Championing Climate Positivity

Caring for the earth is inextricably linked to Cipla’s core purpose of Caring For Life. After all, of the 6 essentials for good health – sunlight, clean air, water, food, sleep and exercise, four are nature itself.

Today, climate change poses a serious challenge to human survival as well as a business risk to our operations and physical assets. However, it also presents an opportunity for the pharmaceutical sector to rise responsibly to the health challenge by making drugs that are affordable and accessible. We are committed to doing our bit in solving the climate change crisis faced by the world today.

Our Approach

At Cipla, our approach to sustainability is closely integrated with our long-term ambition to build smarter solutions that are aligned with our purpose of ‘Caring for Life’.

Towards this, we actively pursue sustainable practices such as reducing resource use, increasing renewable power share, replacing traditional fuels with greener alternatives, paring down water usage, and playing a pivotal role in successfully implementing Extended Producer Responsibility. We have extended these initiatives beyond the factory gates and engaged with our stakeholders for greener, more sustainable operations.

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FOCUS AREAS

Our initiatives are aligned with sustainability megatrends like climate change, circular economy and water stewardship. Based on extensive consultation and feedback from our internal and external stakeholders on material issues, we have identified key strategic focus areas to champion climate positivity.

ENERGY MANAGEMENT

Industrial energy consumption is a major contributor to greenhouse gas emissions, and concurrently, energy expenses directly affect operational costs.We have a four-pronged energy management strategy:

Improving energy efficiency across our operations through awareness and monitoring.
Adopting new technologies and processes.
Implementing measures to retire inefficient software and equipment.
Enhancing the proportion of renewable sources in the total energy consumption mix.

CARBON MANAGEMENT

We are continuously working towards improving energy efficiency across operational locations, enhancing the proportion of renewable energy sources (solar, wind power and biofuels) and adding a solar portfolio through various renewable energy projects in the total energy mix in line with our goal to reduce 80% absolute Scope 1(energy based) and scope 2 emissions by December 2025 from baseline year of FY 2019-20. Through these efforts, we secured a total of 1,89,797 MWh of renewable electricity during FY 2024-25, which helped us to meet 64% renewable electricity for India manufacturing operations.

WATER MANAGEMENT

Cipla India Manufacturing Operations is now 1.75 times water positive. Our approach to ‘Water Positivity’ is based on three critical aspects:

Increased use of rainwater.
Reduction in the use of blue water through wastewater management.
Supporting communities through water conservation initiatives.
Across our facilities, we have implemented the 5R approach of Reduce, Recover, Recycle, Reuse and Recharge.

Across our facilities, we have implemented the 5R approach of Reduce, Recover, Recycle, Reuse and Recharge.

WASTE MANAGEMENT

Cipla has consistently scaled up waste management practices by reducing generation quantities and directing waste to authorized Treatment, Storage and Disposal Facilities (TSDF). Cipla has successfully achieved Zero Waste to Landfill across all our India manufacturing operations ahead of December 2025 target. We have reached this milestone by significantly increasing the recycling and co-processing of waste, thereby effectively minimizing the amount directed to landfills. All our hazardous and non-hazardous waste is inventoried periodically and disposed of in compliance with applicable government regulations.