Our Environmental Sustainability Strategy Sets Ambitious Goals
We believe it is possible to grow our business and provide quality products to pharma companies across the world, while at the same time protecting the resources we need for the future and safeguarding the environment. However, we also realize that we won’t be able to meet this ambition unless we focus on the key environmental sustainability issues across our whole value chain from acquiring raw materials, through product manufacture, distribution, use and disposal of product.
At ALTA, we have made significant CAPEX investments in upgrading our Effluent Treatment Plant (ETP), ensuring the highest environmental compliance and sustainability standards. Our plant operates on a Zero Liquid Discharge (ZLD) system, meaning no wastewater is released into the environment. Through advanced treatment and recycling processes, we recover and reuse water, minimizing waste and conserving resources. This reflects our commitment to responsible manufacturing and a greener future.
At ALTA, we are committed to sustainable manufacturing and actively reducing our carbon footprint. We achieve this by optimizing energy-efficient processes, minimizing waste, and adopting eco-friendly raw materials. Our focus on green chemistry, responsible sourcing, and reduced emissions ensures that we contribute to a healthier planet while maintaining the highest product quality.
We regularly keep targets to reduce water consumption at our manufacturing facility. We work at the site-level in our operations to identify any opportunities to reduce water usage. We also have a drainage network which ensures that steam converted water is channelized and collected in a hot water collection tank .This water is reused again for the boiler and through these measures we manage to save water as well as fuel at the same time.
Our target is to avoid creating any waste from our operation that has no further use. That is why we have set a target of zero operational waste. Innovations drive down waste in many ways. For example, recycling of solvent in operation, recovery of solvent, reuse of container and other such measures manage to reduce waste. Alta also focuses on other areas such as minimizing the use of plastic packaging materials and switching over to card board packaging material.
Alta has set up a rainwater-harvesting project on-site to make effective use of rainwater. We use rainwater to recharge our water bore wells and increase the water level in the ground. A rule of thumb is that one inch of rainfall per acre of land translates to 100 tons of water. This gives us enormous scope for rainwater harvesting and conservation along with the revival of underground water sources. By harvesting rainwater, we have also reduced the level of Total Dissolved Solids (TDS) present in our groundwater source. High TDS levels make water unfit for human consumption.
Our objective is to reduce impact on the environment through committed and consistent improvement projects for Environment Management systems. To achieve this, we carry out sapling plantation drive every year at premises of factory. In continuation, we ensure that saplings are nurtured till the maturity stage. We also work towards beautification of surroundings and its never-ending clean-up.
Our Research & Development (R&D) is key to our strategy, ensuring long-term competitive advantage.
We have a pool of qualified R&D technical staff with a varied knowledge base and global exposure covering all areas of pharmaceutical research. Expertise in developing Active Pharmaceutical Ingredients (APIs), and development of New Processes is a key strength acquired over decades of experience. Creative teams from R&D and business development generate innovative concepts and ideas which are aligned to synergies across therapeutic areas and business needs. The focus of R&D is on quality product development, keeping in view safety and efficacy of product.
Our capabilities lie in developing innovative, safe, environment-friendly and cost effective global technologies to deliver high quality APIs. The ability to develop difficult-to-make, complex APIs by using the latest technologies is the key differentiating factor of our research. The instrumentation and analytical knowledge base at the R&D lab facilitate:
Manufacturing
Alta understands the critical necessity for quality APIs and works hard to ensure that customers receive products of the highest standard. Thus, the Alta family adheres to stringent policies through each step of the production process. Our manufacturing facility meets cGMP requirements and has been given the GMP Certification by the State Drug Control Authority. All our manufacturing facilities employ the latest technologies and make use of modern plant and machinery in the production process.
We have fully equipped in-house testing facilities where-in rigorous quality and testing standards are applied before an input goes into production of APIs. It undergoes inspections by Alta staff under a self-inspection plan and annually the areas are frequently audited, inspected, and approved by our business partners and overseas business partner where we export to. The manufacturing process begins with the careful selection of raw materials that are processed under completely hygienic conditions. All the processes are regularly validated, calibrated and upgraded as and when necessary. Quality control is a rigorous, painstaking process by itself, followed religiously for every product.
Alta is continuously investing in the latest equipment to ensure that our manufacturing facility is enhanced with modern, state of the art technologies. Our employees are trained and assessed by experienced professionals from all over the world to hone their skills and gain expertise on cutting edge techniques. In this way, each APIs is produced with precision to provide you and your loved ones superior products.
We partner with our business partners to assure high quality development, manufacture and distribution of reliable and safe products through
- Qualified, responsible, and motivated employees
- Integrity of our behavior and actions
- Effective and efficient compliant quality systems
- Continuous quality improvement
Each of us is dedicated to contributing to the process of developing, manufacturing and distributing the company’s products in a manner that meets the safety, efficacy and compliance expectations of both customers and Government regulators.
- Our Quality policy states that “Better quality for better tomorrow”.
- Individual Responsibility – Quality is a part of our culture at Alta. Every employee is focused on quality.
- Management Responsibility – Management allocation of appropriate resources for effective implementation of all required quality management systems designed to support and sustain a culture of continuing GMP compliance and operational excellence.
- Accuracy and Ethics – Every employee shall generate and accurately document all required quality data in accordance with the highest ethical standards and Alta’s Code of Conduct principles.
- Continuous Improvement – Quality performance indicators shall be measured and assessed with outcomes designed to drive continuous improvement in our quality systems and employee performance.
Our quality organisation is independently structured and resourced to fulfill organisational responsibilities and objectives as defined by our quality management system to ensure the achievement of established product quality standards. Quality Management System Our quality system comprises both Quality System Controls and Quality Management Controls.
Our quality system comprises both Quality System Controls and Quality Management Controls.
Key elements for Quality System Controls include
- Facilities and Equipment System
- Materials System
- Production System
- Packaging and Labeling System
- Laboratory Controls Systems
- Quality Systems
Quality Management Controls
Quality Management Controls enable us to proactively analyse and manage the performance of our quality system. Our Quality Management Controls for
- Resource Management
- Employee Training
- Quality and Compliance Data Trending and Analysis
- Quality System Management Review
- GMP Document Management