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| Environment |
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Maruti Suzuki recognizes global warming and
climate changes as global issues, the effects of which are of
concern both for the environment and human life.
The challenge faced by the society is how to meet the needs of the
present, without compromising the ability of future generations to
meet their own needs. Maruti Suzuki strongly believes that an
investment in environment friendly products and manufacturing
facilities is in the best interest of the society as well as the
business. The last 28 years of our journey has reinforced the
belief that environment friendly initiatives make products more
acceptable to customers and help Maruti Suzuki grow profitably in
every sphere.
Since Maruti Suzuki started operations, conserving environment and
natural resources has been an integral part of our systems and
processes. The concept of "Reduce, Reuse, Recycle" (3R's) has been
our driving principle. This three pronged strategy or the 3 R's has
been promoted in all our manufacturing facilities, supply chain and
logistics operations.
Maruti Suzuki also follows the Philosophy of "Smaller, Fewer,
Lighter, Shorter and Neater". This Philosophy has helped Maruti
Suzuki in optimal utilization of resources and cost savings.
View our Environment Policy
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| Material |
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Maruti Suzuki is conscious of the limited
availability of natural resources and its responsibility to use
them judiciously.
Maruti Suzuki has taken various initiatives to reduce material
consumption. Yield improvement is one such activity.
The Company has undertaken various initiatives to reduce
consumption of raw material. The scrap generated from press
operations is used for producing child parts for maximising steel
sheet utilisation. Metal scrap is sent to vendors for making small
components. The Company also sends back the leftover sealer in
paint shops to the authorised units for refining and
reprocessing.
The suppliers are also involved in the yield improvement activities
and share our own best practices with them for better resource
utilization, cost reduction and productivity improvement. Maruti
Suzuki engineers guide them on how to adopt better operating
practices, improve operating efficiency, increase automation,
introduce advance control systems, minimize scrap and increase
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| Energy |
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Marui Suzuki owns captive power plants to meet
its power requirements. The power generated is also shared with JV
partners located in the vicinity of the plant.
Maruti Suzuki consciously adopts energy efficient technologies at
the time of new project planning and existing equipments are
modified to reduce energy consumption.
Some initiatives taken by Maruti Suzuki |
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Energy Efficient Furnaces in Casting Plant |
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Maruti Suzuki has installed State of the art
energy efficient furnaces at its newly built K-series casting
engine plant in Gurgaon. In these furnaces, the waste heat
generated from the melting furnace is used to preheat Aluminum
ingots thus improving energy efficiency. |
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Use of Variable Frequency Drivers in painting
Booths has cut down energy consumption |
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Rationalisation of natural gas input by
installation of air fogger in gas turbines |
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Energy efficient lightings |
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Down sizing and commonisation of electrical
motors |
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Environment friendly concepts have been
integrated not just in the engines but in buildings as well. As in
the new K-series engine casting shop. The shop has practically
eliminated the use of electric lights in the shop floor during day
time. Such initiatives conceived of building design have helped in
reduction of energy requirements and GHG emissions.
Similarly, Maruti Suzuki's new corporate office and brand centre at
Vasant Kunj are designed considering the green building concept and
Energy Conservation Building Code (ECBC). Following are the main
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Solar lighting system for landscape and
basement lighting, |
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Energy efficient compact fluorescent lamp (CFL)
lighting and fans. |
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VFD for motors to optimize power
consumption. |
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Double layered glass wall to reduce heat
penetration inside the building |
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Thermal insulation of roof etc. |
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| Water |
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Maruti Suzuki is conscious about their
responsibility towards water conservation. Maruti Suzuki aims
towards 100% recycling of water waste. Through concerted efforts,
Maruti Suzuki has achieved zero waste water discharge status since
2003-04 at its Gurgaon facility. Similarly, the Manesar facility
has also achieved zero waste water discharge status since
2006-07.
Maruti Suzuki also does rainwater harvesting at the manufacturing
facilities (Gurgaon and Manesar), corporate office and Driving
Institute. |
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Installation of closed cycle cooling towers to
minimize water loss due to evaporation. |
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Recovery of de-mineralised water and industrial
waste used in paint shops. |
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Installation of solenoid valves across Maruti
Suzuki to regulate optimum water flow. |
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Rationalisation of water spray in paint
shops. |
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Review of bath change frequency in the paint
shops. |
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Use of JIT principle for supply of water in
various processes e,g sensors installed in the vehicle cleaning
process in paint shop, to prevent wastage of water. |
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| Emissions Effluents and
Waste |
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Maruti Suzuki is a zero waste discharge
company. The major sources of air emissions in the manufacturing
process are power generation and furnace operations in the casting
shop. Maruti Suzuki has installed clean fuel based captive gas
turbines for power generation and
complies with all
Environment Clearance conditions. The waste heat of the gases
from the gas turbine is used for the generation of steam and
compressed air. The steam requirement in manufacturing process is
met without any additional power.
In keeping with the 3R concept, solid waste such as metal scrap,
glass etc is sold to approved recyclers and reusers. The hazardous
waste like the paint sludge is incinerated and the others are
stored in secured landfills. These landfills comply to all
necessary environment regulations.
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| Products and
services |
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Maruti Suzuki is concerned about
the environment and is keenly working towards enhancing the fuel
efficiency and minimizing the CO2 emission of its products.
Some of the initiatives taken by Maruti Suzuki towards the same
Fuel Efficient Cars
Maruti Suzuki is making all its efforts towards improving the fuel
efficiency of its cars. The efforts to improve fuel efficiency lead
to reduction in usage of raw material, consumables etc. The
engineers also work on engine modifications and body weight
reductions with a view to increase efficiency. New technologies in
the brake system are evolved to make Maruti Suzuki cars more fuel
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K-series Engine
Technology
The new K - series light weight aluminum engine, has been designed
to be an environment friendly and a fuel efficient engine. The
K-series engine plant uses state of the art technology and energy
efficient equipments to manufacture engines that save fuel, thereby
protecting the environment.
The K-series engine introduced in the A - star is a significant
initiative towards offering the latest technology to our
customers.. The K108 engine, mounted on 'A- star', brings
environment friendly technologies of the future to the Indian
automobile market. The K-series engine is progressively being
introduced in other Maruti Suzuki models. |
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A-star
The global compact car from India, 'A - star' is positioned as an
environment friendly car in Europe. This is a world strategic model
of Maruti Suzuki and the most fuel efficient car of Maruti Suzuki.
The 'A - Star' has been conceived and designed keeping in mind
aspirations of the urban economy conscious customers, who seek fuel
efficient, high quality vehicles. It meets the European ELV norms,
which implies that 85% of the car is recyclable. The vehicle is
produced in over 100 variants and sold in over 50 countries.
Transport
Maruti Suzuki has initiated alternate means of transportation
through railways, in order to reduce GHG emissions during
transportation of finished cars. This initiation has been taken in
participation with Indian Railways. Double decker rail wagons have
been developed for transporting export cars from Manesar (Haryana)
manufacturing facility to Mundra Port. |
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