Ethical Governance & Sustainability

Group 2
Presented by :
Saswat Padhi-87
Sibananda Mahapatro-103
V Smilee-120
“Development that meets the needs of the present
without compromising the ability of future
generations to meet their own needs.”

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 CASE-1 E-waste( electronic waste )Now a days this waste is generated in huge. Day by bay
SUMMARY New technology emerges .It's very difficult to control, since it is related to some
fashion to technical advancement that the country or state has made. The categories
which involve e waste are computers, refrigerator, mobile , training machines, TV,
wife etc. and many more are there. These are being disposed very improperly. They
have been categorized as hazardous since it has the potential to pollute natural
resources in the environment. WEEE( waste electrical and electronic equipment ) has
provided comprehensive study about how much e waste is provided in India. Many
developed countries send their waste to developing countries for dumping and
recycling. It's not allowed but every system has loopholes. India doesn't deny as it
provides employment to many people. It has very dangerous side effects as it detoriates
health, pollutes the environment. Many equipment's are dumped before proper
depreciation and they are not even recycled as they are disposed through unproper
means. At last, in India 2006, Wipro infotech has found a suitable mechanism to
dispose e waste. Consumers can now avail from 15 locations across the country.

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History
 The large quantity of e-waste being generated have been rise to new industries : e-waste recycling. Due to the lower
environmental standards & working conditions in countries like CHINA, INDIA & KENYA, e-waste is being sent to
these countries for processing. Among the earliest countries to device methods & implement process to arrest the
dangers of e-waste “SWITZERLAND” comes first. In INDIA too, Delhi & Bangalore have electronic waste
processing centers.

 WEEE{WASTE ELECTRICAL & ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT} is the first comprehensive study to estimate the
annual generation of e-waste in India. In India the total WEEE generation is approximately 1,46,000 per year. States
like Maharashtra, Andra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu, Uttar Pradesh, West Bengal, Delhi, Karnataka, Gujarat, Madhya
Pradesh & Punjab are in top of the list.

 As per the sources with an estimate of 30,000 computers are becoming obsolete every year, from IT in Bangalore
alone, this is so due to extremely high obsolesces rate of 30% per year. And 90% of the e waste generated from large
household appliances [42.1%], Information & communication technology [33.9%] & consumer electronic [13.7%].

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Relationship with Sustainability:
From the above case study we could relate to the topic i.e., “ SUSTAINABILITY”

As a tons of e-waste is disposed in India the following problems are:

• Land pollution :
Land filling e-waste which is one of the most extensively used methods of waste disposals causes the
production of leachates. Through this land pollution is increasing.

• Air Pollution :
Some of the waste generated are being burned by some of local people in order to dispose, which emits
harmful gases in the atmosphere, which pollutes the air.

• Global Warming :
As we saw land & air pollution are increasing in a rapid manner which would increase environmental
issues. This leads to ozone layer depletion, which is the ultimate cause of global warming.

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Our suggestions:
 India should stop exporting e-waste from other
countries.
 E waste management facilities should be provided in
every states.
 Proper campaigning for disposal of e-waste should
be done to make people aware of the problem and
secure our environment.
 Government can give permission to some
outsourcing companies to handle the e-waste
 Government should encouraged for new start-ups for
developing new mechanism in order to recycle the e-
waste
 RRR(Recycle , Reduce , Reuse) this must be adopted
by every Industry in order to recycle the e-waste &
make the environment eco friendly.

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 “ All company bosses want a policy on corporate social
responsibility. The positive effect is hard to quantify, but the
negative consequences of a disaster are enormous”

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 CASE 2 Tirupur ( city of manufacturing of textile products) , a city in Tamil Nadu. It manufactures
more than 50% t-shirts of India. It has dyeing and bleaching units, where they release
SUMMARY effluent to ground water, soil unhygienic and water bodies highly contaminated. Dyeing is
the process of giving the required color to fabric clothes. The dyeing industries around the
city are facing many problems due to environmental pollutions. These industries didn't had
treatment for water, there is a river named “Noyyal” which was providing water facilities for
irrigation, fishing and water borne creatures. People started doing textile business using this
water , ignoring the ill effects of effluents , they discharged the water without doing reverse
osmosis. This depleted the agricultural land and contaminated the ground water. Govt didn’t
take it seriously at beginning stage. The Orathupalayam Dam was built on Noyyal River, as
noyyal river was contaminated, the dam got contaminated . The dam use to provide
agricultural facilities to near localities. As the contaminated water was released , the other
lands also got detoriated. But if it would have been stored, the dam walls would have been
cracked as it contains harmful chemicals.
They first need to clean all the chemicals and there is big process as follows:
primary treatment in the collection Tank => the solar pond => the industry would set up the
secondary treatment where effluent is treated with bacteria, these bacteria will remove the
biological matter present in the primary treatment. Then the water can be reused in the
textile industry.

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History :
 India has been a pioneer in the textile industry for centuries. But after the introduction of new economic
polices, there has been a immense growth of exports. Among them TIRUPUR is involved in
manufacturing textiles productions, which is situated in northern part of Coimbatore district in the state
of Tamil Nādu.

 Tirupur is an important town in the textile belt of India, comprising of Coimbatore, erode & Salem in
Tamil Nadu. Tirupur is mostly famous for t-shirt production having a export to the countries like
SWEDEN, SWITZERLAND, THE NETHERLANDS, ITALY, GERMANY & many, more having more
than 4000 knitting units. Though Tirupur has become India's knit wear capital, catering the global
market, it is woefully sort on Infrastructure & water.

 Most of the dying & bleaching units in that area are very primitive & pump out effluents, rendering the
ground water & soil unhygienic & water bodies highly contaminated. More that 700 dying & bleaching
units discharge 100million liters of untreated effluents a day. Around 20000 acres of land downstream of
Oraththupalayam dam that has been seriously affected making them unfit for cultivation.
 Relationship With Corporate social
responsibilities & Sustainability
We will relate our topic with corporate social responsibility as follows:
There are 5 types of social responsibilities, the most important one is Responsibility towards society
o Business with moral values
o Environmental pollution
o Strategy of sustainable development
o Use of appropriate technology
o Development of social health
We can also relate our topic with Sustainability by the following points:
o Water pollution –
1. Contamination with harmful substances like bleaching & dyeing units
2. Industrial wastage like destroyed mechanical products disposed in water which reduces the flow of
useable water.
o Land pollution –
1. Contamination of harmful substances thrown in the cultivation lands.
2. Reduce the cultivation unit.
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Our Suggestion
1. Water should be left out after reverse osmosis treatment.
2. Textile industry should be promoted but with proper guidelines
3. There should be surprise inspection if these problems seems to start
once again.
4. Wastage dump should be constructed outside of every industry so to
stop the pollution of waterbodies.
5. Oraththupalayam dam should have its ways to measure or laborate or
inspect the water every time so that, this problems won't arise once
again.
6. New mechanism or new initiatives need to be found for textile industry.

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Thank you
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