In a world dabbling with power and energy constraints, time has come for companies to think beyond profits. Companies should not only retrospect about what they do with profits, but the manner in which they make the same.

Danfoss India, a Danish company that is headquartered in Chennai that in the climate and energy space, goes beyond the calling of profits to be environment friendly and keeps a check on its carbon footprint.

It actively takes part in reducing carbon footprint of companies by providing valves, drives, compressors and controls that help them save or use energy efficiently. Beyond this, the company believes in a zero waste environment where its upcoming facility in Oragadam, Chennai will source a part of its energy requirement from a 1 MW solar park that will be set up by the company.

500 saplings were also planted in its campus to spread awareness about conserving the environment and going green. Plans are on to add another 1500 to this existing number.

“Planting of trees is just one of the many signals that Danfoss is sending out to the world to reduce carbon footprint and conserve energy. It is in line with our philosophy of zero-waste environment to minimise energy consumption”, said Mr. Ravichandran Purushothaman, President, Danfoss India.

What does Danfoss do essentially?

Let’s start at the beginning. The entire product portfolio of the company delves in energy efficiency and significantly lowers power consumption of its clients. This is the theme based on which all R&D happens at the company. Danfoss products include drives, valves, compressors and controls that find application in a range of areas like refrigeration, heating, cold storage, cooling in sectors like Mining, Pharma, Chemicals, etc.

Going the solar way

Every day, Danfoss contributes to significantly improved energy efficiency – but now the company is also focusing on its own energy consumption. The Danfoss Denmark facility is a completely eco-friendly venture and runs on the power generated by the Solar Park set up by the company. Danfoss India is working towards replicating a zero waste work environment at its new upcoming 500 crore green field and manufacturing R &D facility in Oragadam, Chennai. The proposed green Danfoss India campus coming up in the cultural capital of India, is a Platinum LEED rated manufacturing facility.

The five-pronged approach

Danish by lineage Danfoss is a keen believer in a five pronged approach towards conservation; right from providing products that conserve energy, sourcing its own energy needs from solar power, equipping farmers to triple their income, empowering farmers, initiating industry academia initiatives where it nurtures talent in rural colleges instead of recruiting from IIMs and IITs and conserving the environment it runs in where it is in the process of creating the Platinum LEED rated Oragadam facility which will source 15% of its energy requirements from a solar plant set up by the company.

Though these initiatives may be the first step taken by a company in bringing about a greater change in the society, every small step in unison helps create a movement that will help bring about awareness to conserve the environment.