India Cements Cuts Reporting Time by 70% with Sprih

India Cements Limited (ICL) partnered with Sprih to elevate its compliance and sustainability reporting journey. Through this collaboration, ICL not only saves lot of time for the assessment and data collection they also saved a lot of time in the audit process.

With Sprih’s expert guidance and intelligent platform workflows, the company ensured consistency, traceability, and compliance-readiness across its ESG data and reporting.

The result? A smooth and timely delivery of its BRSR report, and the successful publication of ESG report - setting a strong foundation for ongoing reporting and climate action.

Introduction

The India Cements Limited (ICL) is one of India's leading cement manufacturers with a legacy of over seven decades. Headquartered in Chennai, ICL has played a pivotal role in infrastructure development across India. As expectations around sustainability grow from investors, regulators, and civil society, ICL took a strategic decision to align itself with global best practices and showcase its progress through structured disclosures.

Rather than treating sustainability reporting as a tick-box exercise, ICL is embedding sustainability into its corporate narrative - through accurate, efficient reporting and clear disclosure of its environmental and social impact. Sprih partnered with India Cements to deliver exactly that: the digital infrastructure and intelligence needed to confidently report, comply, and communicate progress.

India Cements Limited: Scale and Scope

Pan India Presence

30+

Locations

Cement Production

160+

Lakh Tonnes

Strong Workforce

2900+

Pan India

Impactful Financial

4,942.43 Cr+

INR in Revenue

Impact

Measurable Business Benefits

Time Saved

~70% reduction in BRSR preparation time

High Data Quality

Advanced AI. Near-Zero data errors.

Compliance Ready

Region-specific emission factors, transparent methods, complete audit trails-audit-ready from day one.

Challenges

The Hurdles in The India Cements' Path

Manual, Time-Intensive Processes: Preparing annual sustainability and BRSR reports involved extensive manual effort, data hunting across departments, and scope for human error.
Data Quality and Consistency Assurance: Sustainability data was gathered from multiple sources and formats. A structured approach was required to validate, align, and maintain credibility across disclosures.
Lack of Integrated Systems: With information scattered across teams and functions, collaboration, traceability, and quality assurance were complex and time-consuming.
Regulatory Compliance Pressure: With SEBI’s mandatory BRSR framework and rising investor expectations, ICL required audit-ready, consistent reporting.
GHG and Energy Calculations: Calculating emissions and energy metrics, especially for BRSR Principle 6, involved technical complexities and domain expertise.
Need for Strategic Clarity: With many potential ESG themes to report on, ICL required guidance on materiality, prioritization, and aligning reporting with stakeholder expectations and long-term vision.
Design and Brand Alignment: Creating a visually compelling and professionally designed report that reflected ICL’s corporate identity and resonated with external stakeholders was a new challenge.

Looking for Answers to…

A Reliable Sustainability Partner: To guide the company through its first standalone sustainability report with both strategic and technical expertise

Centralized Reporting System: To consolidate sustainability data across locations into a single source of truth (used by Sprih team for internal processing)

Credible, Consistent Disclosures: To ensure all reported metrics are accurate, aligned, and audit-ready

Streamlined BRSR Compliance: To meet SEBI’s regulatory requirements with confidence and clarity

GHG and Energy Calculation Support: To accurately compute emissions and energy use in line with national and international standards

Solutions

Sprih’s Comprehensive Approach

BRSR Reporting: Sprih’s internal use of its AI-enabled platform significantly cut down the time and effort required to prepare ICL’s FY23-24 BRSR. The report was generated in multiple formats (XBRL, PDF, Word) with validations and approvals, making it ready for submission.
Accurate Emissions & Energy Calculations: Sprih applied its verified emissions engine and domain expertise to accurately calculate GHG and energy metrics using ICL’s raw activity data, eliminating manual errors and ensuring compliance with global and Indian standards.
AI-Powered First Draft for Sustainability Report: Sprih’s AI modules benchmarked peer reports and generated a contextual first draft of ICL’s standalone sustainability report, which was later refined based on leadership inputs and department-level feedback.
Collaborative Review & Knowledge Transfer: Sprih led regular coordination meetings with ICL teams, helping guide what content to include, what data needed refinement, and what peers were reporting. This brought clarity and consistency to the reporting process.
End-to-End Report Finalization and Design: From data structuring and narrative refinement to incorporating plant images, charts, and visual content provided by ICL, Sprih designed and delivered the full final version of the report, aligned with GRI and BRSR expectations.

Sprih’s Solutions aligned with
India Cements’ Sustainability Vision

01

Process-First Automation
Sprih’s internal platform usage replaced manual spreadsheets with automated reporting workflows.

02

Auditability and Transparency
Every figure in BRSR and the standalone report was traceable back to source data.

03

AI-Enabled Content Development
The first draft of the standalone report was powered by benchmarking and SustainSense (Sprih’s AI engine).

04

Integrated Coordination
Regular collaboration between the Sprih and ICL teams ensured data ownership and clarity.

05

Future-Ready Reporting Confidence
From regulatory compliance to narrative framing, ICL now has a strong foundation for transparent sustainability communication.

Impact