The Steel Authority of India Limited (SAIL) has been awarded with the prestigious Golden Peacock Environment Management Award for the year 2020 by the Institute of Directors.
Anil Kumar Chaudhary, chairman of SAIL, lauded the efforts and said, “SAIL has been the winner of this award for successive two years and this bears testimony to the efforts made by the company for sustainable and environmentally responsible steel making. This award is one of the most coveted awards in the category. Considering various environmental issues leading to global warming and climate change, the award encourages corporates to enhance their environmental performance and to compete with peers to set benchmarks.”
SAIL, as its corporate responsibility for environment protection, continuously focusses on adopting various environmental measures including upgrading of pollution control facilities, treatment and recirculation of wastewater from individual units and outfalls, efficient handling of different solid wastes, carbon sequestration through afforestation, among others. Also, the impact of
