India’s largest stainless steel producerJindalStainless Limited (JSL) achieved a reduction in carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions totaling 140,000 mt in the fiscal year 2021-22, in line with it aim to achieving carbon neutrality by 2050, company managing director AbhyudayJindalsaid in a statement on Monday, January 9.
Mr.Jindalsaid that CO2 emissions were reduced through a combination of initiatives of investing in renewable energy and green hydrogen production, and the introduction of electric vehicles (EVs) at all plant sites.
JSL has partnered with HygencoIndiaPrivate Limited to build a captive green hydrogen plant at its stainless steel mill at Hisar in northIndia. It has also signed an agreement with ReNew Power Limited to develop a utility-scale renewable energy plant at its Jajpur mill in Odisha.