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| ENVIRONMENTAL PERFORMANCE |
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| Environmental Management |
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| Air Quality |
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| The Mahindra Group is conscious of the harmful effects of air pollutants and hence complies with the statutory requirements to measure, monitor and report their emissions. |
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At Mahindra various pollutants are monitored on regular basis at the industrial locations as well as some of the services locations. The Suspended Particulate Matter (SPM), Sulphur oxides (SOx) and Nitrogen Oxides (NOx) are commonly monitored at all the manufacturing locations. Some of manufacturing plants monitor more specific pollutants related to their processes like Respirable Suspended Particulate Matter (RSPM), Carbon monoxide (CO), Methane (CH4), etc. |
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| The Mahindra Group is conscious of the harmful effects of air pollutants and hence complies with the statutory requirements to measure, monitor and report their emissions. |
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| The sector-wise concentrations of the ambient air pollutants shown below are the average concentrations of commonly monitored pollutants at various monitoring stations of various plants/locations of each sector. The average concentrations of the pollutants are well below the statutory limits as per the National Ambient Air Quality Standards (NAAQS, 2004). |
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The ambient air quality standards represented in the graphs below are for the industrial area and time weighted average of 24hrs. (These standards have been changed from the month of November 2009. As per the revised NAAQS 2009, the statutory limits for particulate matter are based on the PM10 & PM2.5.) |
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| All of our manufacturing plants measure total stack emissions by weight. This year we initiated the process of standardisation of the measurement of stack emissions across sectors and will commence reporting our emissions in tonnes. In the years ahead we plan to track trends and continue to work towards consistent reduction in emissions. |
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Air Quality (Ambient) 2009-10 |
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| SPM |
Micrograms/Cubic Meter |
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| SOx |
Micrograms/Cubic Meter |
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| NOx |
Micrograms/Cubic Meter |
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| Note: In November 2009, MoEF revised the standards as well as the measuring procedures. The above figures are based on standards prior to November 2009. From 2010-11, we will report emissions as per the revised standards and measuring procedures. |
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