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Galaxy Surfactants renews commitment to

sustainability on completing 40

Galaxy Surfactants Ltd., a leading “Since 2010, Galaxy has been
supplier of surfactants and speciality focusing on creating products with
ingredients to the home and personal lower environmental impact, without
care industry, recently celebrated its compromising on their functionality.
th
40 years of existence and the 10 anni- Such green innovation efforts will
versary of its commitment towards gain more prominence in the coming
sustainability by organising a virtual years,” he emphasised.
event on the theme ‘Galaxy of Suste-
nance’. Making profits more sustainable
Mr. Ganesh Kamat, Executive
Sustainability is at the core of Director (Finance) & CFO, Galaxy,
Galaxy’s strategy, emphasised Mr. underlined the need to make profits
U. Shekhar, Managing Director, more sustainable. “To make profits
while speaking at the event. “Envi- sustainable when resources are finite,
ronmental consciousness, responsi- it is necessary to use them in a very
bly conducting business and forging conservative way, besides bringing
sustainable long-term partnerships new technologies which are circular in
with all stakeholders is at heart of it. nature to enable reuse and recycling,”
This matches with our belief of grow- he said. “If you can preserve the eco-
ing sustainably with one and all. system, then economic activities can
We are committed to developing an Mr. U. Shekhar continue in perpetuity, profits will be-
ecosystem that supports disruptive come sustainable and the next gene-
thoughts to create new products and rector and Chief Operating Officer, ration can lead a better life than what
processes and adds value through Galaxy Surfactants, noted that sus- we are leading today,” he added.
innovation,” said Mr. Shekhar. tainable management is set to be the Dr. Nirmal Koshti, Non-Executive
buzzword in the coming decade with Director and Head Innovation, show-
He pointed out that the key impe- focus on managing limited resources
ratives for conducting business today to yield value to all stakeholders, cased how Galaxy is creating a sus-
involve having the least impact on the reducing & eliminating waste and tainable future with chemistry by
environment, water stewardship & slowing down climate change. giving the example of the company’s
conservation, eliminating waste, and Galguard range of non-toxic anti-
adding positively to the environment. He spoke about the significant microbial preservatives for personal
“It is as important to define how we steps taken by the company to fur- care products and the green techno-
do as much as what we do. This can ther reduce its carbon footprint. The logy of mild surfactants.
only be done by embedding sustain- company is focussing on reducing or Later, Mr. Abhishek, COO, Eli
ability in all four pillars of people, eliminating waste and creating a cir- Lilly Services India Pvt. Ltd., Dr. R.
partnership, profit and planet,” he cular economy to derive value out of Sridhar, Human Resources Veteran,
added. waste. It is also assessing operations Dr. Rajesh Singh, Sr. Director India &
He noted that Galaxy has been a with regards to climate related finan- South East Asia, Sphera, and Dr. Anju
pioneer in development of mild sur- cial risks, quantifying and reporting Singh, Professor, NITIE, Mumbai,
factants, non-toxic preservatives and them, and looking to mitigate the im- shared their views on themes “the
vegetable proteins, while also manu- pact of such risks. Mr. Natarajan ob- impact of creating sustainable work-
facturing these through patented served that given the current mindset force in building longevity of busi-
green processes. of consumers around health, hygiene ness sustainability” and “de-risking
and safety, ‘green’ innovation would business and generating value.”
Green innovation efforts be at the forefront of all actions in the
Mr. K. Natarajan, Executive Di- coming decade. Mr. Abhishek outlined the impe-
10 Home, Personal & Institutional Care India November 2020