32 Reducing environmental footprint Energy management is a critical consideration in the way we manage our operations. Our approach to energy management is two-pronged- one, increasing energy conservation, and second, increasing the adoption of renewable energy. Working to be one of the most energy- efficient CRO-CDMO companies in the sector, we review benchmarks to learn and improve. Focusing on our environmental footprint by optimizing energy usage One of the measures to monitor our energy performance includes Specific Energy Consumption (SEC). Despite a 16% increase in production in Unit IV in the reporting year, the SEC reduced by 19%. The initiatives for improving performance in utilities and capacity utilization have together contributed to energy efficiency. 2016-2017 45.79 57.19 48.09 61.8 72.66 2017-2018 2018-2019 2019-2020 2020-2021 0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 Our employees are also engaged in building a cost-conscious culture. The launch of the “Idea Box”, supported by a structured process for brainstorming and proper evaluation has generated more than 500 cost optimization ideas. This program leverages the culture of employee engagement and expands the scope to instill the importance of waste elimination and cost excellence. KPI UOM Unit 4 Unit 3 Unit 2 Jan 21-Mar 21 SPL NOS NOS NOS NOS % % Kaizen No. of AET&SET No. of abnormalities identified Abnormalities closure Lean Audit score 874 173 9 26340 78 93 25 12 6 1676 96 91 24 - 33 312 96 - Engaging shopfloor teams The SFTI is a bottom-up approach that has introduced a structure and tools to involve employees and make them play a larger role in problem-solving. Few of the key engagement mechanisms includeSinglepoint lessons,Kaizen, identificationofabnormalities, andLeanaudits.The performance across these KPIs in our two manufacturing units and in one R&D facility is visible as the AETs and SETs are actively engaged with their ideas to address bottlenecks. SEC (MTOE/Ton) w.r.t FG production
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