Environment Management

As a conscientious corporate citizen, we realize our responsibility towards the conservation of the environment. Along with the growth of our business we remain committed towards minimizing the impact of our business on the environment. To this effect, we have adopted a host of policies that use only such methods which have been proven to be environmentally safe.

The facilities comply with international quality standards like ISO 9001:2008 ( and ISO 14000,) and the high standards of environment-friendly manufacturing are brought about entirely due to the recommendations of the motivated factory personnel. The ISO 14001:2004 (Environment Management System) certification of our plants is a proof of our commitment towards environmental control. Both the factories have taken up environment friendly initiatives like recycling of water, rainwater harvesting, solar power system etc. They have developed steam heated hot water generator system to replace the electrical system, and have various automation and interlocking systems to save power.

Both the factories (Mumbai factory was also recertified with ISO 9001:2008 and) are also certified for OHSAS 18001:2007 which is our commitment towards Occupational Health and Safety. The new upcoming manufacturing factory in Rabale, near Mumbai was registered with IGBC for green factory building. Guldhar Plant is the first cigarette manufacturing unit in India to have been accredited with Social Accountability (SA) 8000:2001.

The safety, well being and health of our associates is also core to our business philosophy, which explains our consistent efforts towards reducing work related injuries and occupational illnesses. For this, we follow all the statutory regulations regarding Health, Safety and Environmental norms, which have helped Godfrey Phillips India establish an incident-free workplace.

The committed employees have also established an industry record by winning the INSAAN Awards (The Indian National Suggestion Scheme Association, given for the best suggestions made by a factory worker in the year) for the past 14 years running. Guldhar Factory was awarded the ‘Greentech Foundation Gold Award’ in 2009 and 2010 for Outstanding Achievement in Environment Management. These awards are the most coveted awards in the corporate world for outstanding achievements in the field of Environment Management. It also received the Eco Friendly Award 2009 from Ghaziabad Management Association for implementing ‘Best Environment Management Practices’.

We also enable our farmers with GAP or Good Agricultural Practices by undertaking their training and imparting them with technical know-how. Our efforts in this regard have been recognized as the Tobacco Institute of India felicitates our farmers each year for their breakthroughs.