsible corporate entity, Epsilon Carbon prioritises sustainability as an integral fundamental value of our guiding principles. With an unwavering focus on sustainability, the environment, and our supply chain, we are strengthening our resilience to the inevitable challenges posed by climate change. Sustainability is being integrated into our corporate strategies and governance, positioning us well to demonstrate our organisational commitment to the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and the Paris Agreement.
We are committed to driving sustainability efforts through the value chain while being mindful of our responsibilities to the environment and society. Our goal is to achieve sustainable growth by providing customers with high-quality products that have the lowest environmental, social, and governance (ESG) impact during the manufacturing process.
Energy circularity is ingrained into our business operations, as seen in our integrated facility at Vijayanagar. With our continuous efforts, we have achieved:
Sustainability Report
Environment - Friendly Technologies
We at Epsilon Carbon are actively involved in minimising our carbon footprint. Our environment-friendly technologies help reduce greenhouse emissions as well as air and water pollutants. As India’s only backward-integrated coal tar distillation unit, we avoid long-distance transportation of raw materials. Being the country’s first continuous vacuum distillation facility, ensures that we have a dust-free environment. Each section of the coal tar distillation plant has separate scrubbing systems; the scrubbing towers are filled with random packing to absorb traces of VOCs, which would otherwise pollute the air. Two high-waste heat-recovery boilers help our facilities reduce utility usage and ensure energy efficiency. These endeavours have ensured that we have 10-12% less emissions than the global benchmark.
53% reduction
in energy intensity in FY22
34% reduction
energy consumption in FY22
50,000+
trees planted to aid in minimising air pollution
Bulker containerised transportation
Use of recyclable packing material
Producing Sustainably
Epsilon Carbon is equally committed to environmental stewardship. Using feedstock with lower sulphur content means that our SOx and NOx emissions are the lower than that of the major global players in the Carbon Black industry – 0.3-0.5% as compared to the industry average of 3%. Using ‘clean’ coke oven gas with lower sulphur content as a secondary fuel means that we re-use what is essentially a ‘waste’ product that allows efficient manufacturing; coke oven gas has a lower sulphur content, which results in lower SOx emissions. Following the reuse, recycle mantra, we sell tail gas from Carbon Black production back to steel plants as heating fuel. Wash oil, used to absorb VOCs, is recycled when it reaches saturation levels.
75% of energy
through recovered gases
50% Reduction
in Scope 1 and Scope 2 emissions intensity during FY22
Zero Discharge
Epsilon Carbon is committed to zero discharge of effluents from its plants. All wastewater is treated in the Zero Discharge Plant (ZLD) and is reutilised for plant purposes. The current plant set up involves comprehensive wastewater treatment followed by biological treatment.
15% reduction
water consumption Specialty Carbon (SC) operations in FY22
100%
wastewater reused on-site
Communities
We Serve
Epsilon Carbon’s CSR interventions are guided by the expressed needs and development preferences of the communities in which we operate. Currently, Epsilon Carbon touches the lives of approximately 50,000 people across villages in the Ballari district in Karnataka.
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