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Cover Story

Providing positive impact with
green products

Bangalore-based Almas Fathima,

a seasoned CRE professional dons,
the hat of the organization’s brand

ambassador for energy efficiency and
sustainable operations. With robust
support from the top management, she

ensures that ‘Green’ initiatives are of prime
focus in all activities implemented across offices

spanning top tier cities and rural areas.

he bank’s Social effect across the ecosystem. She
Service Department ensured that the vendors and partners
and ESD (Education are scrutinised diligently on their Cleaning is an evolving
for Sustainable compliance to the basic ESG norms industry and there are so
TDevelopment) initiative, such as usage of environment many innovations happening.
consider environment friendly friendly materials in their products,
practices as their top priority. Ripples sustainability in their operations, We would definitely like to
of the “Green” efforts starting with strict adherence to human rights & put to use whichever suits
the simple initiative of discontinuing governance principles. each one of us.
paper cups and plates. This initiative
towards environmental sustainability The bank has outsourced facilities
had a tidal effect on other initiatives management to third parties. Almas
like procurement of energy-saving has engaged regional partners over
LED lighting in all offices, usage of others to encourage diversity and
recycled materials, waste segregation savour the significant flavours
at source coupled with responsible of each of them. While UDS
disposal strategies, digital business caters to South, West is jointly
cards, green cleaning chemicals, serviced by UDS & GroupL, East
solar energy as the RE (renewable by Tenon & S&IB, and North by
energy) alternative wherever Sunrise Housekeeping & Facilities
feasible, inverter air conditioners and Management.
sustainable construction materials,” “The initial resistance in
said Almas. With this holistic transitioning to the green products
approach across 750+ offices, the is certainly felt as they do not
efforts towards promoting eco- provide the same level of
friendly practices in the bank created comfort as non-green ones,”
a profound positive impact on the laments Fathima. “However,
environment. these probably need to be
It did not stop with the in-house used for a longer time
initiatives for Almas. She extended and treated more to get
her sustainability efforts to supply the desired results,”
chain partners, causing domino she added.

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