We have undertaken initiatives that align with UN Sustainable Development Goal 12 & focus on the optimal use of resources across our manufacturing facilities.

What is UN Sustainable Development Goal 12- Responsible Consumption & Production?

The goal strives to ensure sustainable consumption and production patterns.

Overview:

· Ensure sustainable consumption and production patterns

· Unsustainable patterns of consumption and production are root cause of triple planetary crisis – climate change, biodiversity loss, pollution

Targets for 2030:

· 12.5 – Substantially reduce waste generation through prevention, reduction, recycling and reuse.

· 12.6 – Encourage companies to adopt sustainable practices and integrate sustainability information into their reporting cycle.

· What steps has ELGi taken to coordinate it’s efforts with UN Sustainable Development Goal 12?

To align with the goal, ELGi practices recycling and re-usage of waste at all of our manufacturing facilities

At ELGi, we generate 36 different types of waste across all our manufacturing processes. Hence, we continue to adopt the waste management techniques of ‘Reduce – Recycle – Reuse’ in waste generation and disposal. Typically, in any manufacturing unit, the waste storage area will be in the backyard. At ELGi, when building our air compressor plant (the ACP), we deliberately planned to have the waste storage area right up front. This helps ensure the waste is visible and minimal and the storage area is always kept clean. This is reflective of the waste management systems and processes in place at the unit.

In 2013, the ELGi Foundry was set up on over ten acres with a built-up area of one hundred thousand square feet in Coimbatore, India, to produce special castings for captive consumption purposes. We took various steps to ensure that our employees work in a clean and healthy environment. Furthermore, we implemented dust collectors, filters, and wet scrubbers across the factory floor to ensure minimal carbon impact.

In line with our Rethink-Reuse-Upcycle approach and our circular system focus, we installed mechanical and thermal reclamation units that recover and recycle 96% of the sand utilized. Waste sand management at the ELGi Foundry was the third element of our carbon emission reduction efforts in operations. From 2017, dust generated, including fine sand, is collected through custom-made equipment and then converted into solid bricks that can be used to construct buildings without compromising the quality of construction.

About 200,000 bricks have been used to construct our new ELGi School premises, the factory compound wall, and maintenance work across all our manufacturing units in Coimbatore.

How do we manage waste?

To begin with, our manufacturing processes are planned and designed to use fewer natural resources, reduce pollution and waste, and recycle and reuse materials. As discussed earlier, we minimize the solid waste from our foundry via a circular and comprehensive solid waste

management strategy. In a bid to dispose off hazardous waste generated at our manufacturing plants, all waste generated from machining processes is converted into a form of a cake before disposing of it through authorized agencies.

This hazardous waste consists of 2000 Kcal/ Kg of calorific value. Additional additives are added to increase their calorific value. They are then converted into solid blocks, burned in cement kilns, and converted to ash.

ELGi prioritizes transitioning to a circular economy and environmental preservation. For years to come, our priorities will be to reduce waste generated in our processes by implementing the principle of circularity to steadily increase the utility of processed waste and lower the amount of waste sent to landfill.

In such a scenario, it is of utmost importance to nurture a culture, wherein women have equal opportunity to participate in the workforce while gaining access to unlock their true potential. To foster such an environment, the need for offering young girls inclusive and quality education, aided by affordable vocational training, is more critical than ever before.

Currently, over 132 million girls are out of school. If we put it more elementally, on an average, 1 in 4 girls do not go to school.

With such staggering numbers, the need for providing young women access to sound education is imperative. This is why, at ELGi, strive to champion this cause with the ELGi Matriculation Higher Secondary School, an ELGi Public Welfare Trust initiative.

In line with the United Nations’ 4th Sustainable Development Goal to provide ‘Quality Education’, our young female students are encouraged to pursue their studies in STEM subjects and take part in the National Children Science Congress. This has been met with much enthusiasm and our female students have gone on to win awards at both the district and state levels.

This Women’s Day, let us take a look at the perspectives of the educators at the ELGi school, who have taken on the responsibility to mould our female students to be leaders who #InspireTheFuture.

Education is a lifelong process of empowerment. At ELGi Matric Higher Secondary School, we aim to bring a holistic experience to education. The integration of learning and aspiration is the key element of our school.

We believe that the purpose of education isn’t just to impart knowledge to children, but also to provide them with a conducive environment to unfold their inborn skills and talents. The school creates an optimistic learning experience for students, which in turn inspires them to be creative and self-reliant. An impressive array of academic and co-curricular activities provides them ample opportunities to exhibit their potential.

At our institution, the grooming of wards begins with the school assembly. Ensuring equal opportunities stimulates their individuality and brings out their potential to the fullest. A rolling trophy awarded to the best class every month, eustress the students to work towards betterment.

National celebrations such as Independence Day, Republic Day, Navy Day, and National Law Day aims to instil in them sentiments of patriotism, reverence for great leaders and motivate them to follow their noble path.

The Eco-Club takes initiatives to celebrate international celebrations such as World Environment Day, World Water Day, International Drug Abuse Day, and Yoga Day to impart awareness on various social issues and groom them as better and responsible citizens. Students actively participate in Siruthuli program and are involved in nurturing the nature too.

Cultural celebrations like Pongal, Krishna Jayanthi, Navaratri, Ramzan and Christmas nourish their cultural roots and instil the spirit of fraternity, and brotherhood among students.

Kindergarten observes special days to familiarise tiny tots with colours, vegetables and fruits and other activities. Grandparents Day is a special occasion for them to shower their love and reverence for elderly people.

Our school celebrates Kamarajar Day, as Educational Development Day and the initiation of ‘Kalam Hour’ and ‘Hunt for Junior Kalam’ kindles the interest in science and brings out the talent of young children with hands-on experiments. Ignited by curiosity and desire to learn new things, our students actively participate in District Level National Science Congress and Science Expo; and are appreciated for their innovative thoughts and projects.

A spectrum of inter-house and club activities helps to promote a balanced personality development.

Students get accustomed to democratic elections when they nominate themselves for the post of school head boy and head girl, involve in canvassing, cast their votes, and elect their leaders.

Proper training and participation in Scouts and Guides activities brought us the prestigious moments of winning the Governor award. Students have proven their mettle and individual excellence in Silambam, gymnastics and other sports and athletics too.

The active participation of students in the Olympiad and Spell Bee Exams has brought laurels to our school.

Even during the pandemic, our students made us proud with their active participation in virtual cultural activities, online competitions and more. At the National Level Painting Competition, organized by RAF, CRPF, our student Dharshana K bagged the first prize and a cash award.

This year, with the Christmas celebration at school, we drew a curtain for the celebrations for the calendar year. Last year, the entire campus brimmed with the joy and festivities before the school closed for winter vacation. The scene of the nativity was created so naturally in a crib and was enacted live, the choir welcomed the newborn Jesus with their melodious voice and the arrival of Santa Claus created much excitement. There was a special cultural programme for the tiny tots too.

In order to provide customers with only the highest standards of quality and accuracy, we also manufacture high-tech machine tools to build our compressors. Such is the level of determination we put into excelling our own benchmarks.

For most of the mid-20^th century, India was far and away the world’s best team in an Olympic sport. Other countries could only compete for second place, as India racked up 7 Gold Medals in 8 Olympic Games.

There is a reason why hockey is India’s national sport. At the backbone of India’s success was Dhyan Chand, still regarded as the greatest player to ever grace the hockey pitch. With a ridiculous tally of 33 goals in 12 games at the Olympics and over 400 goals in his career, for hockey he is what Pele is to football. The Wizard, whose birthday on the 29^th of August is celebrated as National Sports Day, inspired many lives.

One of them is ELGi’s very own Sathish. He has been working in the Accounts Department at ELGi Equipments since February, 2015. He loves to talk about hockey; and tell stories of Dhyan Chand. Just like he loves spending time coaching children, teaching them all the lessons, big and small, that he once learned on the field.