Water Management

Water

GRI Standards

Water as Shared Resource

At KNPL, we understand our responsibility and set stringent water management goals. Owing to the nature of our industry, we consume water not only for our utilities, cleaning, horticulture and domestic purpose, but it is also a critical raw material for our water-based paints.

As a responsible corporate citizen, we have continued our efforts to offset our freshwater consumption and help nearby communities by providing access to quality fresh water. We undertake offsite watershed management projects like pond restoration, deepening and desilting of water bodies among others. These projects help us to stay in tune with our strategic long-term commitment of becoming Water positive organization

Water Withdrawal

Our freshwater requirement is met through - groundwater, State Industrial Development Corporation (SIDC) water supply and third-party water supply.

Water Discharge

We have ZLD across our major manufacturing facilities; however our newly merged unit at Sarigam collects domestic effluent generated from the facility in a septic tank. The effluent is then transported through a tanker and discharged outside factory premises. Our total waste water discharge for the reporting period was 817 KL. During the year, there have not been any cases of significant spillage at any of our manufacturing sites.

Also, we attained a ‘B-‘rating (Management: Taking coordinated action on water issues) for our response to Carbon Disclosure Project (CDP) – Water Security questionnaire

Water Consumption

Our organisation-wide total water consumption for the reporting period was 5,56,369 KL, of which 8,659 KL was rainwater while 1,26,052 KL was recycled water.

Our organisation-wide Specific Water Consumption (SWC) was 1.18 KL/KL of FG while our Specific Water Consumption for our manufacturing facilities accounted to 1.16 KL/KL of FG.

Our recycled water consumption increased from 10% to 23% since FY 2015-16.

Method of Calculation: Manufacturing Facilities: Specific Water Consumption is ratio of fresh water consumed in Plants to Production of Finished Goods during specified period

Thrust Areas: To reduce Water Consumption

• Diligent monitoring of freshwater consumed
• Adoption of sustainable water management measures to limit our water footprint
• Increase usage of recycled water and rainwater through water management projects and initiatives within our operational limits
• Periodic review of water-related risks

Key Water Conservation Initiatives

• Drip irrigation system
• Faucet-type and sensor-based taps
• Reuse of Utility RO reject water and AC condensate water in process
• Provision of filter at cooling tower area for recycling of reactor drained water

In FY 2021-22, we undertook watershed development projects (4 nos.) at Sayakha and Hosur and provided rain water harvesting facility at Nursing College and DC Office at Goindwal Sahib. Through these projects, we have been able to create a storage capacity of 1.89 Lac KL.

Method of Calculation: Organisation wide: Specific Water Consumption is ratio of fresh water consumed organisation-wide (Plants + R&D centre + Head Office) to Production of Finished Goods during specified period.