With an aim to increase sustainability, efficiency and resilience of the Indian sugar industry, Schneider Electric, the global leader in digital transformation of energy automation and management in partnership with the Confederation of Indian Industries (CII) brought its pan-India roadshow-Green Yodha Yatra to Pune.
Creating awareness on sustainable manufacturing and greener industrial practices in the sugar sector, the initiative will serve as a discussion forum for the sugar industry to explore, evaluate and embrace new-age technologies, becoming globally competitive. This will further open avenues to discuss ways to reduce carbon emission in the industry.
Shri Shekhar Gaikwad, IAS Commissioner of Sugar, Govt. of Maharashtra Said :
India’s sugar industry is vast, justifying the country’s status as the world’s second largest producer of sugar and an important contributor to the Agri economy.
However, the industry is also a prominent emitter of GHG (Green House Gas). As per industry research, the production of a tonne of sugar is likely to release greenhouse gases equivalent to 324 to 834kg of carbon dioxide.
Moreover, the sugar industry is face with several challenges of supply chain management, shortage of skilled manpower and uncertain production etc.
Most of these issues can be address utilizing digitization and IoT- enabled technologies, from collection to plants, processing to storage, supply chain management to plant automation.
Schneider Electric, with its technology partner ProLeiT, provides industrial automation, process control technology and Manufacturing Execution Systems (MES) for the sugar industry.
Mohammed AlKhateb, CPG Industry, Director, IMEA, Schneider Electric Said :
In its quest to handhold Indian Industry in their inevitable journey of Digital Transformation, CII Pune & CII Centre for Digital Transformation provides the Digital push for enhancing competitiveness of the Sugar Sector, to help them with digital adoption in order to become globally competitive.
It aims to empower the sector by leveraging and utilizing cost effective technology solutions to achieve economies of scale.
Mr Amit Ghaisas, Convenor, CII Pune MSME Panel & Managing Director, Statfield Equipments Pvt Ltd Said :
Shri. Bhairvanath Bhagvanrao Thombare, President, West Indian Sugar Mills Association (WISMA) Said :
Schneider Electric’s Green Yodha initiative was launch in conjunction with the vision of building a community of Eco- Warriors that unite conscious citizens, businesses, and institutions to take collective action to adopt energy efficiency, renewables and solar, automation, digitalization, and a new world of electricity to meet both individual and corporate sustainability goals.
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