Saint-Gobain: Sustainability at its Core
The Honourable Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu, Thiru. M.K.Stalin, recently inaugurated the Float Glass Plant, an Integrated Windows Line and Saint-Gobain – SIPCOT Urban Forest at Saint-Gobain’s World Glass Complex at Sriperumbudur, in the presence of Benoit Bazin, CEO of Compagnie de Saint-Gobain and B Santhanam, CEO, Asia Pacific and India Region, Saint-Gobain.
Having invested in Tamil
Nadu for over two decades, Saint-Gobain is giving a thrust to the Tamil Nadu Government’s vision of $1 Tn Economy,
Housing and Green Tamil
Nadu Mission. Set up with an investment in excess of Rs 500 crore, these facilities will provide employment to over 200 people and take the cumulative investment in the World Glass Complex to more than Rs 3750 crore.
Benoit Bazin, Chief Executive Officer, Compagnie de SaintGobain, said “We began our greenfield investments in the country close to two-and-a-half decades ago. We are very positive about our economic, business and social results. As a Group, we are committed to achieving carbon neutrality by 2050 in line with our purpose of ‘Making the World a Better Home’. We provide solutions that combine performance and sustainability for hot and humid climates. We will continue to innovate by developing products and solutions that are lighter, recyclable and produced using ‘low-carbon’ materials and processes. Our experience in India has been extremely good; we have sustained high growth rates for a long period and have leadership positions in building materials (glass and glass solutions, gypsum, mortars, insulation and construction chemicals). We are today, the number one company in light and sustainable construction in India. We strongly believe in India’s future and have consistently invested ahead of time in capacity, capability, technology, innovation and people. I am glad that with today’s investments, the World Glass Complex continues to be a shining example of the faith that we have in India and in the state of Tamil Nadu”.