Today our society faces one of the most urgent environmental issues – producing goods & services with minimal impact on our climate. This calls for active participation and responsible actions from individuals, communities, organizations, governments, corporations, companies et al. SEML firmly believes that by energy conservation & optimization and recycling waste it can help minimize the impact on the environment and at the same time enhance operational efficiency.

SEML has a dedicated team of experts for identifying areas for energy optimization and conservation. SEML has installed waste heat recovery boilers in its sponge iron plants for utilizing valuable heat energy for generation of steam for power generation. SEML generates approximately 12 MW of electricity through waste heat. Renewable energy resource such as hydro power is another area where the company is firmly committed. The company has recently commissioned a 4.8 MW hydro power plant in the state of Uttaranchal and 24 MW in the state of Chhattisgarh is in pipeline.

Utilization of hazardous waste such as fly-ash from captive thermal power plant is another endeavor that the company has taken up aggressively. The company is installing a state-of-the-art fly ash brick-making facility with a capacity of 30 million bricks annually. The company has also taken steps to further reduce the emission level of the power plant chimney through ammonia dozing. Electrostatic Precipitators have been installed with all the sponge iron kilns and steam generators to maintain the pollution within the prescribed limits.