World Environment Day: Embassy Group leads sustainability vision, data shows impact of green initiatives undertaken

The firm is thriving to reduce carbon footprint and to create sustainable communities

National, 5th June 2021: Embassy Group, one of India’s leading real estate conglomerates, on the occasion of World Environment Day, has shared its best practices that are helping the company reduce carbon emissions. Embassy Services, subsidiary of real estate firm Embassy group, has released the data on the impact of sustainable steps taken by the company. Initiatives such as Ecogram, EcoShakti, Urban Green, and Green Riders are creating the benchmark for eco-friendly operations.

The data shared by the company reveals that, since 2017, the Embassy Group has reused over 16,20,864 KL of treated water for flushing, gardening and ancillary purposes, resulting in approximately 45% reduction in raw water consumption.

Apart from water conservation, the company is equally inclined towards systemic waste management. The company recycles over 100 tons of wet waste that is generated every month and converted to over 30 tons of compost through vermicomposting and OWCs. Recently, Embassy Group funded a dry and wet waste collection center in North Bengaluru that benefits over 18 villages under its Ecogram Initiative. For this project, the group has invested Rs. 2.25 Cr. over the last 4 years. The initiative is also bolstered by the ‘Ecogram Shakti Program’ which empowers over 50 women from these villages to drive environmental sustainability in their communities.

Thoughtful of the need to keep the surroundings green and clean, Embassy Group has introduced a unique model of engaging employees in developing a sustainable ecosystem. Under its Urban Green initiative, the company is promoting farming at the workplace. The company has over 1200 dedicated plots of land which can be adopted for a period of 6 months to grow organic vegetables. A team of experts provides necessary training and support to the employees to foster their zeal to learn sustainable farming. The Urban Green initiative yields up to 6,000 kg of vegetables annually.

Taking a step further into green practices and generating green energy, Embassy Group set up a solar power plant in Bellary that supplies close to 100MW to their three business parks across Bangalore.

Additionally, Embassy Group understands its responsibility towards its community and actively promotes carpooling to reduce traffic, noise and pollution generated from vehicles on roads. The carpooling initiative, Green Rider promotes business park users to carpool to the workplace. Through this initiative, the company has managed to reduce 544 tonnes of CO2 emissions with 22,00,000 km carpooled.

In line with this, Mr. Aditya Virwani, Chief Operating Officer, Embassy Group said- “Our aim is to create an eco-friendly environment that is driven by innovation and is the foundation to our business. While we work towards developing the country, we believe that our focus should continue in reducing carbon emissions and improving sustainability. At Embassy Group, we have always believed in creating environment friendly buildings. Most of our buildings hold Platinum certifications from LEED, British Safety Council, IGBC, etc. We are poised at continuing our endeavors to reduce carbon footprints and embrace greener communities.”

Talking about the strategy of initiating green practices, Mr. Pradeep Lala, MD & CEO, Embassy Services said- “When we first started, our idea was to use our experience and advanced technologies for the good of the ecosystem. In the last 25 years, we have implemented some unique methods in the operations and maintenance of facilities to make those greener and safer for people. Our goal is to take our learnings and share with other businesses to create a culture of coherence and corporate sustainability.”

About Embassy Group

Founded in 1993, Embassy Group is one India’s largest real estate conglomerates with a broad portfolio of over 62 million Sq. Ft. of prime commercial, residential and industrial space in India. Across all asset classes, Embassy lays strong emphasis on high standards of quality, delivery, world class service environmental management and safety. Embassy has partnered with global investors including Blackstone and Warburg Pincus at the group and project levels. In many areas, Embassy has been a pioneer of new practices; Embassy was a sponsor of India’s first REIT, the largest office REIT in the Asia Pacific. As an extension of its vision to create world class urban infrastructure, the company has also contributed in the field of education. The group’s community outreach program empowers over 25,000 children across 189 schools to create a positive social impact in India.

About Embassy Services Private Limited

With over 150+ clients and 60+ million sq. ft. of property under management, we are India’s largest and most trusted integrated facilities management player. Our pan-India presence across commercial, industrial, warehousing, co-working spaces, retail, hospitality and other segments gives us a unique opportunity to deliver operational efficiency, environmental sustainability and engaging experiences. We harness this opportunity by leveraging trust, technology and transparency.

For over 25 years, we have harnessed the expertise of IFM, which has been our true passion. We at Embassy Services Pvt. Ltd. (ESPL) follow a strategic business practice with our primary goal of keeping the client delighted.