Dalmia Cement becomes India’s first cement manufacturer to receive green accreditation from GRIHA

TBB BUREAU

NEW DELHI, OCT 22, 2021

Dalmia Cement (Bharat) Limited, a leading Indian cement major and a subsidiary of Dalmia Bharat Limited, has become the first cement company in India to receive a green accreditation from the Green product rating for Integrated Habitat Assessment (GRIHA) council.

GRIHA is the national rating system for green buildings in India that was jointly set up by The Energy and Resources Institute (TERI) and the Ministry of New and Renewable Energy (MNRE), Government of India to combat climate change.

Dalmia Cement, India’s fourth largest cement company and a leading pioneer in Green cement manufacturing, received green enlistment for its blended cement in the GRIHA Green Catalogue under three categories GRIHA V.3 criterion:15, GRIHA V.2015 criterion:19, GRIHA V.2019 criterion19 & 21 and SVAGRIHA criterion:11.

Commenting on the prestigious accreditation, Sanjay Wali, Sr. Executive Director and Head – Sales, Marketing & Logistics, Dalmia Cement (Bharat) Ltd, said, “It is a matter of immense pride to become India’s first-ever cement company to receive this Green accreditation from GRIHA. We see this as a big step in our journey towards creating positive environmental and social impact and furthering our business philosophy of ‘Clean & Green is Profitable and Sustainable.’ We will continue to lead by example and highlight the business relevance of sustainable practices in reducing carbon footprint and transitioning to a Grey to Green reality.”

Dalmia Cement’s blended cement products ‘Composite Cement (CC)’, ‘Portland Pozzolana Cement (PPC)’ and ‘Portland Slag Cement (PSC)’ were evaluated by the GRIHA Council and listed as a green product in the GRIHA Green Catalogue under the Sustainable Building Materials.  Dalmia Cement’s brands DALMIA DSP CEMENT, DALMIA CEMENT, DALMIA INFRA PRO, KONARK CEMENT, DALMIA INFRAGREEN, and DALMIA INSTA PRO are covered under this enlistment.

Dalmia Cement is committed to becoming carbon negative by 2040 and was recently ranked No. 1 in the global cement sector by CDP on business readiness for a low-carbon economy transition.

Dalmia Cement (Bharat) Limited (DCBL), a subsidiary of Dalmia Bharat, is a leading player in the cement manufacturing segment and has been in existence since 1939. Dalmia Cement (Bharat) Limited prides itself on having one of the lowest carbon footprint in the cement world globally. Spread across nine states and thirteen manufacturing units, the company is a category leader in super-specialty cement used for oil well, railway sleepers, and airstrips and is the country’s largest producer of slag cement.