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SAGT Employees at the reforestation campaign held at Yagirala Forest Reserve

The Officer in Charge of Environment, Health       MATERIALS USAGE AT SAGT                       SAGT utilised 43 Rubber Tyre Gantry crane
& Safety, serves as the first point of contact                                                   (RTG) Tyres and 450 Prime Mover Tyres
for any environmental grievances and for           GRI 301-1: Materials used by                  during financial year 2021/21 while the total
liaising with regulatory authorities. The Officer  Weight or volume                              consumption of lubricant oil was 103,905 litres.
in charge of Environment, Health & Safety                                                        During the year, 84,060 kilograms of ropes
who reports directly to the Management             Material consumption by weight or volume for  were used in operations in addition to 3137,
Committee, is required to keep the committee       the financial year 2020/21 and 2019/2020 is   500 reams of paper. These materials are
informed of any grievances raised by the           as below.                                     essential to SAGT’s operations and services
community or regulators. It is the responsibility                                                offered.
of the Management Committee to keep the            Non renewable   Consumption   Consumption
CEO apprised accordingly. There were no            Materials Used    in 2020/21    in 2019/20    The 3R (Reduce, Reuse, Recycle) principles
grievances identified during the year.             by Weight or                                  are applied throughout SAGT’s operations
                                                   Volume                                        with the aim of reducing the volume of
In the year under review SAGT made                                                               non-recyclable materials used - reusing
some notable progress in streamlining              RTG Tyres              43          84         where feasible, and promoting composting
its environmental stewardship model by             (Nos)                                         techniques to minimize the volume of waste
taking the first steps in obtaining the ISO        PM Tyres (Nos)       450          648         sent to landfills.
14001 Environmental Management System              Lubricants (l)  103,905       89,694
certification, which will be completed by 2025,    Rope (Kg)                     108,305         Through its commitment to the 3R principles,
while simultaneously setting internal targets      Stationery       84,060                       SAGT aligns itself with three SDGs and
for key environmental indicators.                  (in reams)         3,137        2,210         several underpinning targets, namely SDG 12:
                                                                                                 Responsible Consumption and Production, SDG
                                                                                                 13: Climate Action and SDG 15: Life on Land.
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