Sai Life Sciences Sustainability Report 2020

54 In the reporting year we received the ISO 14001:2015 (Environment management system) and ISO 45001:2018 (Occupational health and safety management system) certification for our R&D center (Unit II), Manufacturing facility (Unit IV) and Corporate office, further ensuring that Sustainable development goals and the HSE governance system is embedded in our management approach. Over the last year, we have instituted initiatives that bring about employee engagement at the shop-floor, crucial for day-to-day adherence with HSE requirements. The Shop Floor Transformation Initiative (SFTI) prioritizes energy conservation programs and environmental and safety infrastructure upgradation by cross-functional teams comprising production, HSE, and engineering while shop-floor teams conduct HSE control tours for daily observation of at-risk conditions and behaviors and to take proactive corrective and preventive actions. A journey of continuous improvement with focus on Process Safety (PS), Industrial Hygiene (IH) and Environmental sustainability 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 Established Process Safety function and Lab with SRC, DSC, ARC & TSU. • Introduced elements of Process Safety Management (PSM) • Developed control banding and containment strategy • Augmented fire protection systems - sprinklers, foam flooding system, vapor detection systems • Expanded Process Safety lab to include Powder Safety testing • Upgraded Zero Liquid Discharge unit • Introduced Containment equipment for closed handling of solids – Glove Box, Isolators • Recruited inhouse specialist for energy conservation • ISO 14001:2015 and ISO 45001:2018 certification • Sustainability reporting • Green building certification • Introduced PTS, DCS systems • Brought onboard in-house IH specialist for sampling and testing. • Digitization of HSE reporting and tracking on cloud platform Sai SMaRT • Achieved Zero waste to landfill • Instilling Green Chemistry principles in process development

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