Wipro improves energy efficiency by 20 p.c.

BANGALORE, INDIA: Indian IT major Wipro released on Monday its sustainability report based on the GRI framework, which said there was 20 per cent improvement in the energy efficiency of Wipro’s campus operations over a five-year period.

Wipro’s sustainability initiative has been evolving rapidly since its inception more than three years back and includes several dimensions, each of which is a separate program in itself — energy efficiency and greenhouse gas mitigation, water efficiency, waste management, biodiversity, health and safety, diversity, education, community care and advocacy, said a statement.

An integral part of Wipro’s sustainability program is its commitment to reporting and disclosures, it added.

Key performance highlights:

- 20 per cent improvement in energy efficiency of Wipro’s campus operations over a five year period

- 32 per cent of Wipro’s water needs is met through internal recycling and reuse

- 76 per cent of generated waste gets recycled — the goal is to not have more than 5 per cent of waste end up in landfills by 2013.

- Multi-dimensional diversity program addressing gender, nationality and the physically disadvantaged.

- Wipro’s workforce comprises 29 per cent women and has more than 70 nationalities represented in it.

Apart from these, Wipro offers an integrated portfolio of green solutions for its customers spanning Green Computing, Clean Energy, Managed Energy Services and IT for Green solutions.

Anurag Behar — chief sustainability officer, Wipro Ltd said, ‘Act with Sensitivity’ is a Wipro value practiced for decades. “It is the nucleus of Wipro’s sustainability initiative and guides us as a responsible organization in engaging with some of the defining ecological and social issues of our time.”

Behar said ‘Living the Future’, the theme of Wipro's third sustainability report points to the urgency of advancing the vision of a world that balances the three essentials of ecological preservation, social equity and economic well being. “We believe that business must play a central role in bringing about this change along with government and civil society,” he added.