annual-report-FY2021

73 MAHINDRA & MAHINDRA LTD. INTEGRATED ANNUAL REPORT 2020-21 Overall, 16 safety standards for standardization in the M&M group companies are under implementation across all plants. Your Company carried out statutory Safety audits, Fire Safety Audit, Electrical Safety Audit, Risk Assessment as per updated safety standards. For the year under review, your Company achieved substantial reduction in the fire incidences by reducing fire load. The initiatives in this space include installation of modern equipment and recyclable stores packaging material in critical areas by substituting the flammable material as appropriate. To eliminate and minimize the overall environmental impact in line with the ‘science-based targets’ philosophy, your Company is continuously adopting new techniques. Towards this objective, various projects have been implemented by your Company in air, water-waste water management, solid waste recycling management, plastic waste recycling management and E-waste recycling management. Carbon footprint reduction is achieved by deploying IE3 motors and increasing share of renewable energy. Many of the Company’s new initiatives have been shared by your Company with the supplier community. During the year under review, your Company started reporting the status under Extended Producer Responsibility Organizations (EPRO) to Central Pollution Control Board. This activity covers integral plastic waste recycling management for all the Company’s plants, Suppliers and Dealers. Your Company implemented Central Ground Water Authority regulations for ground water recharging and water recycling management. This has helped your Company reduce its freshwater requirement and move towards water neutrality. Your Company continued its commitment to improve the well-being of employees and contract associates through various activities by screening at all gates and regular distribution of vitamin supplement. Further, strict adherence to usage of PPE, displaying posters of hand washing technique and precautions to be taken, formation of isolation room and hands-free sanitization stands were provided. Additionally, the Company reduced the sitting capacity in canteen area and sitting capacity in buses by 50%, installed safety screens at each table of canteen, observed distancing at shop floor and promoted more of virtual communications. Exclusive tie–up with various tertiary care hospitals, special tie-up with ambulance services for transferring COVID-19 positive persons to the Quarantine Centre or Hospitals, special tie up with Nightingale for virtual consultation with Doctors, Medicinal kit and Hygiene kit Development at Mahindra COVID Centers were the additional measures taken by the Company to combat COVID-19. The Company has successfully treated employees from all Mahindra Group Companies. This includes activities like medical check-post vaccination drive, continuous consultation and counselling on pandemic illness, special advisory publishing for all employees and family members were also conducted. Robust implementation of compliance for Bio medical Waste disposal Management as per pandemic notifications were also carried out. To create awareness among society at large, your Company has installed a LED display screen that displays consented real time readings for all air, water and hazardous as well as non-hazardous waste generation and disposal limits. This screen is installed just outside the manufacturing plant in Mumbai, which is located on the Western Express highway. In addition, environment protection awareness is generated virtually amongst all stakeholders on an annual basis for World Ozone Day, World Environment Day, World Earth Day, World Water Day and Energy Conservation Week and Water Conservation Week, etc. Certifications/Recertifications All Plants of your Company are certified for Standard ISO 45001: 2018 and re-certification of ISO 14001: 2015. Further, all plants have implemented Integrated Management System (IMS), along with updated standard ISO 45001:2018. All plants of your Company are certified for Zero Waste to Landfill with 99% and above conversion rate which ensures the commitment of recycling of waste at maximum extent to protect the environment. The Company revises its year on year targets under SOH&E, and the performances are reviewed periodically by the senior management. Focused initiatives involving all stakeholders coupled with management reviews have helped your Company to improve SOH&E performance. K. BOARD & COMMITTEES Directors As mentioned in the previous Annual Report, Dr. Pawan Goenka was re-designated as “Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer” with effect from 1 st April, 2020 and re-appointed as “Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer” of the Company from 12 th November, 2020 to 1 st April, 2021.