To commemorate the global Earth Hour campaign, Engro participated in the Earth Hour celebration to raise awareness and reiterate their commitment towards an eco-efficient world. Through the Earth Hour and related events, Engro aims to play its role in creation of an environmentally aware society for a better and brighter tomorrow.
Speaking at the ceremony, Wajid Junejo - Head of Green Office Initiative at Engro said, "We as a company are passionate about ensuring that our policies and procedures are environmentally friendly. Over the years, Engro has become more environmentally conscious and aware of its surroundings. We ensure that our environmental footprint continues to demonstrate our focus on the environment and our efforts to align our corporate interests with the nation. Today, on Earth Day 2016, we pledge to remain focused on deploying a multifaceted strategy to ensure sustainability".
Since its inception, Engro's Green Office Initiative has advocated a culture of environmental responsibility enabling the workforce to act in eco-efficient and conscious manner in everyday tasks, and has improved environmental awareness in cost-efficient ways. As a result, Engro was able to reduce its electricity consumption and registered 63% conservation of electricity. Similarly, a 79% reduction in paper usage, 84% reduction in waste and 71% reduction in carbon footprint against baseline benchmarks were also witnessed. Acknowledging Engro's efforts, the WWF-Pakistan honoured Engro with Silver Award of Achievement in 2015. These awards were conferred in recognition of Engro's substantial reduction in environmental footprint.-PR