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Mahindra Group to go Carbon Neutral by 2040

Mahindra Group to go Carbon Neutral by 2040

India Blooms News Service | @indiablooms | 14 Sep 2018, 12:16 pm

California Sept 14 (IBNS):Mahindra & Mahindra (M&M), India’s leading manufacturer of utility vehicles and part of the USD 20.7 billion Mahindra Group, on Friday announced its commitment to become a carbon neutral company by 2040.

Mahindra said it will focus onenergy efficiency andthe use of renewable power to achieve this target. Residual emissions will be addressed through carbon sinks.

Anand Mahindra, Chairman, Mahindra Groupand co-chair of the Global Climate Action Summit currently under way in San Franciscocommitted that his entire group of businesses would become carbon neutral.

This is significant because earlier Mahindra had pledged that only its flagship company - Mahindra & Mahindra - would become carbon neutral by 2040.

However, after listening to leaders speak at the Summit, he upped the ante on his commitment by extending that pledge to the entire group.

“We are doing our partin the global fight against climate change with this ambitious new target. Mahindra will leverage the latest technological advances and its recently announced Carbon Price to work towardsbeing carbon neutral by 2040.”

M&M was the first company in the world to commit to doubling energy productivity by signing on toThe Climate Group’s program EP100. Using energy efficient lighting, efficientheating, ventilation, and air conditioning (HVAC), motors and heat recovery projects, Mahindra & Mahindra has doubled the energy productivity of the automotive business almost 12 years ahead of schedule. The farm equipment business is also ahead of schedule in achieving its goal and is more than half-way there.

The company was also the first Indian company to announce its internal Carbon Price of $10 per ton of carbon emitted to fund investments required to pursue the path of carbon neutrality. The price was carefully arrived at on the basis of international benchmarks and an assessment of what was required to achieve the goals set by the business on energy efficiency and renewable energy.

The company has more than 10 years of experience in creating carbon sinks. It looks forward to using this experience to deal with residual emissions in a manner that is world class and follows the best established protocols.

M&M will be working on its carbon neutrality commitment with the international non-profit organization Environmental Defense Fund (EDF), which works with leading companies to raise the bar for corporate sustainability leadership. It will continue to work with EDF and other leading partners as it implements actions towards achieving carbon neutrality.

M&M is also a signatory of the Science based targets initiative which provides companies with a clear pathway for reducing emissions in line with the Paris Agreement’s goal of limiting global warming to well below 2°C above pre-industrial levels. All these commitments are helping the company on its path to go carbon neutral.

 

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