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Wipro going the green way
 
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July 22, 2008 18:36 IST

Wipro [Get Quote] has taken various initiatives to infuse a green element into its business, by offering solutions that would help the company and its customers optimise energy efficiency and deal with waste, according to Anurag Behar, chief eexcutive, Wipro Infrastructure Engineering and Corporate VP for Social Initiatives.

Currently an estimated 70 per cent of the Leed certified buildings were lit by energy efficient Wipro products, he said during the launch of `eco chapters' at the Wipro Campus on Tuesday.

Wipro was also helping customers to deal with e-waste like safe disposal of hardware, he said.

The company aims at becoming a carbon neutral, water positive organisation, achieve a defined level of biodiversity foot print, set new standards in recycling waste and facilitate employees achieve a hgiher ecological footprint in their personal lives, he said.

It also aims at achieving transparency in sustainability reporting and incorporating the expected effects of climate change and other areas of environmental degradation into Wipro's risk strategy, he added.

As part of the green intiative there were efforts to design products and solutions that reduced hazardous waste and focussed on enhancing environmental sustainability, said B Krishna Murthy, Delivery and Location Head, Hyderabad said.

Eco chapters has been launched under the umbrella eco-eye, a programme driven to ensure environmental sustainability, aimed at engaging all Wipro stakeholders, including employees, partners, suppliers, customers and immediate communities, in its agenda to step up measures to protect the environment.


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