Our Chairman wrote this vision for sustainability that is rooted in the high standards of corporate behaviour and is driven by a strong sense of purpose to lead sustainable business practices globally. To realise this vision, UltraTech is committed to run its operations in a way that we grow business while conserving natural resources, minimizing our carbon and water footprint, increasing our positive impact on communities, and making a meaningful impact for our stakeholders.
UltraTech is committed to driving sustainability across the value chain of its operations. To achieve this, we focus on carbon emissions, energy reduction, water management, waste management, biodiversity management, resource management, community relationship management, occupational health and safety, human rights management, employee well-being and product development.
Innovation and technology play a key role in driving our efforts in these areas. With this objective, our R&D Centre provides comprehensive technical and analytical support to the business and pioneers in developing sustainable business solutions.
UltraTech benchmarks its sustainability practices with global players through Global Cement and Concrete Association (GCCA). As the founding member of the GCCA, UltraTech has played a pivotal role in launching GCCA's India operations.
UltraTech is also a part of 'Innovandi' - the Global Cement and Concrete Research Network project run by GCCA. The objective is to accelerate global collaboration for cement and concrete innovation as an important step for the sector in taking climate action.
They serve as a guide in our efforts to leave a healthier planet for our future generations, in partnership with our employees, customers, suppliers, government and society. By aligning our business strategy with the SDGs, we are able to anticipate stakeholder expectations, identify future business opportunities, and future-proof our business. The UN SDGs along with our sustainability framework enable us to create meaningful and measurable progress on issues relevant to our stakeholders.
Founding member of Global Cement & Concrete Association (GCCA).
GHG emissions reduction targets well below 2°C validated by Science Based Targets initiative (SBTi). Currently in the advanced stages of re-validating our SBTi targets to align with a 1.5°C trajectory
Committed to GCCA Climate Ambition 2050 to deliver carbon neutral concrete by 2050.
Committed to reduce Scope 1 GHG intensity by 27% by 2032 from the base year of 2017.
Committed to reduce Scope 2 GHG intensity by 69% by 2032 from the base year of 2017.
Committed to double the energy productivity under the EP100 program of 'The Climate Group', achieved in 2024 and maintained since.
Target to meet 100% of its electricity requirement through renewable sources by 2050, as part of our RE100 commitment.
Adopted Internal Carbon Price (ICP) of USD 30/t CO2.
Committed to No Net Loss of Biodiversity in line with our Group Biodiversity Policy by 2050.
We currently reach out to more than 1.8 million beneficiaries through our CSR program.
Our sustainability reports are a testament to our commitment to the triple bottom line approach towards growth. For our various stakeholders, it showcases the efforts and initiatives we undertook to create a better world for all of us. We follow an annual cycle of reporting. In the below section you can access, the latest sustainability report and archives of the previous sustainability reports:
The GCCA Sustainability Charter consists of five key pillars which encompasses full sustainability spectrum of the cement and concrete sector. UltraTech implements sustainability initiatives across all five sustainability pillars, reports on its performance against a set of KPIs.
