Honeywell has announced the inauguration of its Sustainability Centre of Excellence in Madurai, Tamil Nadu. This facility will serve as a hub for support in engineering, innovation, and collaboration on sustainability initiatives, both within the company and with partners.
The center will focus on developing more sustainable methods of production, like product stewardship, an approach focusing on the management of all aspects of a product, etc. It will also serve as a hub for thought leadership, training and education on sustainability, hosting workshops focused on driving sustainability in business and society.
“As a hub of engineering, innovation and collaboration, the Centre will fuel new paradigms in sustainability ranging from development of capabilities to reduce carbon emissions and drive positive environmental impact through monitoring and reporting,” said Gavin Towler, vice president and chief technology officer of Honeywell performance materials &technologies (PMT) and Honeywell UOP.
“Honeywell continues to consistently review, quantify, and reinvent its operations to reduce carbon emissions up and down its own supply chain, while also finding solutions for its stakeholdersto help optimize their operations all over the world” said Kunal Ruvala, president, Honeywell Technology Solutions, Global.
Honeywell’s technological solutions encompass a multitude of innovations geared towards driving sustainable and environmentally friendly business practices. This includes development of technologies like battery energy storage system, ethanol-to-jet sustainable aviation fuel and many more.