PRIVI SPECIALITY CHEMICALS LIMITED Annual Report 2020-21

72 PRIVI SPECIALITY CHEMICALS LIMITED (Formerly known as Fairchem Speciality Limited) 1. Electricity consumption data: 2020-21 2019-20 Electricity consumption MWh Electricity/Production MWh/MT Electricity consumption MWh Electricity/Production MWh/MT 44755.1 1.36 37355 1.42 2. Water consumption data: 2020-21 2019-20 Water consumption KL Water/Production KL/MT Water consumption KL Water/Production KL/MT 568259 17.31 567334 21.58 3. Does the company have procedures in place for sustainable sourcing (including transportation)? (a) If yes, what percentage of your inputs was sourced sustainably? Also, provide details thereof, in about 50 words or so. Yes. we ourselves are members of Carbon Disclosure Project (CDP) & we have initiated sustainable sourcing of our raw materials by buying from suppliers who are either members of CDP or the paper mills who have sustainable forest certifications. Those who are not we are encouraging them to be part of the CDP & send them questionnaires to share their carbon foot print data & plan to reduce the same. The company has a well-defined and practiced procedure in place including transportation for sourcing its raw materials from across the world including India. 4. Has the company taken any steps to procure goods and services from local & small producers, including communities surrounding their place of work? (a) If yes, what steps have been taken to improve their capacity and capability of local and small vendors? The manufacturing plants of the Company are located in the designated Industrial Zones of Maharashtra & Gujarat. We buy some of the materials that are available locally. We buy Packing materials locally such as 30% wooden pallets, 100% IBCs, 80% lab chemicals, 100% wooden coal, 75% gas cylinders & 80% transport facility. Wherever possible company uses local goods & services. However, since our Major raw materials are coming either from the Waste of Paper & Pulp industry, we have to import them. Similarly for other petroleum based raw materials there are no producers in India hence we have to import them as well. As far as requirement of other goods and services are concerned, the Company does source the same from local suppliers of goods and services. More than 50% of the employees of the company are from local area. All our labour contractors and other contractual services are being sourced from within the immediate vicinity of the factory locations. 5. Does the company have a mechanism to recycle products and waste? If yes what is the percentage of recycling of products and waste (separately as <5%, 5-10%, >10%). Also, provide details thereof, in about 50 words or so. Yes. The company believes in “Waste to Wealth” philosophy. The Company does recycle > than 50% of its treated effluent water in the cooling towers. As far as recycling of products is concerned, we start our manufacturing operations of 5 major products by using the by-products of Paper & Pulp Industries which are `waste’ products of the said industry. We extract our valuable raw materials from this waste, clean them & eventually convert them into value added Aroma chemicals.