Donear Industries Limited
Climate Impact & Sustainability Data (2014-04 to 2015-03, 2020-21, 2021-22)
Reporting Period: 2014-04 to 2015-03
Environmental Metrics
Total Energy Consumption:29,248,282 Units
ESG Focus Areas
- Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR)
Environmental Achievements
- Reduced energy consumption per unit of fabric production from 0.70 to 0.67 units/meter and per unit of yarn dyeing production from 1.10 to 1.32 units/kg.
Social Achievements
- Undertook CSR projects in rural development, healthcare, and education.
- Low employee attrition rates due to employee-friendly HR policies and on-the-job training.
Governance Achievements
- Implemented a Whistle Blower Policy.
- Established a Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) Committee.
- Carried out annual performance evaluation of the Board and Directors.
Climate Goals & Targets
Environmental Challenges
- Competition from other developing countries.
- Balancing price and quality.
- Increasing cost of production.
- High capital requirements for new products.
- Threat from the unorganized sector.
Mitigation Strategies
- Focus on ready-made garment business for growth.
- Continuous improvement in productivity.
Supply Chain Management
Climate-Related Risks & Opportunities
Reporting Period: 2020-21
Environmental Metrics
Environmental Achievements
- Replaced all street lights with LED street lights
- Cleaned 600 solar PV modules to increase solar power generation by 13%
- Replaced APH, resulting in 10% power saving in ID Fan and a 30-degree Celsius increase in Beam Box Temp.
Social Achievements
- Low attrition rates due to on-the-job training and induction process
- CSR activities focusing on healthcare, literacy, and community well-being (Rs. 44.70 Lakhs spent)
Governance Achievements
- Compliance with applicable Secretarial Standards issued by the Institute of Company Secretaries of India
- Annual evaluation of Board performance, Committees, and Directors
- Vigil Mechanism/Whistle Blower Policy in place
Environmental Challenges
- Adverse effects of COVID-19 pandemic impacting financial performance
- Changing tax structures making garments expensive
- Rising interest rates and labor wages
- Competition from low-price garment markets
- Global market tariff and non-tariff barriers
Mitigation Strategies
- Repositioning the company to adapt to changing situations
- Government schemes to boost the economy and help small-scale businesses
- 100% FDI allowed in the textile sector
- Government initiatives like MITRA Park scheme
Supply Chain Management
Climate-Related Risks & Opportunities
Reporting Standards
Frameworks Used: Ind AS
Third-party Assurance: Kanu Doshi Associates LLP
Reporting Period: 2021-22
Environmental Metrics
Environmental Achievements
- Replacement of Aluminum Fan of Humidification plant with Energy Saving FRP Fans.
- Installation of Condensate Recovery pumps for optimum condensate recovery.
- Water Audit carried through BTRA to optimize Water Consumption.
- Steam traps replacement work to optimize steam consumption.
- Plant Energy audit carried out.
- Installation of Department wise Air flow meters to analyze the Air consumption and optimization.
- Energy Savings Reeds are procured for Air jet looms to optimize Air consumption of Air jet looms.
- The Company has cleaned Solar PV module with Soar NB chemical to increase solar power generation.
Social Achievements
- Your Company’s HR showed a strategic and coherent approach in managing the talent and put an endeavor in employing people and developing their capacities, utilizing and maintaining their services.
- Our Company continuously carries out the necessary improvements to attract and retain the best talent which results in low attrition rates.
- The Company’s policy of providing on the job training has been instrumental in developing a good work force for the Company.
Governance Achievements
- The Company has adopted a Code of Business Conduct & Ethics which is applicable to Board of Directors and all Employees of the Company.
Climate Goals & Targets
Environmental Challenges
- changing tax structure at the state and central government levels making garments expensive, rising interest rates and labor wages and workers’ salaries.
- access to the latest technology and failures to meet global standards in the highly competitive export market.
- fierce competition from countries in the low-price garment market.
- In the global market tariff and non-tariff barriers coupled with the quota are posing a major challenge to the Indian textile Industry.
- environmental and social issues like child labour and personal safety norms
Mitigation Strategies
- The government has allowed 100% FDI by automatic route in the textile sector and it is supposed to attract USD 140 billion foreign investments in coming years.
- Government is encouraging to setup SITP (Scheme for Integrated Textile Parks) and TUFS (Technology Upgradation Fund Scheme).