Hindustan Construction
Company Ltd has been
recognised for its sustainability
practices by the United
Nations Global Compact and
United Nations Environment Programme.
The UN report titled Caring
Business and Climate Change
Adaptation: toward Resilient Companies
and Communities presents
ten case studies from amongst ten
global companies. These cases
illustrate how businesses are
responding creatively and effectively
to address climate change
opportunities, risks, and impacts
in developing countries and
emerging economies.
HCC's initiatives have been featured
among the case studies of
ten global companies, including
Coca Cola, Nokia and Eskom. The
HCC case study highlights its
efforts towards water neutrality
and showcases its initiatives at
two HCC projects—Strategic Oil
Storage Cavern project at
Visakhapatnam and Delhi-Faridabad
Elevated Expressway.
In Visakhapatnam, HCC
installed a wastewater treatment
plant to utilise the seepage waste
water for construction thus completing
construction without
external water supply to the project
even during severe water
scarcity in the region. Installation
of the plant enabled HCC to recycle
and reuse nearly 95 per cent of
the waste water for the project for
drilling, dust suppression, concrete
curing and other activities,
saving an amount of water equivalent
to nearly six months of water
consumption of the city of Vizag.
In the Delhi-Faridabad expressway
project, water resources were
of particular concern in this lowrainfall
part of the country. HCC
implemented several measures to
conserve, recycle, and reuse
water, including creation of an
artificial rainfall-fed pond and
rooftop rainwater harvesting. The
most notable of HCC's efforts was
a unique model for harvesting run
off rainwater from the expressway
itself as a way to recharge aquifers
in the surrounding area.
Commenting on the unique
honour, Ajit Gulabchand, Chairman
and Managing Director,
HCC said, "It is indeed a great
honour for the HCC group as well
as India that an Indian company
features among the 10 companies
at the global level."