About Us

Sustainability

At NBC, sustainability is not an afterthought — it’s embedded in the way we engineer, manufacture, and serve. As the world moves toward a low-carbon future, we are committed to making meaningful contributions through cleaner processes, responsible sourcing, and transparent reporting.

From reducing emissions in our manufacturing operations to enabling our customers’ sustainability goals, we believe in taking ownership of our environmental impact — and acting on it.

Our Greenhouse Gas (GHG) Emission Metrics

To accurately assess our environmental impact, we collect activity data from various sources of GHG emissions across our operations. This data is aggregated at the corporate level to calculate NBC Bearings’ total carbon footprint. By benchmarking against industry standards, we identify areas for improvement and implement strategies to minimize our emissions.

Environmental Product Declarations (EPDs)

In our pursuit of sustainability, NBC Bearings has published Environmental Product Declarations (EPDs) for eight of our key bearing products. EPDs are standardized, third-party verified documents that transparently communicate the environmental impact of products throughout their life cycle—from raw material extraction to manufacturing, usage, and end-of-life disposal.

Benefits of EPDs:

Transparency: Provides verified data on the life-cycle environmental impacts of our bearings.
Compliance: Aligns with international environmental standards such as ISO 14025 and EN 15804.
Sustainable Procurement: Supports customers in making informed, eco-conscious purchasing decisions.
Scope 3 Emissions Reporting: Assists clients in tracking and reporting indirect emissions associated with their supply chain.

Through these EPDs, we reaffirm our commitment to environmental stewardship and provide our stakeholders with the information needed to make sustainable choices.

Energy Management System

EMS Portal used for real time monitoring of power consumptions trends, capturing various parameters which help us in real-time monitoring and faster decision making to save power and perform predictive maintenance. Our Jaipur plant is also ISO 50001 certified which is a global recognition of energy management systems.

Paper Rationalization

To reduce our carbon foot print. We started our endeavor for paperless factory. With focus of digitization of all the information captured manually impacting the reduction in CO2 equivalent consumed across plants.

Renewal Power Generation

There has been increase in generation and use of solar energy. Our solar power consumption has increased from 2.6% in 2016-17 to 3.3 % in 2019-20

Environment friendly products

Our R&D function is focused on providing innovative and effective technology with focus on care for the environment and resource conservation.

Rain water harvesting and Water conservation

We have taken multiple initiatives to optimize fresh water usage and operate in prescribed limit. Also we have facility for rain water harvesting within factory premise. NBC Bearing’s rainwater harvesting exercise has ensured saving more than 6 million litres of water annually. We have reduced water consumption in our Jaipur Plant by 40% in last five years.

Environment friendly buildings

Our plants in Jaipur and Vadodara are Green Factory Building Platinum Certification by the Indian Green Building Council (IGBC). Our Jaipur plant, being over 70 years old, is one of the oldest building in the country to have this certification.

Waste management

Wastewater released from the factory is treated on site in the Effluent Treatment Plant (ETP) and Sewage Treatment Plant (STP). This is in turn used for landscaping the campus areas, consequently resulting in zero discharge outside of the plant.

Reusable/Returnable packaging

We have also begun to use returnable packaging solutions that helps in reduction of packaging waste. Our larger objective lies in reducing energy consumption and improving energy efficiency to support our overarching goal of lowering GHG emissions and Carbon Footprint.