Read our 2024 Sustainability Report

FY2024 report highlights

• Nanocyl – In FY2024, Birla Carbon acquired Nanocyl SA, a global leader in multi-wall carbon nanotubes. This acquisition expands our presence in the energy systems business and underscores our commitment to a more sustainable future.
• GHG Reduction Target – We have established interim greenhouse gas (GHG) reduction targets, in alignment with Science Based Target Initiative chemical sector draft guidelines, to execute our plan to achieve net zero by 2050. We aim to reduce our Scope 1, 2, and 3 (upstream) emissions intensity (MT CO2/ MT product) by 22% by 2030.
• ISCC Plus Certification – All of our plants earned the International Sustainability and Carbon Certification (ISCC) Plus accreditation. ISCC is a global sustainability certification system that accredits sustainable feedstocks. Our focus on materials traceability throughout the supply chain underscores our commitment to environmental stewardship and circularity.
• Carbon Black LCA – Recently Birla Carbon completed a cradle-to-gate carbon black life cycle assessment (LCA) in accordance with ISO14040 and ISO14044. Insights from our independently-verified LCA help to make our environmental claims more credible.
• Health and Safety Performance – In FY2024, Birla Carbon achieved a 40% reduction in our total recordable incident rate. This success was realized through our strong safety culture and commitment to zero workplace incidents.
• International Women’s Day – Birla Carbon celebrates International Women’s Day, annually on March 8. We celebrate our women employees and showcase their many contributions. We organize activities and events including inviting personal stories from our global women workforce, inviting guest speakers to lecture on contemporary themes, and arranging fireside chats with our senior leaders.
• Expansions to Employee Resource Group Options – A motivated and inspired workforce is instrumental to our long term success. We offer women-centric employee resource groups, Women in Networking (WIN) and Women in Safety and Environment (WISE). WIN was created in FY2024 and aims to empower women employees through supportive networking. Launched in FY2023, WISE enables collaboration among women leaders with direct health and safety responsibilities.
• Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive – The CSRD is considered the gold standard for sustainability report frameworks as it requires companies to assesses against 80 ESG disclosure topics. In FY2024 Birla Carbon undertook a double materiality assessment to assess sustainability topics critical to our business and across our value chain. CSRD aligns well with Birla Carbon’s vision for a healthy economy, society, environment, and business.
• Growth Plans – We have been listening to our customers expressing their desire to grow around the world. The availability of our unique products is a critical component of their growth plans as we all seek to simplify and secure supply chains. Birla Carbon is expanding our footprint in Hungary and has already broke ground on two new sites in India and Thailand, enhancing our ability to serve customers.
• Biofuels Trials – In the past year, our research and development team conducted four production trials with recycled and bio-derived feedstocks and successfully produced ASTM and non-ASTM grades of carbon black. We will continue to build upon our learnings from these trials to scale-up these sustainable carbon blacks and support their adoption in the market.
• Blue Yonder Supply Chain – Birla Carbon partnered with Blue Yonder to deploy its omnichannel fulfillment solution, which integrates demand forecasting seamlessly into operations planning and enables us to make agile decision to support customer needs. This undertaking represents a significant milestone in that it ensures our company maintains uniform operations planning processes. The implementation of Blue Yonder’s solution reinforces our commitment to efficiently operate our plants and align our plans with the needs of our customers.
• Continua – Continua™ Sustainable Carbonaceous Materials was recognized by the Aditya Birla Group (ABG) and received the Gold Award at ABG’s seventh Sustain-Ability Conference in February 2024.