The first 10 years of the journey involved establishing DICV presence within the Indian market. The subsequent 10 years is targeted on development and sustainability, says Daimler India Commercial Vehicles MD & CEO Satyakam Arya.
German truck and bus maker Daimler India Commercial Vehicles (DICV) is working in direction of reaching 100% self-reliance in vitality and water for its manufacturing operations at Oragadam by 2025, mentioned a prime official.
“By 2025, 100% of our energy and water requirement will be met through captive sources,” mentioned its MD & CEO, Satyakam Arya throughout an interplay.
“We have increased the capacity of our Opex solar plant and it is now equipped to generate 4.6 MW of solar energy against 3.3 MW earlier,” he mentioned.
According to him, presently 85% of Oragadam plant’s energy necessities are met by renewable vitality sources (40% photo voltaic and 45% wind from third get together) and this is able to be enhanced to 90% this yr, by taking all seasons under consideration after which 100% by 2025.
With regard to water administration, he mentioned that with the usage of revolutionary water administration methods, DICV is already 100% self-reliant as per Scope 1 of Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) norms by 2025.
But, the truck maker needs to make an official announcement by sustaining it for 2 extra years after taking into due consideration exterior elements comparable to late arrival of monsoon amongst others.
“We don’t depend on external sources of water or ground water for our manufacturing operations. We store rain water in our lake. It has a storage pond that holds 60,000 kl, while our needs are 18,000 kl,” he mentioned.
Mr. Arya mentioned that the primary 10 years of their journey involved establishing DICV’s presence within the Indian market. The subsequent 10 years is targeted on development and sustainability.
“But sustainability is not just about reducing pollution and using renewable energy. Our ESG aspirations come for a long-term vision that we have for future,” he mentioned.
Talking on highway security, he mentioned that by 2025 over 70% of DICV portfolio would have at the least one new security function in BharatBenz automobiles, which isn’t mandated by the Government. And it might be 80% by 2030.
DICV had introduced that it might go 100% paperless in its operations by 2023. “We have crossed halfway the mark,” he mentioned.
