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We think about sustainability every day; it’s always on our minds. What can we do to reduce waste? Can we try and generate our own power, recycle our water? At our offices in Chennai and Coimbatore, we’ve put tremendous effort and a number of things in place that we’re proud of and want to share. Happy World Environment Day!
In order to reduce, reuse, and recycle, we must first begin with segregating our waste. We use bins differentiated by colours to separate waste and then redirect it all to be safely disposed of or recycled.
Across our offices, we have replaced single-use plastic bottles with glass bottles, and paper cups with steel mugs. This means we’ve eliminated over 85,000 paper cups per month! We’ve also replaced all plastic bin bags with biodegradable ones.
Since 2019, we have recycled around 7.3 tonnes of paper, which is the equivalent of saving 109-115 trees! While this is a significant number, our effort over the last year has been to significantly reduce paper usage across offices, switching to digital records wherever possible. With TNQTech’s hybrid working model, we are seeing that switch happen quite quickly.
At our Chennai and Coimbatore offices, we are proactively addressing responsible e-waste management. We encourage our team members to bring in their e-waste from home to drop it off in designated bins. It all then goes to our certified recycling partners to either recycle or safely dispose of so it’s not going straight to the landfill.
David Julius awarded the ISA 2024 medal to the winner, Abhinav Bannerjee in January 2024.
Inspired by the Tokyo Olympics and guided by a commitment to waste reduction, we have made our Inspiring Science Award medals from recycled metals for the last 3 years! Recycling discarded e-waste, we have recovered sufficient pure silver to shape into medals that are given to authors of the best-published paper in the Life Sciences.
Across the company of 3,000 folk, our canteens offer breakfast, lunch, and dinner to everyone working from the offices. We all make the collective effort to reduce food waste, encouraging each other to only take as much as we want and finish what’s on our plate. Excess food waste is then sent to certified partners to turn it into compost for use in farms.
Replacing conventional tube lights with energy efficient LED lights across our offices means we’ve seen a 50% decrease in lighting energy consumption.
Our newly installed advanced meters accurately track the usage of utilities on our campuses, allowing us to optimise energy consumption. When you can track it better, you can manage it better!
In a tropical country heavily dependent on rainwater, making every effort to conserve it is imperative. With measures such as aerators in all our taps and waterless flushing systems, we save an average of 7,000 litres every month.
We are very proud of this one; with our state-of-the-art on-campus sewage treatment plant, we recycle a remarkable 18,000 litres of water every day. This amounts to 50% of the daily water requirement for our Chennai office.
To make the most of the rains, we have implemented a rainwater harvesting system that allows us to reduce our dependence on additional purchased water. It has been designed to flow rainwater into 4 recharge wells, which then goes through a water treatment plant before being filled into the sump for use.
We run contests and events focused on sustainability and encourage everyone at TNQTech to share ideas for processes, practices, and systems that we can implement as an organisation. Everyone who contributes positively to a sustainable practice, comes up with an innovative idea, or brings in e-waste for recycling receives a ‘Green Star’ badge, in addition to other prizes.
We’ve also got our ISO 14001:2015 certificate in place for Environmental Management Systems.
While we’ve made measurable progress on our journey towards creating a sustainable workplace—our team has been recognised by Tata Power for averting 3229 tonnes of carbon emissions and by the iNFHRA Sustainability Award— it is a continuous one. One where we have a long way to go, a lot to learn, and much to achieve. Miles to go before we sleep!
TNQ Tech Pvt. Ltd.
3 Responses
Excellent efforts
Congratulations on your commitment to environmental initiatives. Your efforts are greatly appreciated.
Such great initiatives. Kudos to you and the team who are aligning TNQ to a “Better and Greener world” vision.