Managing Environmental Impacts

Reliance's environmental management framework focuses on optimising energy use, reducing emissions, recycling and reusing water, and managing waste responsibly. Advanced systems, including Continuous Emission Monitoring System (CEMS), enable real-time monitoring of air pollutants, including SOx, NOx and TPM, supported by targeted energy conservation initiatives across facilities.

Climate Change

Reliance continues to progress towards its 2035 Net Carbon Zero ambition through a dual strategy of strengthening conventional energy operations while building integrated new energy systems. Energy efficiency programmes have delivered approximately 10 Million GJ of savings over the past three years. The Company is developing an integrated portfolio spanning conventional fuels, biofuels, green hydrogen and clean solutions, guided by a three-pillar strategy to deepen feedstock integration, convert commodities into specialty chemicals and accelerate green chemistry leadership.

At the core of this vision is the ambition to establish Reliance as a global leader in New Energy and New Materials by advancing clean energy transition, repurposing CO₂ as a recyclable resource and replacing conventional transportation fuels with sustainable alternatives.

For further details, refer to Making Significant Strides towards a Net Carbon Zero Future

Reliance is expanding its Compressed Biogas (CBG) operations, with 55 plants under development delivering an annual capacity of approximately 0.4 Million Tonnes and a target to expand to over 500 CBG plants by 2030. The Company is developing integrated energy hubs on wastelands, combining modular CBG plants, agriphotovoltaics and BESS. In line with this, it is advancing integrated CBG hubs in the Southern states and has laid the foundation for its first integrated hub in Andhra Pradesh as part of its CBG scale up plan.

At Jamnagar, Reliance has established the world's largest Bioenergy Technology and R&D Centre, developing advanced enzymes, microbial consortia and high-yield energy crops to enhance biogas productivity. The Reliance Jamnagar Manufacturing Division (JMD) successfully commissioned the 1.2 GW Central Transmission Utility (CTU) facility, along with a 220kV cable network, enabling upto 500 MW power import infrastructure for JMD O2C and synchronising the system with the national grid. This enabled successful import of ~0.5 Million GJ of renewable electricity to JMD in FY 2025-26.

RIL's Upstream operations (KG-D6 deepwater and Coal Bed Methane) recorded a Methane Emission Intensity of ~0.0019% in FY2025-26, positioning RIL favourably among upstream industry peers.

Reliance Retail continues to advance its low-carbon pathway through on-site solar, wind adoption and energy-efficiency measures (IoT HVAC optimisation, LEDs, smart lighting, HVLS fans). Supply chain operations are reducing emissions through clean energy and electric mobility.

SBTi validated Reliance Jio Infocomm Ltd. (RJIL)'s Near term and Net Zero target.

RJIL commits to maintain a minimum 90% absolute scope 1 & 2 GHG emissions reduction from FY2035 through FY2050 from a FY2020 base year.

The Company's Digital business, covering Platforms, Connectivity and Data Centre operations recorded Scope 1 and Scope 2 GHG emissions of 0.09 MMTCO₂e and 1.47 MMTCO₂e respectively for FY 2025-26.

Energy Efficiency of Operations

Reliance continued to advance energy efficiency during the year through process modification, waste heat recovery systems and targeted technology upgrades across operations. Through these initiatives, O2C and E&P implemented energy saving schemes of 330GJ/hr and achieved 2.4 Million GJ energy savings in FY 2025-26. The enhancement of power and steam generation cycle efficiency in captive plants across Jamnagar Manufacturing Division (JMD), Vadodara Manufacturing Division (VMD) and Nagothane Manufacturing Division (NMD) led to a saving of 170 GJ/hr. Total energy consumption for O2C and E&P* was 517 Million GJ, with 5.4Million GJ sourced from renewable sources. This year, the volume of flared and vented hydrocarbons was 0.08 Million MT.

The Company's digital business operations, covering Platforms, Connectivity and Data Centre operations, accounted for energy consumption of 88,39,168 GJ in FY 2025-26, resulting in an energy intensity of 0.036 GJ/TB. Its network operations are supported by 236.66 MWp of distributed solar capacity across 25,699 sites and a 35 MWp centralized solar plant at Bidar, Karnataka.

*The above data is for RIL Standalone and other Hydrocarbon entities.

Ecosystem and Biodiversity

Reliance is committed to biodiversity conservation and aims to create a net positive environmental impact through extensive greenbelts spanning 6,500+ hectares across India, with more than 2.49 crore saplings planted cumulatively, including over 1,14,852 saplings in FY 2025-26. Reliance contributes to Vantara, an animal rescue, conservation and rehabilitation centre that has cared for, treated, and provided lifelong support to over 1.5 lakh animals. Vantara has been conferred the 'Prani Mitra' Award, India's highest recognition in animal welfare. The Company has also undertaken the development of the Coastal Road Gardens, a 130-acre public green space in Mumbai. Reliance Foundation has also been working with communities to create a village-level Climate Resilience Index, and its reliability, validity and refinement was taken up with external experts to enhance its accuracy, usability and overall effectiveness.

Waste Management and Circular Economy

Reliance is advancing the circular economy through PET recycling and, in polyolefins, by driving mechanical recycling and chemical recycling via pyrolysis in partnership with specialised vendors - an approach that scales impact along with accelerating circularity.

The Company is further strengthening circularity through sustainable packaging and the development of circular polymers. It is also advancing circularity and sustainability in the fashion industry through R|ELAN™ Circular Design Challenge, organised in partnership with the United Nations in India, and R|Elan™ fabrics, showcased in partnership with leading fashion designers at the Lakmé Fashion Week, in Mumbai and Delhi this year.

In addition, the Company pioneered India's first ISCC Plus-certified bio-circular polymers, AgRepol™ and AgRelene™, derived from agricultural waste and the ReRoute™ technology. The Jamnagar integrated refining and petrochemical complex has also achieved ISCC Pluscertified production of circular polymers, CircuRepol™ and CircuRelene™, using chemically recycled plastic wastebased pyrolysis oil.

Reliance Retail is advancing waste minimisation and circularity across its businesses by shifting packaging in Jewels from metal tins to reusable polypropylene boxes, recycling Expanded Polystyrene (EPS) waste through Reliance Digital's Thermocol Transformation Drive, and promoting low impact manufacturing, circular materials and next-gen fibres within Fashion & Lifestyle.

Water and Effluent Management

Reliance adopts an integrated approach to reducing freshwater consumption through increased water recycling and reuse, expanded rainwater harvesting and minimisation of external discharge across operations. In FY 2025-26, the Company* withdrew 228.52 Million kilolitres of water, 47% of which was seawater/desalinated water, discharged 38.85 Million kilolitres and recycled 112.07 Million kilolitres. Additionally, the E&P Division reported 5.48 Million kilolitres of produced water.

*The above data is for RIL Standalone and other Hydrocarbon entities.