Ambitions and Commitment

Leading the way, making a difference: Explore our Ambitions & Commitments Driving Positive Change

JK Lakshmi Cement strongly believes that a sustainable business organisation has to continuously contribute to the improvement of the triple bottom line i.e., Planet, Profit & People.

The guiding principle for the Company’s sustainability is ingrained in the belief that for a shared and sustainable future, we must build a foundation of compassion, responsiveness, and inclusivity that strengthens not only our organisation but also create positive environmental and social impacts and bring unparalleled delight and experience to various stakeholders and the communities we serve. At JKLC we are committed to our consistent pursuit of sustainable and inclusive ways of doing business and our overarching focus lies in consuming less to manufacture more, while maximizing net positive environmental and social impacts.

As a responsible corporation, JKLC is striving to drive its business sustainably through focused action, collaboration, advocacy and thought leadership. Decarbonization; operational and resource efficiency; natural resource optimal utilization and conservation; circularity; unparalleled customer delight and stakeholder experience; empowering human capital; innovation; technology and ethical governance are the foundation of our sustainability programme.

To reach 30 million tons capacity by 2030 and be among
the Top Five EBIDTA/Ton earning cement companies.
  • Institute research and development ecosystem to come out with new and green products
  • Adherence to the road map to achieve a leadership position in ESG risk rating
  • Implementation of laid down road map to achieve renewable energy and AFR targets
  • Reinforce and consolidate our image of responsible corporate citizen through value-adding and impactful CSR activities
  • Installing solar power plants at Sirohi, Durg and UCWL to further reduce power cost
  • Committing to becoming a net-zero company by 2047
  • To further enhance the circular economy, JKLC is working on utilizing alternative fuels at its integrated units and our thermal substitution rate has gone up to about 5% in FY 2022-23 with firm plans to take it up to 20% by FY 2029-30
Our Commitment To ESG

To take our ESG drive to the next level, we at JK Lakshmi Cement Ltd., has undertaken several memberships to meet sustainable goals and to reduce our carbon footprint. These memberships and our commitments are as follows:

Continue to be an ethical company with reasonable workforce diversity and zero violation of human rights and laws of the land. Impacting the lives of marginalised groups and communities with high-impact and inclusive community development projects. Touching the lives of more than 5 lakh people by 2030.

SBTi

Under the science-based target initiative, we are willing to limit the global temperature rise to 1.5°C above pre-industrial level and we are also committed to net-zero targets.

Re100

We have set the target to meet 100% of our total electrical energy requirements through renewable energy by 2040 and the same has been committed to RE100 at the group level.

Ep100

Under EP100 membership, we have taken the target of doubling our energy productivity by 2040 from the baseline year 2015 at the group level.

UN Global Compact

Under the membership of UNGC we are committed to demonstrating progress made against the Ten Principles of the UN Global Compact and the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).

GCCA-India

To align our sustainable goals and to develop our targets in line with Indian cement industries, we have taken the membership of GCCA-India on a group level basis