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Strong Sustainability Practices Help Fight

Pandemics Better

By Ramnath Vaidyanathan, General Manager, Sustainability, Godrej Industries

The Covid-19 pandemic has been an eye-
opener in many ways. While it exposed
the devastating economic impact that a
global health crisis can have, it has also
highlighted how closely the world ecology
and industry is inter-connected in today’s
day and age. The virus that brought trade
and industry to a virtual halt was the
direct consequence of the destruction of
natural habitats.

There was a silver-lining of the pandemic
as people from around the world shared
heart-warming images of the return of
wildlife to habitats. However, the
pandemic is too steep a price to pay to
recover biodiversity. And as life slowly
limps back to some sort of normalcy, we
need to ensure that all the environmental
gains we made during this period are not
lost in the rush to get back to “normal”.

A Wake-up Call

For businesses, there have been several
key takeaways from this entire episode.
The biggest one is the realisation
that many operations, which we
previously thought could not be done
remotely, can be managed digitally.
Automation has come to the rescue and
our factories are running more optimally,
and we are working remotely without
much loss of productivity. Logistics,
especially the supply chain for both raw
material and finished goods, have also
been highly optimised.