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Environment Management
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Sustainable Infrastructure Development
IDFC is a thriving example of thought leadership and advocacy on sustainability for emerging economies. IDFC helps to translate policy initiatives into actual implementation through specific projects in the public private partnership model and promotion of sustainable practices in project development and operation. IDFC’s “Green” Portfolio encompasses project lending to Renewable Energy projects and developing and owning renewable energy assets. IDFC engages with the local community through rural infrastructure development, livelihood support and adoption of sustainability practices across its operations.
IDFC’s alternative assets business has already emerged as the largest investor in low-carbon businesses in India. Delhi Integrated Multi Modal Transit System Ltd. (DIMTS) is a Joint Venture Company between IDFC and the Government of Delhi National Capital Territory engaged in providing innovative urban transport solutions to Delhi Metropolitan region. IDFC has also assisted the Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) in enabling private sector participation in the city’s municipal waste management.
IDFC frequently focuses on crucial and urgent issues such as land acquisition, climate change and water through its policy advocacy initiatives.
In order to promote low carbon economy projects in India, IDFC is actively working with government agencies, other financial institutions and industry associations like CII and FICCI on formulating innovative financing mechanism for attracting greater private sector investment in the low carbon sector.
We have initiated the Inclusive Infrastructure Fund, a small corpus formed out of our own funds to support social enterprises and innovative environmental projects.
The Fund made its first equity investment in Ziqitza Healthcare Ltd., a company that provides emergency response ambulance services under an innovative business model where better-off patients cross-subsidize poorer patients. Through this fund we have also approved a second investment in a company that imparts civil construction skills to unemployed rural youth and places them directly with construction companies after training.
We are considering several other investment opportunities in areas such as rural solar lighting, municipal solid waste based biomethanation plants and innovative rural community sanitation upgradation systems.
Environmental and social performance
At IDFC we firmly believe that small steps go a long way in saving the environment. IDFC’s gauges both its internal and external E&S performance.
Internal performance is gauged through resource conservation, reduction of the carbon footprint and employee engagement in IDFC’s environmental and CSR initiatives. IDFC measured its carbon footprint for the first time in FY 11 and this will constitute the baseline for subsequent monitoring and reduction, the ultimate objective being to make IDFC a carbon neutral organisation. The Environmental Investment Organisation, a UK-based non-profit organization ranked IDFC as the top Indian firm for levels of transparency related to greenhouse gas emissions and carbon intensity. IDFC’s active volunteering program is aimed at sensitizing our employees towards environmental and social issues and is just another small step towards preserving our planet.
Externally ERG undertakes detailed E&S due-diligence of projects under consideration and identifies project specific environmental impacts and their corresponding risks and requisite mitigation measures.
IDFC is one of the 50 companies included in the S&P ESG India Index that measures 50 of the best performing stocks in the Indian market as measured by environmental, social and governance parameters.
Environment policy framework
Under the "Go Green" initiative, we have launched an internal environment policy aimed at minimizing the environmental impact and carbon footprint of our projects. We are on course for obtaining the US Green Business Council’s LEED Gold Certification (Commercial Interiors) for our new office at Chennai and (possibly India’s first) certification for an Energy-Efficient Data Centre from TUV Rhineland, Germany.
Environmental Footprint
Carbon footprint is a measure of the impact that our organization’s activities have on the environment and in particular climate change. Carbon footprint is expressed in tonnes of Carbon Dioxide (CO2) emitted equivalent (tCO2e) and is reported under three categories:
SCOPE 1: Emissions from company owned or operated GHG sources
SCOPE 2: Emissions from assets owned by others but energy is bought by the company
SCOPE 3: Emissions other than Scope 2 that are a consequence of an organization’s activities, but arise from greenhouse gas sources controlled by other organizations (non mandatory reporting)
Even as we recommit ourselves to building a sustainable future, our efforts are continuously directed at reducing the carbon intensity of our operations. We will measure our carbon footprint as a function of our operating income and Profit after Tax (PAT) and hold ourselves to account on increasing our resource use efficiency and therefore footprint in each succeeding year. These ratios (tCO2e/Operating Income & tCO2e/PAT) measure the incremental emissions for every incremental rupee of revenue generated and profit added respectively.