Climate Adaptation and Resilience

Climate resilience is the ability to anticipate, prepare for, and respond to climate-related disruptions, ensuring long-term sustain-ability and stability. For Aditya Birla Group, climate resilience is a strategic priority and a business imperative. As climate change continues to pose significant risks – particularly in areas like water management - the Group recognises the urgent need to adapt.

Our Goals

By embedding resilience into our operations, our goal is to build climate resilience by proactively addressing climate risks, strengthening infrastructure, securing supply chains, and safeguarding key resources. By embedding resilience into our operations, we aim to ensure long-term sustainability, mitigate disruptions, and adapt proactively to the challenges posed by a changing climate.

Climate Adaptation and Resilience Actions at ABG

At Aditya Birla Group, we follow a systematic 6-step approach to Climate Adaptation and Resilience. This approach begins with assessing climate risks across our operations and supply chain, followed by quantifying and prioritising those risks, identifying relevant measures, implementing them, and monitoring outcomes through robust mechanisms.

Our Key Initiatives

Conducted an in-depth analysis of physical climate risks such as floods, cyclones, and water stress across key global business sites and covering two time-horizons of 2030 and 2050.

Identified the most vulnerable sites, laying the foundation for targeted resilience measures.

Developing Project CARA - Group-level adaptation framework

Piloting a comprehensive site-level climate impact assessment at select ABG sites, focusing on stressors like extreme heat, floods, and cyclones.

Invested in resilient technologies and enhanced water management systems.

Actively implemented climate adaptation across key sites in collaboration with businesses.

Encouraged a holistic approach to climate resilience, ensuring long-term sustainability across operations.