The Pioneer, Aug 24, 2011
PNS | Bhubaneswar
Vedanta Aluminium Limited, (VAL), an associate company of the globally diversified metals and mining group Vedanta Resources PLC, became the first mining and metal industry in the country to get accreditation for its energy management system for ISO 50001:2011 from the British Standards Institution, for efficiently managing the existing natural resources and mitigating the impact of climate change at its Lanjigarh unit in Kalahandi district ISO 50001:2011, the international standard on energy management, seeks to drive the attention of industrial houses to lay greater focus on augmenting their existing energy efficiency.
It is a framework for entwining energy efficiency into management practices so that the existing energy-consuming assets can be used in a better manner tol ultimately help reduce levels of Green House Gas emission.
VAL president & COO Dr Mukesh Kumar said, “With the obtaining of the ISO 50001:2011, VAL aims to minimise energy consumption to a greater level. The accreditation for ISO 50001 also reflects VAL’s determined attempt in energy-saving green practices. VAL is committed for overall area development and environment protection. The Lanjigarh plant is the only alumina refinery in the country having zero discharge system and aiming to become the first alumina refinery in the world by developing zero waste roadmap. It has already started recovery of valuable vanadium from waste, which is helping in reducing import of vanadium sludge.”
After attaining of the ISO 50001 certification, VAL has adhered to a framework of stringent energy conservation and efficient natural resource usage policy, which require it to align its operations to four aspects affecting energy management such as; mitigation of climate change, world-class energy performance, support BEE, Union Ministry of Power and energy-efficient procurement. Now its system has been certified as per ISO 50001:2011.
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