Integrating sustainability practices in HPCL using information technology
Student name: Mr Keshav Singhal
Guide: Mr M V Shiju
Year of completion: 2013
Host Organisation: Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Limited (HPCL), Mumbai
Supervisor (Host Organisation): Mr A R Datla and Mr Himanshu Sharma
Abstract: Today organizations are susceptible to many challenges and risks. Sustainability, environment and climate
changes are one of such challenges. Thus many organizations are implementing sustainability program.
However for successful implementation and efficacy of the program, good control is quite essential. To control
the programs, monitoring is required and to monitor a program, measurement is very necessary. With the fact
that organizations operate from multiple locations, measuring and monitoring becomes a challenge. Also, when
any sustainability program is being implemented at one location, there is a need to share the knowledge. By
sharing the knowledge, the model could be replicated at other locations, which will save the efforts and thus
cost too.
This study underlines the importance of integration of sustainability knowledge in the organization (including -
the analysis of CSR and Sustainability guidelines by Department of Public Enterprises, Government of India)
and issues associated in Hindustan Petroleum Corporation. There are many software available in the market to
gather sustainability data from multiple locations. A Comparative analysis of such software is done in this
project. The project also covers requirement analysis of a sustainability knowledge management system for the
studied corporation. The solution which will cater to the requirements of the organization could be either
bought or built in-house. The report discusses the various parameters by assigning weight to decide between
buy and built decision.
The study also discusses about the functional design and implementation details in phase wise manner with
different features expected. The concept of Interesting and Interactive reporting is also introduced in this study
for effective stakeholder communication.
Key Words: Sustainability Knowledge, Knowledge Management System, Sustainability Reporting software,
Interactive Reporting.
