Senior managers from Tata will visit Europe and some of the continent’s biggest companies this week as the Indian conglomerate seeks to catch up with western business on environmental protection moves.

Led by JJ Irani, a director of the Tata Sons holding company and a former head of Tata Steel, the group will visit companies such as Siemens and Ikea as well as a former chief executive of BP and ex-chairman of Royal Dutch Shell.