Climate Change Data

Mangalore Chemicals & Fertilizers Limited

Climate Impact & Sustainability Data (2022-04 to 2023-03, 2023-04 to 2024-03)

Reporting Period: 2022-04 to 2023-03

Environmental Metrics

Total Carbon Emissions:224845 MTs of CO2 (Scope 1)
Scope 1 Emissions:224845 MTs of CO2
Total Energy Consumption:9093373 GJ
Water Consumption:2423250 KL
Waste Generated:2342.481 tons

ESG Focus Areas

  • Climate Change
  • Demand for products
  • Raw material availability
  • Ethics and Governance
  • Human Capital
  • Social and Community development
  • Supply Chain

Environmental Achievements

  • Reduced carbon emissions through the implementation of Ammonia Energy Improvement Project

Social Achievements

  • Constantly upgrading and investing in technological workplace safety improvements
  • Ensuring equal opportunities and inclusion
  • Conducting several farmer training programmes on balanced and optimum use of fertilizers

Governance Achievements

  • Maintaining the highest standards of ethics and governance
  • Ensuring all employees adhere to Code of Conduct and ethics

Climate Goals & Targets

Environmental Challenges

  • Key raw materials (natural gas, phosphoric acid, and ammonia) are imported.
  • Maintaining highest standards of ethics and governance
Mitigation Strategies
  • Increased ammonia production capacity to partially substitute imports.
  • Secured natural gas supply through mid/long-term contracts.
  • Implemented governing policies to conduct operations in compliance with highest governance standards.

Supply Chain Management

Responsible Procurement
  • Associating with reputed suppliers and vendors
  • Development of quality suppliers

Climate-Related Risks & Opportunities

Opportunities
  • Plant upgradation, adopting new technologies, increasing renewable energy generation enables us to produce our fertilizer products with lower carbon footprint and at lower cost.

Reporting Period: 2023-04 to 2024-03

Environmental Metrics

Total Carbon Emissions:2,81,059 tCO2e/year (Scope 1 & 2)
Scope 1 Emissions:2,81,059 tCO2e/year
Scope 2 Emissions:1891 tCO2e/year
Scope 3 Emissions:Not available
Renewable Energy Share:22.83% of total energy use
Total Energy Consumption:50,04,650 GJ/year (non-renewable)
Water Consumption:26,87,711 KL/year
Waste Generated:2,826.48 tons/year
Carbon Intensity:0.26 tCO2e/Tons of production

ESG Focus Areas

  • Environment
  • Social
  • Governance

Environmental Achievements

  • Achieved zero liquid discharge status
  • Reduced carbon emissions through the implementation of Ammonia Energy Improvement Project
  • Replaced 10% of fresh water by treated water generated onsite

Social Achievements

  • Zero fatalities and lost workday incidents
  • CSR activities aligned with the UNSDGs

Governance Achievements

  • Implemented governing policies to conduct its operations in compliance with the highest governance standards
  • Formulated an ESG Policy

Climate Goals & Targets

Long-term Goals:
  • Not disclosed
Medium-term Goals:
  • Achieve a 30% reduction in Scope 1&2 emissions by 2030.
  • Achieve a 15% reduction in energy consumption by 2030.
  • Achieve a 20% reduction in freshwater consumption by 2030.
  • Achieve 4% female employees by 2030.
Short-term Goals:
  • Conduct a biodiversity study within the MCFL plant premises by 2025.
  • Achieve 60% Employee engagement index by 2025.
  • Achieve 10,000 employee hours in volunteering, by 2025.

Environmental Challenges

  • Water is a scarce resource and an important input in manufacturing processes.
  • Evolving carbon emissions regulatory environment.
  • Energy intensive processes and emissions contribute to climate change and environmental degradation.
  • Managing and disposing hazardous and non-hazardous wastes.
  • Workplace hazards directly hampers the company's productivity, efficiency and reputation.
  • Unpredictable events and potential threats, such as natural disasters, fire, theft, supply chain disruptions, cyber attacks and other external threats.
Mitigation Strategies
  • Introducing practices and initiatives at their plants to minimize the use of fresh water.
  • Implementing energy efficiency measures and renewable energy sources to minimize emissions.
  • Investing in energy efficiency measures.
  • Implementing ISO 45001:2018 Occupational Health & Safety Management Systems.
  • Engaging in third-party safety audit of the entire factory.
  • Conducting extensive training programs and constantly focuses on upgrading and investing in health and safety measures.
  • Having a business continuity and disaster management plan.

Supply Chain Management

Supplier Audits: Not disclosed

Responsible Procurement
  • Adherence to the applicable statutory provisions of laws with regard to payment and deduction of statutory dues is incorporated in the contract with the value chain partners.

Climate-Related Risks & Opportunities

Physical Risks
  • Not disclosed
Transition Risks
  • Not disclosed
Opportunities
  • Not disclosed

Reporting Standards

Frameworks Used: Null

Certifications: ISO 14001:2015, ISO 45001:2018, ISO 22000:2018, ISO 17025:2017

Third-party Assurance: Not disclosed

UN Sustainable Development Goals

  • Not disclosed

MCFL has seized the opportunity to align its strategy with the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (UNSDGs)

Sustainable Products & Innovation

  • Not disclosed

Awards & Recognition

  • Not disclosed