On World Environment Day 2026, Pramod C, Director, Gopalan Metals, said India’s clean energy growth needs copper manufacturing that reduces waste, improves efficiency and supports circular use.
As India moves toward cleaner energy, electric mobility and modern power infrastructure, copper is becoming one of the key materials in the country’s low carbon transition.
Copper is used across electric vehicles, solar panels, smart grids and renewable energy systems. With India working toward its 2070 net zero target, demand for the metal is expected to grow further.
On World Environment Day 2026, Gopalan Metals underlined the need for responsible copper production as clean energy infrastructure expands across the country.
Mr. Pramod C, Director, Gopalan Metals, said, “Every electric vehicle, every solar panel, and every kilometre of smart grid runs on copper. As India races toward its 2070 net-zero target, the demand for this metal will only intensify. But decarbonising our infrastructure while perpetuating carbon-heavy manufacturing is a contradiction we cannot afford.
At Gopalan Metals, we have made a deliberate choice to build a manufacturing operation that is as responsible as the technologies it enables. Copper is nature’s gift to the clean energy transition; it is 100% recyclable, extraordinarily conductive, and endlessly reusable. Our role is to honour that gift by minimising waste, maximising efficiency, and keeping the entire production lifecycle within a tightly controlled, digitally governed ecosystem at our Hoskote facility.
The copper industry stands at an inflection point, one where scale and sustainability must no longer be treated as opposing forces. We are committed to demonstrating that a manufacturer can grow its capacity, meet global standards, and still answer to a higher environmental responsibility, which is the Gopalan standard.
This World Environment Day, we strengthen our commitment to sustainable manufacturing as an operational reality embedded across every process, every innovation, and every tonne of copper we produce.”
Clean energy adoption and infrastructure development are increasing the need for materials that can support power transmission, storage and mobility. This also places greater attention on how those materials are manufactured.
World Environment Day 2026 brings focus to resource efficiency, circularity and cleaner industrial processes. For sectors such as copper, responsible production can help ensure that India’s energy transition is supported by manufacturing practices that reduce waste and make better use of recyclable materials.
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