Hyderabad – Shree Malani Group has cut its CO2 emissions by a total of about 1.6kT in 2023 and 2024. The reduction in 2023 was 1.3kT, with a further 300T eliminated in 2024.
“We have installed a roof top solar power plant,” said Avinash Daga, technical director at Shree Malani Foams. The company is also now using 100% biodiesel for steam generation, further cutting its greenhouse gas emissions.
In addition, this year it is converting its diesel-fuelled generators from high-speed diesel to biodiesel. It aims to cut a further 250T of CO2 emissions in 2025, which it said will move it to 97% on the Sustainability Development Index. It is also focusing on the use of more sustainable raw materials.
The Telanagana-based mattress producer declined to give a timeline for achieving carbon neutrality. “We continue working towards achieving carbon neutrality over a period of time,” Daga said.
Elsewhere, the group has expanded the production capacity of its site in Bhubaneswar by 50%. The facility is located in the eastern province of Odisha. The expansion project started in 2023, and was completed last year.
It has added 7500m2 to the site. Equipment includes a 60m looper, cutting equipment, storage and handling systems, and metering lines.
“The expansion will cater to the growing demand in the eastern part of the country, and overall in sync with the growth that India is going through including, in technical foams and the automotive industry,” he said.
The company said the site is the largest foam plant in eastern India. It also supplies the states of Chhattisgarh, Bihar, Jharkhand, West Bengal, Sikkim, Assam, and other north-east states.
Shree Malani Foams operates two foam-based mattress manufacturing facilities. As well as the Bhubaneswar plant, which was first commissioned in 2021, it has one of India’s largest integrated plants, located in Hyderabad.
