Green Rating Programme

Book review of 'Into the Furnace', the Green Rating of Indian iron and steel sector

Published at: Business Standard newspaper, India
Reviewer: Ms. Shailaja Sharma

Prime Minister's trophy for steel plant overrides pollution concerns

CSE study had shown companies which bagged the award for best integrated steel plants have poor environmental performance and productivity record

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Steel plants in eastern India blatantly flouting environmental norms, finds CSE green rating survey

From left to right: Mr. Sandipan Mukherjee, Member Sec. WBPCB, Ms. Sunita Narain, DG CSE, Dr. Sudarshan Ghosh Dastidar, Environment Minister, West Bengal, Mr. Chandra Bhushan, DDG, CSE, and Mr. S K Roy, Chief Blast Furnace, Tata Steel Jamshedpur

West Bengal-based steelmakers rank as some of the worst of the lot

Workshop on Green Rating of Indian Iron and Steel Sector

CSE’s Green Rating Project (GRP) has for the first time carried out an independent, rigorous and transparent assessment of India’s iron and steel sector. The project was sponsored by Ministry of Environment and Forest (MoEF), Government of India and the UNDP.The environmental ranking for 21 large steel plants is based on performance assessment of over 150 indicators ranging from design, efficiency of production process, pollution compliance, water, energy, safety to local community response.

Commentary: Organisational behaviour and management causes for Indian steel players’ poor green performance – with specific reference to PSUs

Author: Umashankar S., CSE
Date: 17 August 2012

Into The Furnace

This latest book is on the environment status of the Indian Steel Sector.

Based on CSE's recent environmental rating done of major iron and steel plants of India, we have rated 21 top Indian steel companies in this book, from the Private as well as the Public Sector.

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Iron and Steel Sector

	Steel Sector: Rating Scorecard

Green Rating of Indian Iron and Steel Sector

India is world's fourth largest steel producer. The demand for iron and steel in the country is growing exponentially owing to rapid industrialization and infrastructural demand.  But steel sector is also highly polluting and is categorized as one of the most polluting sector among 17 sectors identified by Central Pollution Control Board.

16 dead at Vizag Steel: CSE says tragedy inevitable because of the plant’s poor safety record

CSE’s Green Rating Project had warned Vizag Steel to shore up its safety measures