Tata chemcials limited

Tata Chemicals Limited is a global company with interests in businesses that focus on LIFE: Living, Industry and Farm Essentials. The story of the company is about harnessing the fruits of science for goals that go beyond business. This story began in Mithapur, Gujarat in western India with the creation of a plant that would raise a wealth of marine chemicals from the ocean, with the potential to touch human lives in many ways. From these humble beginnings a market-leading international business has been created, with operations across four continents. Through its living essentials portfolio the company has positively impacted the lives of millions of Indians. Tata Chemicals is the pioneer and market leader in Indias branded Iodised salt segment. With the introduction of an innovative, low-cost, nanotechnology-based water purifier, it is providing affordable, safe drinking water to the masses. Tata Chemicals is the worlds second largest producer of soda ash with manufacturing facilities in Asia, Europe, Africa and North America. The companys industry essentials product range provides key ingredients to some of the worlds largest manufacturers of glass, detergents and other industrial products. With its farm essentials portfolio the company has carved a niche in India as a crop nutrients provider. It is a leading manufacturer of urea and phosphatic fertilisers and, through its subsidiary, Rallis, has a strong position in the crop protection business. The Tata Chemicals Innovation Centre is home to world-class R&D capabilities in the emerging areas of nanotechnology and biotechnology. The companys Centre for Agri-Solutions and Technology provides advice on farming solutions and crop nutrition practices. The company has also entered into a JV with Singapores Temasek Life Sciences Laboratory (Joil) to develop jatropha seedlings to enable bio fuels capability. In line with its mission, serving society through science, the company is applying its expertise in sciences, to develop high-tech and sustainable products. Science for sustainability Tata Chemicals Mission, Vision and Values are deeply rooted in the principles of sustainability. For the company, sustainability encompasses stakeholder engagement, environmental stewardship, creating economic value, promoting human rights and building social capital. Tata Chemicals supports the UN Global Compact and is committed to reporting its sustainability performance in accordance with GRI guidelines. The company actively works towards improving its eco-footprint with a policy of avoid, reduce and reuse. Resource optimisation, alternative sources of fuel and raw materials, and maximising reuse and recycling are key drivers in operations. The company has been recognised for its clear commitments to sustainability and its good environmental management practices.

Community links In 1980, Tata Chemicals set up a non-governmental organisation Tata Chemicals Society for Rural Development (TCSRD) that works towards holistic community development, including managing water, land and other natural resources, encouraging enterprise development, and promoting health and education. TCSRD's activities have been recognised at a national level. Tata Chemicals Europe (formerly Brunner Mond) is a major sponsor of the Lion Salt Works Trust, a local heritage project in Cheshire, UK and of the Weaver Valley Initiative, part of the path-breaking Mersey River clean up campaign. In Kenya, Tata Chemicals Magadi supports local health care facilities and works to provide education, water and employment opportunities. Tata Chemicals is also involved in efforts to preserve the biodiversity of land along the Gujarat coastline and the nesting sites of migratory birds. TCL and Wildlife Trust of India (WTI) have signed an MoU for a conservation project that will create awareness and undertake research to save the endangered species of whale shark that visits the coastal shores of Gujarat.

Overview
Tata Chemicals aims to touch peoples lives in a way such that they can live better, eat better and work better. Through its wide range of products that find use in industries such as pharmaceuticals, food processing, food essentials, Tata Chemicals reaches out to millions of people across the world.The high quality of chemicals and ingredients made at Tata Chemicals go a long way in improving the lives of its people and that of the communities it operates out of. Its products at its manufacturing facilities in India, Africa, the UK and the US. Tata Chemicals classifies its products under three categories: Living essentials: Basic products for daily living, such as salt, sodium bicarbonate or baking soda products, fresh produce and water-related products. Consumer salt: Tata Salt, I-Shakti, Tata Salt Lite Pulses:I-Shakti Water purifier: Tata Swach

Industry essentials: Products that form essential inputs to diverse industries across the glass, detergents, mining and chemical processing sectors Soda ash Allied chemicals: Caustic soda, chlorine based products, bromine based products, gypsum, sodium tripolyphosphate, phosphoric and sulphuric acids

Industrial salt Sodium bicarbonate Cement: Tata Shudh

Farm essentials: Farm inputs needed to improve crop health and productivity , such as fertilisers, pesticides, specialty nutrients, seeds and agri-services. Fertilisers Customised fertilisers Biofuels

Innovation centres
Tata Chemicals believes that it can leverage its expertise in chemicals and agri-businesses to offer innovative products and services that could change peoples lives for the better. And it has made it its mission to serve society through science. Although TCL started its life as a chemicals company, it has been able to successfully integrate itself with the other sciences. The company has identified what it terms the FEW areas of focus food and fuel, energy and environment and water and wellness. It is working on innovative products and services in each of these areas. At the TCL Innovation Centre in Pune, set up in 2004, the focus is on FEW and exploring how these sectors can be best served. The centre is working on products and services that are positioned at the intersection between physics and chemistry (nanotechnology) and biology and chemistry (biotechnology) to come with innovative solutions to old problems. In the area of water and wellness, for instance, one of the best known outcomes of the research being undertaken is Tata Swach, a low-costwater purifier. The TCL Innovation Centre is also working to build a significant presence in the biofuels sector. It is researching technologies that can mitigate climate change through "green chemistry" and product offerings that will make a difference like flue gas treatment, carbon absorption and nano glass-coatings for insulation. The centre is also looking at nutraceuticals as part of its wellness initiatives.

sustainability

The Tata Chemicals vision is to serve society through science.The company's corporate philosophy is deeply rooted in the principles of sustainability which implies a commitment to environmental stewardship while adding economic value, promoting human rights and building social capital.
Care for the community

For several decades now, the company has consistently demonstrated its concern for the community (both internal and external) and a respect for its environment and the local ecology. In India, the townships of Mithapur, Babrala and Haldia are unique examples of corporate-community bonding where community initiatives go hand in hand with local infrastructural development schemes such as watershed management and rural health and education. The Tata Chemicals Society for Rural Development (TCSRD) does stellar work in furthering community development along several vectors. In UK, Tata Chemicals Europe has set up the Brunner Mond Employees Charitable Trust to support deserving causes in the mid-Cheshire area. In Kenya, Tata Chemicals Magadi provides much-needed medical facilities and support to the local Maasai community.In many cases, Tata Chemicals is focusing on building sustainable business operations through partnering with dedicated not-for-profit organisations, government bodies and local authorities.
Inclusion

Tata Chemicals' approach has always been inclusive and is based on participatory development principles. The company has taken technology to rural India by setting up rural BPO centres that provide new age employment opportunities to the non-urban population. Another inclusive growth model is the Tata Kisan Sansar network in India that encourages rural entrepreneurship, capability building and co-creating value with farmers. In Kenya, Tata Chemicals Magadi follows a policy of buildinglivelihood opportunities for the local communities.
Clean climate

In recent times, Tata Chemicals' sustainable enterprise strategy has focused on ensuring that a greater proportion of its product portfolio is produced with green technologies and uses clean development mechanisms. Tata Chemicals along with other Tata companies has embarked upon a climate change policy that includes mapping carbon footprint and creating an abatement strategy for sustainable manufacturing. The company is using its innovation and technological expertise to create new green products that address the planet's most pressing issues, such as the need for developing viable biofuels, industrial flue gas treatment, affordable water treatment systems, etc.The company is a signatory with several leading bodies such as the Global Round Table on Climate Change and the CII Mission for Sustainable Growth. Environment and ecology Tata Chemicals has a robust policy for safety health and environment which it practices with equal diligence in all its facilities all over the world. Several of its plants have consistently won leading safety awards. Respect for the local environment and ecology has led the company to invest considerable resources in conserving local habitats, preserving ground water sources, developing useful by-products out of waste, etc.For more information, see case studies.

Case study

Preserving biodiversity Okhamandal (Gujarat)

Situated at the tip of the Saurashtra peninsula, Okhamandal in Gujarat is bounded by the Gulf of Kutch to the north and the Arabian Sea to the west and the south. The coastline is dotted with bays, beaches, cays, etc. A crescent beach and a gently sloping plateau clothed in dense vegetation offer an alluring backdrop. The Momai cove on the mainland is an anglers delight. The surrounding wilderness is home to interesting bird species, porcupines, jackals, hyenas, small cats and wild boar. This forest abounds in medicinal herbs and plants. Further north are the Boria and the Gugar reefs, which harbour a profusion of marine flora and fauna. Sponges, hard and soft corals, sea anemones, sea lilies, mollusks, algae, etc are seen here. The heronries on the Maan-merodi and Leefa islands are regular nesting sites for egrets, herons, ibises and painted storks. Dugongs (sea cows) have been sighted here. Tata Chemicals, whose inorganic chemicals complex is located at Mithapur in Okhamandal, is involved in a variety of programmes aimed at protecting and conserving the environment of the region. The companys biodiversity reserve plantation project, implemented with the support of employee volunteers, seeks to preserve indigenous vegetation. Under the project, 90 acres were afforested with 12 native species of vegetation. About 15 acres are added to this plantation every year. The objective is to create a botanical reserve that will be a stronghold for endangered plant species and a seed bank for the mass regeneration of these species. Tata Chemicals has also created a nesting platform for Caspian terns at its Charakala salt works. This platform works well in attracting hordes of migratory aquatic birds, particularly during the winter season. The coast at Mithapur is perfect for coral reef walks. It boasts an abundance of marine life, besides a colony of rare bonellias. At the beaches at Shivrajpur and Khanjani, visitors can catch more than a glimpse of Olive Ridley and green sea turtles. Other environmental efforts of the company in the Okhamandal region include supporting NGOs such as the Gujarat Nature Conservation Society and the World Wide Fund for Nature (India). The region has been able to preserve its natural beauty with a little help from Tata Chemicals.