Enhancing Energy Performance

Energy consumption directly impacts our environment and overall sustainability. Aligned with our goal of net-zero transition, we pledge to make a positive difference in this area by increasing our renewable energy (RE) share in fulfilling VBL’s energy requirements and advancing our renewable energy portfolio.

Constant efforts to further energy efficiency across the value chain are being made at all our offices, warehouses and manufacturing facilities across India, innovation and process improvements being some of them.

Key Enablers for Solar/Wind Energy

Installing Rooftop Solar Panels

Open Access RE Contracts

Latest Technology Energy Efficient Machines

Process Improvements

Progression in 2023

Generated ~58 Million Units of electricity through renewable sources – this is equivalent to annual power consumption of 25,000+* households
(*as per Company estimates)

Planted ~108,000 tree saplings in 2023 vs ~80,000 saplings in 2022

Boosting energy efficiency through innovation & process optimization

A multi-pronged and sustainable approach is deployed in most of our plants as well as products to infuse the concept of energy conservation. Some of the energy conservation measures adopted across the manufacturing units were:

Use of frequency drive in ammonia and air compressor which saves electric energy.

Use of frequency drive in boiler for ID and FD fan which saves electric energy.

Heat recovery from hot compressed gases and used for heating water.

Recovery of treated hot water from three stage syrup transfer PHE.

Beverage filling at ambient temperature leading to huge power savings in refrigeration.

Replacement of CFL/FTL lamps with LED lamps.

Replacement of low efficiency pump with high energy efficient pump

Improving efficiency on critical resources like water and energy by doing water recoveries and optimizing energy consumption

Optimizing the resource consumptions and minimizing wastages by automations and controls.

Installation of steam operated pump trap - SOPT for better steam condensate recovery across all units.

Direct Coupled HP Compressors (No gear box).

IE 5 permanent magnet motor.

Adiabatic cooling tower.

Improving condensate recovery by installation of SOPT and better technology equipment which helped in improving boiler efficiency.

Heat recovery from High Pressure Air Compressors and Ammonia Refrigeration Compressors.

Installation of de-superheaters.

Installation of Godrej Control Air-IFC for optimizing HP requirements at preform blow moulding machines and Cold CIP which requires no heat during operation

Energy-efficient beverage distribution

Aspiring to optimize energy efficiency across our value chain, we are building a fleet of ~1,200 electric vehicles, in partnership with our distributors. The investments are directed towards sustainable last mile delivery of our beverages and reduce our carbon footprint by 2 Million ton carbon emissions per year.

Energy Consumption: An Overview

Renewable and Non-Renewable Sources

RENEWABLE SOURCES

Electricity consumption

Fuel consumption (Briquette, Firewood, LPG, PNG)

NON-RENEWABLE SOURCES

Electricity consumption

Fuel consumption (HSD Diesel)