Climate Change Data

Glenmark Pharmaceuticals Limited

Climate Impact & Sustainability Data (2011-2012, 2013-14, 2018-04 to 2019-03, 2022-04 to 2023-03)

Reporting Period: 2011-2012

Environmental Metrics

Total Carbon Emissions:Not disclosed
Scope 1 Emissions:Not disclosed
Scope 2 Emissions:Not disclosed
Scope 3 Emissions:Not disclosed
Renewable Energy Share:Not disclosed
Total Energy Consumption:Not disclosed
Water Consumption:Not disclosed
Waste Generated:Not disclosed
Carbon Intensity:Not disclosed

ESG Focus Areas

  • Child Health
  • Sustainable Livelihoods

Environmental Achievements

  • Planted around 4300 saplings at manufacturing locations and R&D centers.

Social Achievements

  • Impacted over 8000 individuals with sustainable livelihoods.
  • Over 750 employees volunteered services with various NGOs.
  • Rehabilitated approximately 2800 differently-abled individuals through Jaipur Foot.
  • Donated around Rs 2.9 million worth of medicines to various partners.

Governance Achievements

  • Not disclosed

Climate Goals & Targets

Long-term Goals:
  • Not disclosed
Medium-term Goals:
  • Generate livelihoods for around 800 youth and achieve 65% placement.
Short-term Goals:
  • Not disclosed

Environmental Challenges

  • High Child Mortality Rate (CMR) and Infant Mortality Rate (IMR) in India.
  • High levels of malnutrition, lack of sanitation, and inadequate immunization in various regions.
  • Poverty and lack of opportunities leading to unskilled labor among youth.
Mitigation Strategies
  • Project Kavach: Focused on child health in tribal areas of Madhya Pradesh, rural Rajasthan, and Mumbai slums.
  • Project Sambhav: Provided vocational training and employment opportunities to school dropouts.
  • Project Jode: Focused on sustainable livelihoods for tribal populations in Rayagada, Odisha.

Supply Chain Management

Supplier Audits: Not disclosed

Responsible Procurement
  • Not disclosed

Climate-Related Risks & Opportunities

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

Reporting Standards

Frameworks Used: Null

Certifications: Null

Third-party Assurance: Not disclosed

UN Sustainable Development Goals

  • Not disclosed

Not disclosed

Sustainable Products & Innovation

  • Not disclosed

Awards & Recognition

  • Not disclosed

Reporting Period: 2013-14

Environmental Metrics

ESG Focus Areas

  • Child Health
  • Sustainable Livelihoods
  • Environment, Health and Safety
  • Employee Volunteering

Environmental Achievements

  • Reduced specific water consumption by more than 30% compared to the previous year.
  • Reduced specific effluent quantities by more than 18% compared to 2012-13.
  • Goa, Nashik, Ankleshwar, Dahej and Aurangabad plants achieved zero liquid discharge outside plant premises.
  • ISO 14001:2004 standard implemented at Nashik and Indore plants; recertification achieved at Goa plant.
  • Goa plant started co-processing of rejected medicine.

Social Achievements

  • Positively impacted over 500,000 lives through child health initiatives.
  • Made a difference to over 65,000 lives with sustainable livelihood initiatives.
  • Over 3,200 employees volunteered more than 12,800 hours in community endeavors.
  • Donated medicines worth USD 600,000 to charitable organizations.
  • Rehabilitated over 2,000 differently-abled individuals by providing artificial limbs.

Governance Achievements

  • Implemented ISO 14001:2004 at multiple plants.
  • Developed 60 Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) under the Safety Management Systems.
  • Established safety systems at all Glenmark plants.
  • Glenmark was ranked among India’s 50 Most Caring Companies by the World CSR Congress, 2014.

Climate Goals & Targets

Environmental Challenges

  • High infant and child mortality rates in rural and tribal regions.
  • Malnutrition among children in both rural and urban areas.
  • Limited access to essential medicines in public health facilities.
  • Lack of livelihood opportunities for school dropouts and marginalized communities.
  • Geographical constraints and scarce infrastructure in rural areas.
Mitigation Strategies
  • Implemented Project Kavach focusing on nutrition, sanitation, and immunization.
  • Launched mMitra, a mobile voice messaging service for pregnant women and mothers.
  • Provided vocational training and skill development programs.
  • Improved land and water resources for tribal farmers.
  • Provided ambulatory care services and established role model Anganwadis.

Supply Chain Management

Climate-Related Risks & Opportunities

UN Sustainable Development Goals

  • SDG 3: Good Health and Well-being
  • SDG 1: No Poverty
  • SDG 2: Zero Hunger
  • SDG 6: Clean Water and Sanitation

Glenmark's initiatives contribute to these goals through improved child health, sustainable livelihoods, and environmental protection.

Awards & Recognition

  • GreenTech Environment Award – 2013 (Goa plant)

Reporting Period: 2018-04 to 2019-03

Environmental Metrics

Total Carbon Emissions:144,373 tCO2e/year
Scope 1 Emissions:12,194 tCO2e/year
Scope 2 Emissions:1,32,064 tCO2e/year
Scope 3 Emissions:770.23 tCO2e/year
Renewable Energy Share:3%
Total Energy Consumption:10,14,582 GJ/year
Water Consumption:7,96,384 KL/year
Waste Generated:8,537 tons/year

ESG Focus Areas

  • Managing our carbon emissions
  • Promoting diversity
  • Community engagement
  • Impact of climate change on health
  • Energy efficiency
  • Waste management
  • Water management
  • Enhancing availability and accessibility of medicines
  • Employee health and safety
  • Responsible supply chain
  • Human resource development
  • Promoting innovation
  • Patient safety
  • Business ethics
  • Ensuring product quality
  • Intellectual property rights
  • Compliance and risk management

Environmental Achievements

  • 75% of manufacturing facilities are ISO 14001:2015 certified
  • 119 MT of hazardous waste co-processed
  • 3% Renewable source of electrical energy
  • 5.8% drop in specific energy consumption compared to the previous reporting period.
  • Net cost saving of 46.44 Million and energy saving of 59,589 GJ from energy conservation efforts.

Social Achievements

  • 1.4 Million Lives touched through CSR interventions
  • 69,062 Man-hours number of EHS training hours
  • 3% increase in our women workforce strength
  • Zero cases of occupational disease or fatalities

Governance Achievements

  • 25% female representation at the board level
  • Implemented an Enterprise Risk Management (ERM) program

Climate Goals & Targets

Medium-term Goals:
  • Implement 16 safety programs by 2023
Short-term Goals:
  • Achieve ISO certification in 88% of facilities by 2021
  • Increase hazardous waste co-processing to 25% of total hazardous waste disposed by FY 2020-21
  • Reduce specific water consumption by 20% by 2020-21

Environmental Challenges

  • Delivering commercially successful new products
  • Ensuring product quality
  • Supply chain continuity
  • Product pricing
  • Compliance with relevant laws and regulations
  • Changing global political and economic conditions
  • Compliance with financial reporting and disclosure requirements
  • Compliance with tax law
  • Compliance with anti-bribery and corruption legislation
  • Potential litigation
  • Product liability litigation
  • Sales and marketing litigation
  • Managing environmental, health, safety and sustainability
  • Information technology
  • Revenue concentration
Mitigation Strategies
  • Adopted R&D business model based on smaller units
  • Adopted a single Quality Management System (QMS)
  • High revenue and critical products are heavily stocked
  • Dual sourcing for critical units
  • Internal Control Framework (ICF)
  • Regular review of tax policies
  • Anti-Bribery/Anti-Corruption (ABAC) policy
  • Proactive risk/dispute management
  • Data security measures
  • Project management team oversees short and long-term needs

Supply Chain Management

Supplier Audits: Every 3 years for all API suppliers

Responsible Procurement
  • Supplier code of conduct

Climate-Related Risks & Opportunities

Physical Risks
  • Extreme weather events
Transition Risks
  • Changing regulatory landscape
Opportunities
  • Shifting to renewable energy sources

Reporting Standards

Frameworks Used: GRI Standards: Core option

Certifications: ISO 14001:2015, OHSAS 18001:2007

Third-party Assurance: Bureau Veritas (India) Private Limited

UN Sustainable Development Goals

  • Goal 3: Good Health and Well-being
  • Goal 6: Clean Water and Sanitation
  • Goal 7: Affordable and Clean Energy
  • Goal 8: Decent Work and Economic Growth
  • Goal 9: Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure
  • Goal 10: Reduced Inequalities
  • Goal 11: Sustainable Cities and Communities
  • Goal 12: Responsible Consumption and Production
  • Goal 13: Climate Action

Glenmark's CSR initiatives are aligned with these SDGs.

Awards & Recognition

  • Golden Peacock Award for Innovative Business Leadership, 2018
  • CII safety, health and environmental excellence & innovation award, 2018
  • Greentech Environment Award, 2018
  • Greentech Safety Award, 2018
  • Safety award by Grow Care, 2018
  • Featured in the 4th Annual Inclusive Business List 2018
  • Featured in the 2nd edition of ETChallenger2Good

Reporting Period: 2022-04 to 2023-03

Environmental Metrics

Total Carbon Emissions:13343 tCO2e/year (Scope 1); 64812 tCO2e/year (Scope 2); 17506 tCO2e/year (Scope 3)
Scope 1 Emissions:13343 tCO2e/year
Scope 2 Emissions:64812 tCO2e/year
Scope 3 Emissions:17506 tCO2e/year
Renewable Energy Share:6%
Total Energy Consumption:496018 GJ/year
Water Consumption:485464 KL/year
Waste Generated:3020 MT/year
Carbon Intensity:Not disclosed

ESG Focus Areas

  • Business Ethics
  • Corporate Governance
  • Cybersecurity & Data Privacy
  • Product Quality & Safety
  • Human Capital & Development
  • Enhancing Accessibility of Medicines
  • Climate Change
  • Talent Attraction & Retention
  • Human Rights
  • Occupational Health & Safety
  • Supply Chain Management
  • Circular Economy
  • Risk Management
  • Community Development
  • Innovation & Research
  • Promoting Diversity
  • Policy Advocacy

Environmental Achievements

  • Reduced carbon emission intensity by around 10% through efforts over the last three years
  • 6% of total energy consumption is from renewable energy sources
  • 61% of the energy requirements at both the R&D sites are met by renewable energy source (hydro-power)
  • 58% of total hazardous waste disposed of in FY 2023 was co-processed
  • 6 out of 10 Indian sites achieved ‘Zero Waste to Landfill’ objective

Social Achievements

  • Great Place to Work™ (GPTW) Institute certified as a Great Place to Work in 2023-24
  • Impacted more than 2.9 million lives through CSR programs
  • Launched CSR employee volunteering campaign
  • India’s first Indacaterol + Mometasone Fixed-Dose Combination (FDC) Drug for Asthma launched
  • India’s first triple Fixed-Dose Combination (FDC) of Teneligliptin + Pioglitazone + Metformin launched
  • Sitagliptin and its Fixed-Dose Combinations (FDC) launched at affordable price for adults with Type 2 diabetes in India
  • Sacu V™, a Fixed-Dose Combination (FDC) of Sacubitril + Valsartan, launched, making heart failure treatment more affordable in India

Governance Achievements

  • Independent directors comprise over 65% of the board
  • Strengthened Compliance Program in 2022 with enhancements including a new Code of Conduct, revised training framework, EthicsLine launch, and strengthened risk assessment and mitigation efforts
  • Launched Glenmark EthicsLine, a confidential reporting line

Climate Goals & Targets

Long-term Goals:
  • Carbon neutral enterprise by 2030 (Scope 1 and 2 emissions)
Medium-term Goals:
  • Zero waste to landfill at all plant locations by 2027
  • Reduce absolute scope 1 and 2 GHG emissions by 35% by FY 2035
  • Reduce scope 3 GHG emissions intensity by 28% from various activities related to pharmaceutical products by FY 2035
Short-term Goals:
  • Water neutral operations by 2025

Environmental Challenges

  • Risk associated with R&D not always being able to deliver Commercially Successful Products
  • Risk of supply chain disruptions
  • Risk of Revenue Concentration
  • External risks: natural disasters, political events and economic fluctuations
  • Risks associated with Inadequate Cyber Security and Data Privacy Measures
  • Risk associated with Inferior Product Quality
  • Risk of sub-optimal product pricing
  • Risk of Product Liability Litigation
  • Risk associated with Non-Compliance in Financial Reporting and Disclosure, and Changes to Accounting Standards
  • Risk of Non-Compliance with International Laws and Regulations
  • Risk of Anti-Bribery and Corruption Legislation
  • Risk of Potential Litigation
  • Risk of Non-Compliance with Tax Laws
  • Risk of Non-Compliance with EHS and Sustainability Laws
Mitigation Strategies
  • Smaller R&D units to encourage greater entrepreneurialism and accountability, collaborations with other pharmaceutical companies
  • Diversification of the supply chain, safety stocks and backup supply arrangements, new manufacturing facilities/upgraded existing facilities
  • Product development strategy to deliver desired products timely, replace end-of-life cycle products, penetrate new markets
  • Diversity of portfolio and geographic footprint, market tools to manage currency risk exposure, Climate Risk Assessment, diversifying supplier base
  • Strong cyber security infrastructure, risk-aware culture, compliance with data privacy laws, insurance cover
  • Central Quality Management System (ISO accreditation), strict audit mechanisms for third-party suppliers
  • Optimize product costs, launch new value-added products
  • Rigorous testing and quality control, clear warnings, instructions, and labels
  • Working with external auditor and advisors to ensure adherence to relevant reporting requirements
  • Internal control framework to monitor and support compliance, Head of Regulatory affairs ensures adherence to internal standards
  • New Code of Conduct and ABAC policy, mandatory ABAC training
  • Formalized processes for proactive risk/dispute management
  • Policy to submit tax returns within statutory time limits, engage with tax authorities, legal counsel to review tax legislation
  • Embedded EHSS risk management, rigorous procedures to eliminate hazards, manage environmental remediation obligations

Supply Chain Management

Supplier Audits: 23 new raw material suppliers and 27 new packaging material suppliers assessed in FY23; 14 third-party assessments conducted

Responsible Procurement
  • Supplier Code of Conduct
  • Supplier sustainability protocol aligned to PSCI requirements

Climate-Related Risks & Opportunities

Physical Risks
  • Rise in global temperatures leading to lower productivity, increased energy demand, water scarcity, damage to infrastructure from extreme weather
  • Cyclonic activities, flooding and extreme weather conditions
Transition Risks
  • Carbon tax, increased operational costs, decreased revenue, competitor cost advantages, supply chain disruptions
Opportunities
  • Increased demand for immunology products due to warmer temperatures

Reporting Standards

Frameworks Used: GRI Standards

Certifications: ISO 14001:2015, ISO 45001:2018

Third-party Assurance: DNV GL Business Assurance India Private Limited

UN Sustainable Development Goals

  • 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 10, 12, 13, 15, 16, 17

CSR initiatives aligned with UN SDGs

Sustainable Products & Innovation

  • Not disclosed

Awards & Recognition

  • Great Place to Work™ certification
  • #3 in Businessworld's pharmaceutical and healthcare sector ranking
  • Economic Times recognition