Environmental Sustainability

In accordance with our Environmental Policy and Action Guidelines, we promote the reduction of the environmental impact of our production activities and develop and sell environmentally-conscious products that improve our customers’ environmental performance.

Environmental Action Guidelines

• We consider the environment in all stages of the product life cycle, including research & development, design, procurement, production, sales, logistics and use and disposal.
• We strive to prevent pollution and minimize environmental impact. When environmental problems arise, we take appropriate steps to minimize the environmental impact and disclose accurate information.
• Our environmental management efforts involve compliance with all environmental laws, regulations and agreements, and we promote compliance activities.
• We disclose environmental information to stakeholders and encourage transparency with society to promote mutual understanding.
• We educate all employees in environmental conservation to create a company culture that improves the balance between the environment and our business activities.

RREL is committed to conducting our operations in accordance with environmental regulations in a responsible manner. Some evidence of this commitment can be found in the following examples:

• Both of our manufacturing sites have ISO14001 certification, an international standard for environmental management systems. We will continue to maintain the ISO14001 certification status effectively and efficiently.

• Follow the EICC (Electronic Industry Citizenship Coalition) Code of Conduct
• Installed a ____KW photovoltaic solar panel system, smart lighting systems, and power factor correction equipment to reduce our energy footprint
• Elastomeric roof coatings and window tinting to reduce energy associated with air conditioning
• Plumbing fixtures with low water consumption
• Recycled water uses in landscaping
• Recycling system for solvents
• Use of REACH-compliant chemicals
• Component engineering support for BOM conversion to RoHS 2.
• Meet and exceed environmental standards set by the EPA and AQMD.

At RREL we are committed to supporting REACH and RoHS 2 requirements when they are applicable and required.  RREL encourages its customers that the maintenance of the Bill of Materials (“BOMs”) and Approved Vendor Lists (“AVLs”) remains in compliance with legislation, regulations, environmental compliance legislation or Directives of the countries where the end-user sale of the product is occurring.

Even RREL has a global perspective and implements policy for active use of a workforce with diverse human resources and values, be it nationality, race, philosophy, culture, language, gender, and age, operating in over 20 countries around the world. We believe our commitment to diversity and inclusion, and our initiatives are the source of innovative products and services that support our sustainable business growth.

Overview

Electronic waste, or e-waste, is a term for electronic products that have become unwanted, non-working or obsolete, and have essentially reached the end of their useful life.

As per E-waste Rule 2016, the E waste defined as ‘electrical and electronic equipment, whole or in part discarded as waste by the consumer or bulk consumer as well as rejects from manufacturing, refurbishment and repair processes.

E-waste contains many valuable, recoverable materials such as aluminum, copper, gold, silver, plastics, and ferrous metals. In order to conserve natural resources and the energy needed to produce new electronic equipment from virgin resources, electronic equipment can be refurbished, reused, and recycled instead of being dumped in the landfill.

E-waste also contains toxic and hazardous materials including mercury, lead, cadmium, beryllium, chromium, and chemical flame retardants, which have the potential to leach into our soil and water.

Brief on general scheme of collection

We have partnered with E-waste Solutions registered with Haryana State Pollution Control Board for management and dismantling/ disposal of all our e-waste.

• As a part of agreement, E-waste Solutions will collect all our E-waste generated from PAN India and disposes the same at their plant at Industrial area1A, Industrial Estate, Sector 6, Faridabad, Haryana – 121006.
• E-waste Solutions, our e-waste management partner is having all authorization related e-waste dismantling from HSPCB/CPCB and having all connects related to Air/Water/Hazardous waste. They have capacity of 1000 MT per annum.
• Keeping in view our sales volume and generation of e-waste as per our future e-waste targets and our expansion plan we have decided to follow these mechanisms in our organization for collection of e-waste.
• As per our agreement with E-waste Solutions if any customer wants to handover their old product they can reach or call our e-waste recycling partner’s Toll Free No 1800 123 5313. Our representatives explain them about process of disposal and make them aware about nearest drop point available to drop the e-waste also give information about incentive we will offer to them against their end of life product. If any customer wants to handover the material from their door steps we do send either our logistics team or E-waste Solutions team to collect the items and channelize the same to our e-waste partner plant for final processing.
• E-waste Solutions, our e-waste management partner is having all authorization related e- waste dismantling from HSPCB/CPCB and having all permissions related to Air/Water/Hazardous waste. They have a capacity of 1000 MT per Annum.
• E-waste Solutions has signed an agreement with Agarwal Packers & Movers Ltd. for reverse logistics.

Benefit of recycling of E-waste

• E-waste contains many valuable, recoverable materials such as aluminum, copper, gold, silver, plastics, and ferrous metals. In order to conserve natural resources and the energy needed to produce new electronic equipment from virgin resources, electronic equipment can be refurbished, reused, and recycled instead of being landfilled.
• Safe recycling of outdated electronics promotes sound management of toxic chemicals such as lead and mercury.
• Donating your used electronics benefits your community by passing on ready-to-use or refurbished equipment to those who need it.

• E-waste also contains toxic and hazardous materials including mercury, lead, cadmium, beryllium, chromium, and chemical flame retardants, which have the potential to leach into our soil and water.
• Conserves natural resources- Recycling recovers valuable materials from old electronics that can be used to make new products. As a result, we save energy, reduce pollution, reduce greenhouse gas emissions, and save resources by extracting fewer raw materials from the earth.
• E-waste is a growing waste stream. By recycling these items, landfill space is conserved.

Collection Centres

RREL is a member of the Responsible Business Alliance, pursuant to which we continue to make a formal commitment to upholding the human rights of workers (at all points in the supply chain) and to treat them with dignity and respect as understood by the international community. This includes concepts such as “freely chosen employment” and the treatment of young workers.

We have conducted a further assessment of our employment practices and processes, which has re-confirmed that our activities are in line with the requirements of our Policy. We will continue to monitor compliance through the next financial year and implement modifications to our activities as required.

RREL carefully manages its supplier base to ensure compliance with the Group’s core values. We have continued with this initiative each year since implementation and we now monitor over 300 suppliers, responsible for circa 80 per cent of direct material spend. As stated previously, we have included specific prohibitions in our contractual arrangements against the use of forced, compulsory or trafficked labour, and we expect our suppliers to hold their own suppliers to the same high standards. In addition, we plan to include a link to the Code in our contractual terms and conditions, highlighting the Modern Slavery requirements that are covered by the Code.