Flipkart Group has successfully diverted around 3000 tonnes of non-hazardous solid waste in one year, starting with four facilities that achieved Total Resource Use and Efficiency (TRUE) Gold certification for their zero waste efforts. These facilities, located in Farrukhnagar (Haryana), Uluberia (West Bengal), Malur (Karnataka), and Renaissance (Maharashtra), account for an area of 1.8 million sq ft. Flipkart has demonstrated its commitment to promoting a circular economy and embracing the Zero Waste policy, which entails responsible consumption, reuse, and recovery of products, packaging, and materials while avoiding incineration and landfill. The organization has surpassed the certification’s requirements for diversion rates, achieving more than 97% waste diversion across all four sites.
Flipkart is actively promoting a circular economy by reducing paper and plastic waste generated at its premises through its ‘Clean Campus movement’. The Circular Economy approach has been activated across 13 sites, translating to approximately 50% of Flipkart’s total paper scrap generation. Hemant Badri, Senior Vice President and Head of Supply Chain, Customer Experience, and ReCommerce, said that Flipkart’s progress towards achieving its sustainability goals has been transformative, marked by relentless innovation and a shared sense of responsibility.
