Ecological factor is considered among the top most parameters for development of pharma company. And the Pharma company are booming due to their focus on this parameters.
2. Ecology factors affecting pharmaceutical industry-
Water
Management
Carbon
Footprint
Decreasing carbon dioxide
emissions is made
mandatory by the govt for
pharma industries and
eliminate procedures
including carbon dioxide
emissions.
Ecological
balance
Maintaining ecological
balance and going toe-to-
toe with environmental.
Govt. has also made it
mandatory for each
industry to have
environmental clearance.
- Air (Prevention and Control
of Pollution) Act, 1981
- Environment (Protection)
Act, 1986
- Water (Prevention and
Control of Pollution) Act,
1974
Govt.
Policies
Water management is the
main concern for each and
every pharma industry and
there are different water
policies put forward by
govt. which affect the
functioning of these
industy.
3. ABBOTT
Abbott’s Energy Policy sets aggressive
goals to further reduce our environmental
footprint, including our commitments to
dramatically reducing CO2 emissions.
Abbott’s Water Policy details our
commitments to improving access to
clean water in communities around
the world and to reducing and
efficiently managing our company’s
own use of water.
Abbott’ Global Environmental, Health and
Safety Policy sets and achieves targeted
objectives, including requiring contractors
working on behalf of Abbott to conform to
regulatory requirements and meet
applicable internal environment, Health
and Safety standards.
Water
Energy
Environmental
4. DR. REDDY
Mercury is the
closest planet
and the smallest
MERCURY
Renewable
Energy
Sustainable
agricultures
Fuel
Switchovers
Energy
efficiency
improvement
Supplier
sustainability
Identified five focus areas to save cost, conserve energy and reduce
our CO2 footprint-
5. Key Focused areas-
Achieved plastic neutrality and aims to minimize
plastic waste generation at source and maximize
plastic waste reuse and recyclability throughout
the value chain.
When it comes to sourcing, reduced
transportation through vendor proximity and virtual
transactions helps us limit environmental impact.
These initiatives have helped consistently reduce
our energy usage per unit sale by 44%, over a
ten-year period.
Usage of freshwater per unit sale today stands at
about 35% of what it was about a decade ago.
Water Management
Energy Management
Waste Management
The application of green chemistry principles helps
us identify ways to reduce both the environmental
impact of our business and the potential negative
health effects of chemicals.
Green Chemistry
6. PFIZER
Waste disposal was
decreased by 15 % and they
developed new techniques
for using these waste
materials for processing
new materials or using it as
a raw material for new
product.
Green house gas emissions
were reduced by 20% and
new setups were
introduced to facilitate
and release more purified
air.
Greenhouse Emissions Waste Management
Water withdrawal went down
by 5 % and was processed
into clean water and reused.
Water management
7. Creating Supply Chain Environmental
Sustainability Goals
- 100 percent of key suppliers support
Pfizer's supplier code of conduct and
align with the Pharmaceutical Supply
Chain Initiative principles.
As part of our commitment to the sustainability of our supply chain,
Pfizer has set the goal that by the end of 2020:
- 100 percent of key suppliers manage
their environmental impacts through
effective sustainability programs
- 90 percent of key suppliers institute
reduction goals for greenhouse gas
emissions, waste disposal and water
withdrawal
8. AUROBINDO
Waste water Management
All regulations for the disposal of wastewater to Common Effluent Treatment Plants
(CETPs) or marine discharge across our formulation units and API facilities.
Solid waste Management
The standardized practice for disposing of organic waste, of sending this to cement units
for reuse as auxiliary fuel in kilns. They use Treatment, Storage and Disposal Facilities
(TSDF) to manage our inorganic and miscellaneous solid wastes.
22%
40%
9. Key Focused Areas-
Environmental Management
To help monitor and limit our emissions, they have installed online continuous emissions
monitoring systems across our manufacturing units and these are also connected to the
central and state pollution control boards.
Energy Management
A key component of our carbon management strategy is monitoring our energy
consumption and the GHG emissions. Once they have tracked our performance we roll
out initiatives to reduce our carbon emissions and mitigate the impact of carbon already
emitted.
37%
61%
10. GLENMARK
Air Management
This strategy aims to build the resilience of our organization to climate
risks while realizing the opportunities of transitioning to a low carbon
future for the pharmaceutical sector..
Waste Management
They have inculcated a culture of water usage optimization throughout
our value chain and follow the 3R principle of Reduce, Reuse, and
Recycle to optimize our water usage.
Land Management
Appropriate handling and disposal of waste is important to ensure
waste disposal does not block areas of land that can be put to more
productive use.
We conform to all regulations for the disposal of wastewater to Common Effluent Treatment Plants (CETPs) or marine discharge across our formulation units and API facilities. We have developed new initiatives for treatment of wastewater using advanced technologies like membrane bio-reactors that complement our expansion projects in some of our API manufacturing locations.