Company C S R

Company: Wipro Ltd

Income 2005-2006 = Rs 7500 Cr (rounded off)

Net profit after tax (05-06) = Rs 1500 Cr (rounded off)

Karmayog CSR Rating- 3/5

CSR activities:

Wipro Cares is an initiative by the Wiproites, their family members and friends to contribute in the

areas of education, community and social development. Wipro Cares philosophy is to utilize the

collective wisdom of volunteers to bring long term benefits and satisfaction to the community, as we

believe that providing funds alone will not help the community.This is a unique corporate experiment

to channelise the contributions of the Wiproites matched by Wipro, and the desires of Wiproites to

make meaningful contributions to society, on a continuous basis.

Wipro Cares contributes through two pronged strategy: providing rehabilitation to survivors of natural

calamities and enhancing learning abilities of children from the under privileged sections of the society

Leaning enhancement: Wipro Cares has initiated Learning Enhancement Programmes at schools

catering to the children from the under privileged section of the society. The main objectives of this

programme is to improve the standards of learning, build confidence, ignite curiosity, broaden their

awareness levels, improve their communication skills in English , build a healthy self-esteem and help

them break through self imposed limits to achieve his/her greatest potential.In line with its focus,

these programmes have been successfully implemented in Olcott Memorial School in Besantnagar,

Chennai and Government Secondary School in Viveknagar, Bangalore.

The Olcott Memorial School in Besantnagar, Chennai is a 110 years old Tamil medium school run

by the theological Society. Wipro Cares volunteers work with the students of classes 4 and 5 (total

strength -120 children), for about two hours on the 1st and 3rd Saturdays of every month. The

Government Secondary School in Viveknagar, Bangalore in run in three different languages-Tamil,

Telegu and Kannada.Volunteers who are comfortable in communicating in one of these languages take

up the responsibility of each class where they devote 2 hours every Saturday. The volunteers work

with children from class 2 onwards.As we go along, we plan to roll this programme in several more

schools and in other cities.

Wipro Cares volunteers devote 2 hours every Saturday with the ultimate desire to make

learning fun for these children. Once the volunteer builds a good rapport with a group of three-four

children, he or she would work on the holistic development of these children - to instill confidence

among them, to build communication skills, encourage their creativity and thinking ability.

Makkala Jagriti - Wipro Cares Learning Centre:A Learning Center focused on providing enriching,

exciting, safe and secure environment to children from under privileged sections of the society was

inaugurated by Makkala Jagriti, and Wipro Cares in Bangalore. Makkala Jagriti is an NGO, whose focus

is to work with underprivileged children in the area of education. The Learning Centre will also provide

opportunities for contributing to the community to Wipro employees, their friends and families. They

can get involved by interacting, involving, teaching & learning in mutually enriching way to reach

quality-learning environment to the economically disadvantaged children in an integrated manner

through the Learning Centre..

Summer Camp for Children : The idea of interacting with the children of the school using creative

and innovative ways such as arts, crafts and other fun activities appealed to the Wipro Cares

volunteers. It had two fold objectives: First, to stay in touch with the children that they were involved

with during the summer break. Second, to make the summer holidays enjoyable for these children,

who would otherwise have to spend time playing with mud and sand outside their homes, when their

parents go to work. The activities also brought forth the hidden talents of these children (and the

volunteers!) be it story telling with hand puppets, painting or clay modeling.

A group of volunteers took on the additional responsibility of organizing the camp, with the support of

the administration. They planned out different activities every Saturday.The summer camps also

helped these children develop their skills, confidence and motivation to succeed not just in classrooms

but in life.

Providing Basic Infrastructure at the School

For a child to come regularly to the school and stay interested in school activities, it is necessary hat

the school is equipped with proper infrastructure. Moreover, research has shown that lack of toilets

facilities for girls is the main reason for the high drop out rates among students.In the Government

School in Veveknagar, Bangalore-India, Wipro Cares has constructed toilet blocks to cater to e student

population. Along with that, we have provided a gate, which will ensure that the kids will not run out of

the school to the roads, which may be dangerous. Small but thoughtful contributions from Wipro Cares.

Disaster

Wipro Cares has adopted Pushpavanam village in tsunami-ravaged belt of Tamil Nadu with a desire to

rehabilitate survivors and rebuild the village. Our partner in this effort is BITsunami, a trust formed by

the alumni of BITS, Pilani.

Pushpavanam, about an hour's drive from Nagapattinam, has around 1200 house holds with a

population of about 6000. It lost 19 people to the tsunami which washed away 200 houses; 500

families lost their livelihood and another 250 families were affected indirectly; 35 boats supporting

around 200 families, an important means of livelihood were lost or damaged and almost all cultivable

land (about 100 acres) was left barren, leaving both cultivators and the agricultural labourers without a

means of livelihood.

What we did earlier in Orissa and Gujarat

The damage caused by these calamities was huge; thousands of lives were lost, lakhs rendered

homeless, land owners suffered incalculable losses. The calamity affected people had to begin from

scratch.

Wipro Cares' contribution in both these states, which were hit by two calamities of hither-to-unseen

dimensions, (Cyclone in Orissa in 1999 and earthquake in Gujarat in 2001) is unique.After mobilizing

funds from Wiproites which was matched by Wipro, Wipro Cares set up a team to evaluate the damage

during both these calamities. Our rehabilitation work was done after detailed discussions with the

survivors and analyzing their needs.

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CSR activities:

TCS has always recognized the responsibility Corporates should have towards the wider communities

they operate in. Be it girl child education in South Asia in collaboration with UNICEF or adult literacy

programs in South India, TCS believes in using IT as an instrument for social development and change.

Other TCS' community initiatives have been in areas addressing environmental and civic problems;

setting up and maintaining infrastructure for urban beautification, pollution reduction and healthcare;

waste management in the office environment, tree plantation and water treatment.

Environment policy :

TCS' commitment to environment stems from the TATA Group's abiding concern for environment and

society. TCS is in the Information Technology (IT) consulting business, which by its nature of operation

has low impact on the environment. TCS will strive to provide a healthy work environment to all its

employees, and conduct environment friendly business at all its offices. To achieve these goals, TCS

has published this Environment Policy. In line with its continuous improvement process initiative, TCS

will continuously enhance its environment policy, which encompasses air, water, natural resources,

people and their interrelation.

TCS' environment policy aims at improving environment management by setting higher standards, and

optimising the use of power, water, consumables, and other natural resources. It also aims at reducing

pollution by minimising the waste generation from business operations. The policy focuses on

environment conservation as an essential element of TCS' business philosophy and infrastructure. The

main objectives of the policy are:

·Respect health, safety, and environment issues of employees, clients, vendors and local community.

·Optimise energy and power consumption, and the use of consumables and hardware through

recycling or reuse.

·Increase environment awareness in employees, and motivate them to participate in and promote

organization endeavours to protect the environment.

·Integrate environment conservation, health and safety measures in the design of new facilities.

·Comply with all applicable laws, rules and regulations concerning environment, safety and health.

·Drive common solutions, consistency and continual improvement, for more efficient and effective

Health, Safety and Environment measures.

·Monitor policy implementation, and report performance to stake holders periodically.

All TCS employees are expected to support the Environment Policy. The policy will be implemented at

all TCS offices, within a three dimensional framework comprising Employees, Management, and Work-

place, as mentioned below:

Employees

All TCS employees should be concerned about the environment. TCS will make all its employees aware

on how work practices affect the environment. For example, wasteful use of electricity or paper at

work place depletes natural resources and adds to pollution caused by the generating/manufacturing

units. Similarly safe work practices protect the environment by mitigating health risks and accidents.

As members of the TATA family, and responsible citizens of the country, TCS employees should

observe environment- friendly behaviour, both in and outside the work place.

Management

TCS management will define health, safety and environment goals and objectives, identify roles and

responsibilities for policy implementation, measure performance, and allocate necessary resources. It

will integrate resource planning with health, safety and environment concerns. Two-way

communication will be established with employees, clients and vendors to promote and share health,

safety and environment initiatives. The Management will also initiate ISO 14001 certification for

different locations in a phased manner.

Work Place

TCS managers will review the work environment and suggest improvements in line with this policy.

The policy will also initiate energy conservation, waste recycling, and paper reduction, in priority areas.

The measures and initiatives emerging as a result of this policy will be documented as processes.

These processes will also ensure compliance with applicable health, safety, and environment

regulations in all offices of TCS. A continual improvement plan will be initiated to achieve excellence in

environment management.

Tata Consultancy Services to power the future of Child Genius:Youngest M-Tech student at IIT

Madras to get support for education and research Mumbai, India, 24th August, 2006In its continued

efforts to develop young scientific talent in the country, Tata Consultancy Services, a leading global IT

services and consulting firm, announced that it would support the professional aspirations of S.

Chandra Sekar, the 15 year old M.Tech student at IIT Madras. Chandra Sekar, the youngest

engineering graduate in the country, will receive a package of grants worth over Rs 7 lakh for his

education including tuition fees, research activities, technology infrastructure support, global project

experience as well as mentoring from senior executives at TCS. In addition to his costs at IIT Madras,

TCS will also support the student's research, travel and project expenses which will allow him to

explore his ideas and interact with the global academic and research community. TCS will also get one

of its senior Chennai-based executives to act as a mentor to the student during his days at IIT and

guide him in his choices of research and profession. The association between TCS and Chandra Sekar

also represents a new model for collaboration to develop R&D talent in the country. Chandra Sekar's

research interests in the areas of computer network security and cryptography are synergistic with

TCS' own R&D efforts in these areas. This will allow Chandra Sekar to work on exciting global projects

in this area, using the latest in technologies. Commenting on the initiative, Mr. S. Ramadorai, CEO &

Managing Director said, "Being a pioneer of the IT industry, TCS realize that talent needs support to

realize its true potential and as a company, we have always encouraged our young minds to seize

opportunities that the global arena offers." He added: "Chandra Sekar is a talented student focused on

technology and TCS' effort is to ensure that he has the best learning opportunities." Chandra Sekar

graduated out of an engineering college affiliated to Anna University, Chennai during 2006 to be

regarded as India's youngest engineering graduate. He is also regarded as the world's youngest

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CSR activities: Infosys Technologies Ltd

Infosys Foundation has worked to support the underprivileged in society and enrich their lives.

Promoted by Infosys Technologies Limited, the Foundation began its work in Karnataka, India,

gradually extending its activities to the states of Tamil Nadu, Andhra Pradesh, Maharashtra, Orissa and

Punjab. It has successfully implemented projects in four key focus areas:

Healthcare

Making high-quality healthcare the norm is an ongoing challenge. Since its inception, the Foundation

has initiated several activities that benefit the rural and urban poor. Apart from constructing hospital

wards, donating hi-tech equipment and organizing health camps, the Foundation also distributes

medicines to economically-weaker sections in remote areas.

The Foundation constructed the Infosys Super-specialty Hospital on the Sassoon Hospital premises in

Pune. This hospital caters to poor patients

It has spread its donations for medicines to aged and poor patients suffering from cancer, leprosy,

defects of the heart/kidney, mental illnesses and other major disorders. It helps this section meet

substantial medical expenses and assures them of a steady source of income for their treatment

The Foundation installed office management software at the KEM Hospital in Mumbai. This enables the

hospital to manage store requirements, keep accounts as well as publish hospital papers and other

information on the Web

Additional blocks have been built at the Swami Sivananda Centenary Charitable Hospital at

Tirunelveli in Tamil Nadu

Additional blocks have also been built at the Bangalore Diabetic Hospital

A dharmashala was constructed at the Kidwai Cancer Institute in Bangalore

The Foundation constructed a pediatric hospital at the Capitol Hospital in Bhubaneswar, which

caters to poor patients. A CT-scan machine was also donated to the hospital

Additional wards were built at the Swami Shivananda Memorial Charitable Hospital in

Pattumadai, Tamil Nadu

The annex to a cancer hospital in Kancheepuram, Tamil Nadu was added

A hospital was built for tribals at H.D. Kote, Mysore.

In Bellary, a hospital was constructed to treat patients with brain fever

The Foundation air-conditioned the burns ward of the Victoria Hospital, Bangalore

A high-energy linear accelerator unit was purchased for the treatment of cancer patients at the

Chennai Cancer Institute in Tamil Nadu

The Foundation has donated ambulances to medical centers and hospitals in Kanchipuram, Tamil

Nadu, Gadag, B.R. Hills and South Canara in Karnataka and Kalahandi, Chandrashekarpur and

Bhubaneswar in Orissa

It has also donated high-tech surgical equipment to hospitals located at Mysore, Bijapur, Bellary and

Hubli in Karnataka

Incubators, air conditioner units, neonatal resuscitation equipment and refrigerators have been given

to the Bowring Hospital, Bangalore, while ultrasound scanners have been donated to the Ramakrishna

Ashram, Coorg and the Bangalore Government Hospital

The Foundation has made donations to the Drug Foundation for Nuclear Medicine at the cancer

hospital in Miraj and the Kidwai Hospital in Bangalore

A leprosy camp was conducted, and relief work was carried out at the Leprosy Colony in Gulbarga

Social rehabilitation and rural upliftment

Whether it is organizing an annual mela that empowers destitute women or building orphanages that

give children a better life, the Foundation's activities address the needs of society's most neglected.

The Foundation has organized unique annual melas in different parts of the country, including

Bangalore and Sedam in Karnataka, and Chennai in Tamil Nadu, to distribute sewing machines to

destitute women and help them earn a livelihood. Prior to the mela, the Foundation even holds

tailoring classes and provides materials for the same at some centers. The Foundation has conducted

relief work after natural disasters. Apart from monetary contributions, it believes in assessing the real

needs of those affected and contributing accordingly. It has worked in the tsunami-affected areas of

Tamil Nadu and the Andaman Islands, earthquake-affected areas of Kutch, cyclone-devastated areas of

Orissa, tribal areas of Kalahandi in Orissa and drought-hit areas of Andhra Pradesh The Foundation

made a donation towards the mid-day meal program of the Akshaya Patra Foundation, Bangalore, for

poor children in North Karnataka. It established counseling centers to rehabilitate marginalized

devadasis in North Karnataka The Foundation has offered compensation to families whose bread-

winners have served in our Defence Forces and died fighting for the country. The Foundation worked

with the Red Cross Society to supply aid equipment to the physically challenged in rural areas and

economically weaker sections of Karnataka The Foundation offers monetary aid to the Divine Life

Society, which is based in the Himalayas. The Society helps senior citizens and destitutes, often

picking them up from the street and looking after them with the help of volunteers, some of whom are

foreign tourists in the region The Foundation improved a rehabilitation center in Chennai for mentally

retarded women The Foundation has improved the lives of children with leprosy and those living on the

streets, and in slums The Foundation has constructed: Hostel buildings for under-privileged students

at Ramakrishna Mission centers in Tamil Nadu, Orissa, Maharashtra and Andhra Pradesh Orphanages

in rural areas of these states, to provide shelter to children of local communities. A free girls' hostel at

Maharshi Karve Sthree Shikshana Samsthe, Hingne, Pune A girls' hostel for the blind in Banapur,

Orissa, Jagruthi Blind School in Pune, Sri Ramana Maharshi Academy for the Blind in Bangalore and Sri

Sharada Andhara Vikasa Kendra in Shimoga, Karnataka Relief shelters in several parts of Orissa The Sri

Ramakrishna Students' Home in Chennai, Tamil Nadu The Shakthidhama Destitute Center for Women

in Mysore, Karnataka A hall for people with physical disabilities in Belgaum, Karnataka

Learning and education

Basic education links the children, whether of the cities or villages, to all that is best and lasting in

India," said Mahatma Gandhi. At no time have his words been more prophetic, than now. In a world

where education has become the biggest differentiating factor, the Foundation offers an edge to

deprived and rural students, through its activities In what is one of the largest rural education

programs in the country, the foundation has donated 10,200 sets of books in Karnataka alone, and in

Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Orissa and Kerala, under its Library for Every Rural School project.

Through this program, the Foundation has set up more than 10,150 libraries in rural government

schools. A minimum of 200 books, depending on the strength of the school, is provided. Each set has

around 200 to 250 books. The cost of each set ranges between Rs. 2,000 and Rs. 3,000. Books on

various subjects, including science, history, mathematics, general knowledge, grammar, literature,

geography, vocational training and fiction have been donated to cater to the interests of students in all

age groups To simplify the standard of computer education for students in rural areas, a separate

book has been written and is being distributed under the library project. This book has also been

translated into Hindi, Tamil and Telugu In another innovative project that facilitates higher learning,

the Foundation has set up libraries in Hubli and Bangalore, that can be accessed by under-privileged

students. These well-equipped libraries have the latest books prescribed in hi-tech streams like

medicine and engineering. All a student has to do is pay a deposit of Rs 800 for unlimited use of the

library through his or her education To identify and help students in dire need, the Foundation works

with Prerna, an NGO in Raichur and Bangalore, and Vidya Poshak in Dharwad, to distribute

scholarships to poor students. With the help of these organizations, the Foundation reaches out to

deserving students across Karnataka The Foundation has also made donations towards the

reconstruction of old school buildings. For instance, 14 government schools in slum areas of

Hyderabad were reconstructed The Foundation has also renovated the Gandhinagar, Kottara St.

Peter's School and Kapikad Zilla Panchayat schools in Mangalore, Karnataka It also contributes towards

the construction of additional classrooms, school funds/corpus funds, school furniture, equipment and

so on, especially in backward areas The Foundation recently purchased an index Braille printer for the

Sharada Devi Andhara Vikasa Kendra in Shimoga, Karnataka The Foundation donated study material,

including science kits, to 20 schools in rural Karnataka Donations have also been made towards

computer centers in rural areas of Karnataka The Foundation works with various organizations in

Maharastra, Tamil Nadu and Orissa, to facilitate the education of slum children in in these states The

Foundation collaborated with the Center for Environment Education (CEE), Bangalore, for the

orientation of teachers specializing in science and the environment. The Center developed training

material on water. During the program, it linked the Science and Social Studies curriculum with the

environmental perspective. Around 15 camps were held in various parts of Karnataka over the last 3

years. Totally, around 1,000 teachers were trained It helps the Bangalore Association for Science

towards the development and maintenance of the planetarium in Bangalore, including funding of the

sky-theater program at the planetarium The Foundation constructed a science center at a rural school

in the Kolar District of Karnataka, a one-of-its-kind center in the entire district. It caters to the students

of the school, as well as schools in the neighboring villages It made a contribution to fund new self-

employment courses at post graduation and post matriculation levels at the Nrupathunga Educational

Institute in Hyderabad

Art and culture

Preserving our rich heritage and honoring our artisans are some of the ways the Infosys Foundation

contributes to this spaceThe Foundation has helped revive the art of the weavers of Pochampalli

village in Andhra PradeshIt helps organize cultural programs to promote artists in rural areas of

Karnataka and Andhra PradeshIt traces and honors artistes from different parts of India

Today, the scope of the foundation's activities has widened to identifying under-privileged artists from

different walks of like, be it writers, painters, poets or musicians, who don't have access to contacts or

help. It assists them on a "need" basis, offering financial assistance, promoting their art, or helping

them receive much-deserved recognition

It organizes programs like puppet shows and other cultural events to encourage artistes and

performers in rural areas of Karnataka and Andhra Pradesh, and offers them financial assistance to

carry forward their art

In Karnataka, the Gamaka form of music was fast disappearing. A few years ago, The Foundation

coordinated a project to donate more than 200 sets - comprising a Gamaka cassette and record player

- to 100 rural schools in Karnataka, to bring the dying art form back to lifeIt has sponsored art

exhibitions and performing arts programs in Dharwad and Bangalore in Karnataka

Awards for the Foundation

'Computer World Award - 2001' - International Level

'The Economic Times Corporate Citizenship Award,' on behalf of the Infosys Foundation, for

outstanding philanthropic work - National Level


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Sharing wider responsibility

At BPCL we believe that it’s equally important to return back to society. Which is why, we believe some

of our finest achievements aren’t those found in our balance sheets but those, in small towns and

villages spread across India. Our involvement in sharing this wider responsibility dates way back to

1984, when in pursuance with our philosophy “to give back to the society/community our best”, we

aimed to help the people enrich their lives, be it our employees or their families also extending the

scope of definition of families to those that we saw beyond our glass cabins in these rustic

surroundings, and thus started our romance. Today, we term them as our extended family i.e. our

villagers from rural areas.

India, has a social contrast, while one strata of the society comprising of approximately 30% live in the

cities, a great percentage of nearly double -700 million Indians reside in villages, which we term as

rural India. Now rural India too has its own disparity, some are what we call the islands of prosperity

and the rest that have the other extremes, riddled by droughts and some difficult conditions of

weather and climate and sometimes these villages are so remote and far flung from cities that many a

times makes others go past unnoticed

BPCL initially started working in Mahul, the village located in our neighborhood of its Mumbai refinery

since 1986, for the sole reason of their upliftment. The habitants of Mahul, essentially from the fishing

community, were rich because they possessed marine wealth but as far as education, health, etc was

concerned, they needed help. BPCL volunteered and the initial success brought such gratification that

immediately it adopted another village (this time an interior one) called Karjat, developments with

selfless intentions helped introspect about the future role BPCL should adopt in its aim to contribute to

this effort, then there after there was no looking back

As a corporate responsibility, today 37 villages across India have been adopted. This includes making

substantial investments for nearly a decade and a half in them to make them fully self reliant,

providing them fresh drinking water, sanitation facilities, medical facilities, enhancing their income

standards by imparting vocational training and agricultural innovations. However, BPCL also firmly

believes that the only vehicle for raising the villagers from their present state is by educating both the

young and the old, a focus on providing grants for opening schools and opening adult literacy camps

as well.

A Herculean task indeed, which BPCL recognized and thus even sought assistance from NGO’s working

around these centers in fulfilling its dream, which to many of BPCL employee’s still remains incomplete,

on account of the large magnitude of work necessary in completion

Name of the village Activity NGO/BPCL

Bhogalpura (U.P.)

Community centre , vocational guidance

and non formal education / sensitization,

Hand pumps (No. 3), sanitation blocks and

appointment of NGO for running the

activities have been carried out.

G.P.T. T.M. - ( R ) Agra

Babukheda (U.P.) Provided Medical van cum mobile

education van. Extension of community

centre to accommodate school upto 5th

G.P.T. T.M. Lucknow

std. / distribution of uniforms and books to

the children. Conducted medical camps,

Mid-day meal scheme . Approach road,

bore well provided

Basantgarh (U.P.)

Population-740 approx SC

Population

Community centre , compound wall for

existing school, provided furniture to school

, educational support (distribution of

uniforms and study material), medical

camp, cattle camp and eye camp have

been carried out

Faridabad

Chawri (U.P.) Non Formal School Up To 2nd Std.,

Uniforms & Mid-Day Meal Scheme ,

Dispensary Provided

G.P.T.

Srinivasapura

/ Munneshwara karnataka

Operating Mid-day meal scheme to 75

children ,bore well , school building,

educational support , vocational training -

agro based, Health centre

V.G.K.K. Vivekananda

Girjana Kalyan kendra

(Ramkrihan Mission )

Dr.Sudarshan

Jyotinagar Karnataka Repair and maintenance of school building ,

open well , sanitation blocks carried out

and development activities will be revised

Desur ( T.M. - R )

Ramthenga Orissa Educational support, Medical camp, sewing

machines , Intensification of fishing ponds

& Improvement of Infrastructure during

2004 / 2005 onwards

Bhuvaneshwar T.M. LPG RAC

- agreement up to

30/04/2005

Brindabanpur

/ Farikkadanga W.B.

Provided bore well, conducted medical

camps and cattle camps.

Not to be progressed

Jahajpur W.B. Road, Bus shelter, Tank for fishing, Medical

centre, Vocational training, through

R.K.Mission

Kalyan(kalyan krishi vigyan

kendra )

Uttar Goalpara W.B. Solar street lighting through Tata BP solar

& Medical facility through ST. Jones

Ambulance established . Balance

activities like sanitation, tree plantation

and horticulture will be taken up in due

course of time.

Mankara W.B. Road primary school, Hostel (extn.,)

Workshed for training women

Sevavrata

Kadambankulam Tamilnadu Community centre, bore well and sanitation

block established, repair and maintenance,

Community Action For Rural

Devlopment (CARD)

vocational training, non-formal education

and medical facilities. Low cost housing

(19 No.s)

Kuruchi Tamilnadu Community Hall with Medical centre,

Community Kitchen, Library, Toilet Block &

Veterinary Centre

Gramiya Social Welfare

Society DGM (HRS) South

R.. Ravi kumar

Kizhmaruthur Tamilnadu Creche facility provided Gramiya Social Welfare


Pulianthurainallur

Tamilnadu

Integrated sanitary facility provided Gramiya Social Welfare


Nangal Govind Rajasthan Community Centre, Hand Pumps,

Educational Support, Medical Camp

G.P.T. Jaipur - T.M. LPG

Neelgarh M.P.

Pedawada /Manjripal

Chattisgarh

Laakarkhawar Jharkhand Provided community centre, tube well,

Educational support, Boat (1), Big nets (2),

one goat to each family, lanterns &

Blankets .

Not to be progressed

Mungadih/ Jardih Dimra /

Obar Jharkhand

Community centres ( 3 ) , low cost latrines

(10 ) recharge tank ( 3 ) , Bio - gas plant

( 10 ) non formal education, Bee-keeping

(training and inputs ) mushroom production

( Training and inputs ) small animal rearing

( training and inputs ) Villagers have

become self-sustaining , per capita income

has gone up between 30,000 to 50,000 per

annum.

Kalyan (Kalyan Krishi Vikas

Kendra & Sevavrata &

Divyayan ) These NGOs are

part of Ramkrishna Mission

Lokasiksha Parishad & the

agricultural training centre

at Narendrapur (W.B.)

Kasabkhede/Pohey

Maharashtra

Community centre repaired and

established. Medical facility, cattle camp,

non - formal education, solar lighting and

open well will be provided

Saffi T.M. (R ) Manmad

Bhaktachiwadi

MogreJ/Mahul/ Tembre

/Washala Maharashtra

Community centre, vocational training,

medical camp, fertilizers, smokeless

chullahas etc. are provided.

Refinery villages

Kaparada Gujarat Surat T.M. ( R )

Kharabairaja Gujarat Drinking water, Community centre, sewing

machines, medical facilities are provided

Jamnagar / Rajkot T.M. (R )

through Red Cross .

G.konduru Andhra Pradesh We have developed hostel to house 64 Nos.

SC/ST students. Under the guidance from

collector and additional dist. magistrate.

Provided 8 living rooms with amenities and

facilities of toilets and bathrooms, dining

room, kitchen etc. Also provided lockers,

fans and electrical fixtures for providing

conducive atmosphere for studies.

Vijaywada T.M. Retail

Pinapaka Andhra Pradesh Construction of the school building,

Provided desk / benches sets - 30 Electrical

wiring, fans / lights provided

Listed below is a case study on our village adoption at Karjat

Arming Them Towards Self Sufficiency

The rationale behind selecting Karjat for community development initiatives was that the company

wanted to work for vulnerable groups.. The Karjat endeavour began with construction of a community

hall, which was like a meeting place for villagers and way of reaching out to village women. Later

many programs like medical assistance, grain bank, marketing artifacts, conducting certified

vocational training courses, etc were carried out. From last 10 years farmers in 21 villages of karjat are

helped through our interventions. There are eight villages, which are covered through BPCL’s projects

in and around Washala. Washala is situated in Shahpur taluka in Thane district. It is made up of tribal

population. The various on-going activities are:

Farm facts:

For agricultural upliftment, we arrange training through Pune Agricultural University, distribute seeds

and fertilizers every year. There are lectures arranged on technical guidance, use of less water for

farming, teaching newer methods of agriculture, etc. They also educate the farmers about fish farming

and provide them all necessary information. Guidance is also given as regards buying of seeds. The

methods of multiple cropping are taught. Every year farmers are given free fertilizers. Bamboo

cultivation is also promoted. 5000 Bamboo saplings are planted every year, by giving it to villagers

who will take care of it. Along with it, even mango, chikku and guava saplings are provided.

Cattle care:

At Karjat, We conduct exhibitions of cattle of various breeds, training sessions are arranged for

improving the health of available cattle, there is vaccine program conducted on regular basis for all

pet animals. Competitions are also held among cattle and prizes are given to the best cattle. Once a

year there is a camp organized in which doctors from veterinary inspect all the cattle.

Education:

For motivating intelligent students coaching is provided to students. Balwadis is available for small

children as pre-school intervention.. Tree plantation programs are held at Adivasi ashram schools.

Health:

A dispensary with a doctor is available and regular health camps are conducted. General health camps

are organized twice a year. To cater to the needs of all villagers, may it be men, women, senior

citizens, children and so on. To ensure proper eyesight, eye camps are conducted periodically. their

sight back through this endeavor. There are camps held for pregnant women regarding guidance in

pregnancy, stress on nutrition, etc.

Grain Bank:

In the villages of Karjat, Institute Of Rural Farmers were dependent on moneylenders for money as well

as seeds and grains and thus in turn fell in the debt trap. The moneylenders would harass them and

exploit them. For e.g. for every one quintal of grain borrowed, the farmer would have to return it three

quintals. To avoid such exploitation, IRCED came out with the grain bank scheme. The concept of grain

bank was to make grains easily accessible to the farmers and to keep them away from the clutches of

the moneylenders. Grains are made available to the farmers without any advance and they also do not

have to return anything extra than what they had taken. Through BPCL, there is also a small room

allocated for the purpose of maintaining the grain bank in every village so that the grains do not get

spoilt.

Community centre:

We have provided a multipurpose Samaj Mandir at Pinglas Karjat for the Villagers to have a meeting

point. There is a community centre which encompasses classes for villagers on tailoring, mehendi,

beautician course, bamboo article making, multi-skill training, etc. Cane Weaving and Bamboo making

classes are conducted regularly. Tailoring is helping the girls in income generation. Later there is also

an exhibition held in Mumbai for sale of the bamboo articles made in these villages.

Rain water harvesting:

To make available water in case of scarcity, there was a need felt to start a project on rain water

harvesting. The work has just begun. As this is a hilly area the problem of ground water and land water

still remains. For provision of water, tube wells and small dams are made for the villagers.

Infrastructure development:

We have constructed shed for schools. For e.g. repairing the fans, replacing broken furniture, etc jetty

for fishermen so that they can rest in the night when they are not fishing. We have also constructed a

public toilet. We are vigilant in keeping the surroundings clean. Timely garbage disposal is also taken

care of. Tree plantation programs are carried out on a regular basis. .

Every village: Sakhi Shejarni

A group of women came together in Karjat who felt the need of being together and saving some

amount of money. They started meeting regularly and since then they collect savings and deposit in

the bank This is a scheme whereby every village will have one woman leader. This leader is trained in

such a way that she is able to manage the whole group of other women, take training sessions for

them, conducts awareness programs and also provides counseling help. Such women leaders are

termed as SAKHI, which means a friend in Marathi.

Thus the groups serve a double purpose, that of starting a small-scale business and that of learning

through various sessions. These meetings help them to improve their quality of life.

Counselling

Initially counseling began in BPCL to overcome the different problems of employees at work. But now,

we have come closer to their lives. Thus now counseling does not only aim at solving disputes at work

but involves a whole gamut of issues ranging from employee’s overall development to the

development of their families. Thus there is a shift from what used to exist earlier as our orientation is

towards prevention. Over the time, recoveries and success stories started flowing in resulting in values

of counseling being upheld as an important contribution for employee’s well being. Thus at the refinery

counseling is seen as a mission which aims at making people live lives fruitfully. The help received

through counseling is what is valued by most of our employees. As a continuation to individual help,

We feel proud to say that we are one of very few companies who regularly visit employees at their

plant. This helps us to understand employees better and plan intervention. Accordingly. Plant talks

have made a positive effect in the minds of the employees as they get an idea that the company is

really interested in their issues

Addiction-The Slow Poison

Alcohol and drug use is extremely common in today’s world. In spite of the awareness of the ill effects

of these substances, people continue to get addicted to it. The abuse and addictions result in

malfunctioning of an individual in major spheres of life. Addictions lead to poor work performances,

disrupted relationships and adjustment problems. The rising awareness about employee welfare and

raising the quality of work, various companies’ today make efforts to reduce addictions.

We have been one of the first companies to engage in continuous endeavours to help our addicted

employees to overcome their problems. We have successfully partnered with Kripa Foundations De-

addiction Center for sustainable efforts in this direction. Kripa foundation is one of the largest Non-

Governmental organization in India helping people suffering from Chemical Dependency and HIV

Infection. Kripa offers a non-discriminating, supportive community living, helping people to introspect

and bring about change in lifestyle.

Our Success- Strength Of Sobriety

Although difficult to believe, the success ratio is 60% at the refinery level, whereas the addiction

improvement rate worldwide is 45.50%. Through counseling employees who recovered from alcohol

addiction and the other personal problems became our biggest strength for extending our chain of

human help. These peer educators are very efficient at work and they they aid our CSR activity by

being of help to the other addict employees and the community too.

The Pune Centre

A de-addiction center has been set up at Pune for both men and women addicts for all over

Maharashtra. The Kripa Foundation runs it. We are supporting them and helping them in their efforts

Family Wellbeing

Through all the Employee assistance programs, prominence is given to family as a system. It is a

known fact that family is one of the most closely knit system which needs to be enriched to cope with

the stresses and strain of life. Thus when an employee comes with a problem, joint counseling sessions

are also conducted including his family members to ensure resolving of problems amicably.

Grooming Children As Caretakers Of Next Generation

Children are tomorrow’s future, and when it comes to our own employee’s children, We ensure their

development through various activities like Career guidance, aptitude tests, etc

Parenting

During training or workshops, one of the main topics covered is parenting. This is important because in

today’s competitive world it is very difficult to manage both work and house Thus to ensure care of

children, parenting sessions are conducted about emotional problems and problems encountered by

children at different stages, puberty issues, etc.

Women Empowerment

In women lie nature’s best qualities of motherhood, compassion, humanity and love. Because they

have been blessed with the capacity for giving and nurturing life, women also have the capacity for a

deep commitment for preserving and nourishing not only their own offspring, but of the entire planet

as well. BPCL is also blessed with efficient women staff who are enthusiastic and who come forward to

help others. Women power in the true sense is seen when women meet regularly and discuss on

varied issues and the stands they take. LIKE WOMAN IS WOMAN’S BEST FRIEND. It is normally said that

a woman is a woman’s worst enemy. But at the refinery, the bond within the women is exceptionally

charged with making a difference to their personal as well as work life.

Safety Ambassdors

This is a new activity being started at the refinery. Some of women employees are made safety

ambassadors to ensure safety in the plant. These women would co-ordinate with the safety observers

at the plant level and ensure that their co-employees take adequate safety measures. It is process to

help the employees help themselves for their own safety and that of the other.

HIV/ AIDS Care And Prevention

AIDS is a major concern worldwide. It is forth killer of human beings. It has spread far and wide across

nations, caste, creed, sea and racial boundaries. The UN AIDS estimates 5.3 million sero positive

people housed in India alone in 2004. The growing number of sero positive people in the productive

age group affects the economy in the long run.. BPCL too encountered presence of sero positive

employees. However the comprehensive health policy of the company protects the employees and

their family. Considering the significance of interventions in this area, the Social Welfare dept. initiated

plant talks on ‘Family Life Education’ and ‘Health and Well being’. Various awareness programs were

conducted in the refinery on HIV/AIDS.

Avert Society, a triplicate body of USAID, NACO and Government of Maharashtra, noticed the efforts of

BPCL. The Avert Society invited BPCL for long-term partnership for an AIDS Intervention Project in the

refinery, and the adjacent community. The project identifies three major areas of intervention, viz.

workplace intervention (including around 30000 workers), Mahul and 25 villages from Karjat. The

activities under this project include one to one intervention at village level, counseling at workplace,

behaviour change communication, street plays and folk media to spread awareness about the same.

'Generation Next'

BPCL is passionate about the ‘Generation Next’, and thus also supports various education initiatives at

all levels. This involves granting aid to schools, acknowledging and rewarding meritorious students and

an initiative called BPCL scholars.

BPCL scholars are a group of approximately 100 Indian students, who yearly, seek full study-assistance

from BPCL in doing their post graduation, both in India and abroad. We support these students, the

future of tomorrow, the fuel of tomorrow’s growth, with all humility and passion. Take a trip through

our ambitions section to know more about the BPCL Scholars

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Sales (2007-2008) = Rs.1, 12,000 crores (rounded off)

Net profit after tax = Rs.700 (rounded off)

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CSR activities:

A government of India enterprise

Recent Initiatives

HPCL maintains high standards of safety, health and environmental care at all its operating locations,

always ensuring that increasing scales of operation have no negative impact on the standards of

safety, health and environment and without losing sight of its long term goal of zero occupational

injuries, operational incidents and environmental releases.

Environment

HPCL is committed to conducting business with a strong focus on preserving the environment,

sustainable development, safe work place and enrichment of the quality of life of employees,

customers and the community. Established systems and procedures are constantly revised for

continual improvement to achieve the higher standards of safety, occupational health and

environment protection.

HPCL has well equipped health care facilities / arrangements at all major locations.

Occupational Health is focus area for HPCL and all issues pertaining to occupational health are

addressed comprehensively

HPCL has made significant improvements in its safety performance over the years. The safety

management systems of both the refineries are being audited continually by M/s. DNV, in line

with their international safety rating system (ISRS). Mumbai Refinery & Visakh Refinery has

already been upgraded from level 6 to level 8.

Emissions of pollutants in the refineries like SO2 have been drastically reduced from 60 TPD in

1984 to less than 25 TPD now, in spite of capacity increase from 4.5 MMTPA to 13 MMTPA and

addition of various secondary processing and lube producing facilities.

HPCL had pioneered Eco-friendly technologies such as changeover from Phenol to NMP solvent

in three lube extraction units and changeover from Oleum to NMP in the Hexane Treating

Plant, which were widely appreciated.

Diesel Desulphurisation facilities are fully operational in both the Refineries to reduce the

sulphur in diesel from 1.0% to less than 0.05 %, to conform to BIS 2000/Euro II norms.

HPCL has undertaken projects worth about Rs. 2750 Crore for its “green fuels” project in its

Refineries for de-bottlenecking and process up gradation for the production of Euro III diesel

and petrol, to be in line with the national policy to implement Euro III and Euro IV norms for

fuel quality. These Projects are in an advanced stage of completion.

Both refineries have taken initiatives for treating the crude tank sludge, in environmental

friendly manner using in situ BALCO Technology of M/s Balmer and Lawrie & Co. Ltd

Over 75% of the petroleum products from the Refineries are being evacuated through

pipelines. Dependence on road transport for evacuation of products has been reduced

drastically, resulting in considerable reduction in auto emissions to atmosphere.

In line with the hazardous Waste Management rules, different hazardous waste like spent

catalysts, oily silt, non oily insulations etc. are being disposed off to Treatment, Storage &

Disposal Facilities approved by Pollution Control Board In order to comply with the future

proposed liquid effluent norms, replacement of existing ETP-I & ETP-II with new integrated ETP

by adopting Cyclic activated Sludge treatment followed by Membrane Bio-Reactor and TTP has

been approved and work placement is in progress at Mumbai Refinery.

Ambient Air quality is being monitored round the clock and maintained as per National

Ambient Air Quality Standard.

On line Monitoring of pollutants like CO, NOx, HC, SO2, SPM from all the stacks are being

carried out.

The Environment Management System of both the Refineries, have been re- audited and

awarded accreditation under ISO-14001 revised standards.

All the 44 LPG Plants are certified with ISO 9001:2000, 38 plants with ISO 14001 and 21 plants

are OHSAS: 18001 certified.

68 POL locations (as of 2008) are certified with ISO 9001, 32 locations with ISO 14001 and 12

locations with ISRS and 3 locations with OHSAS 18001.

Extensive green coverage has been provided in and around the refineries, marketing installations and

housing colonies.

Community

The Corporation spent a sum of Rs. 6.60 crores in 2007-08 in this segment. It included Rs.5.70

crores spent in Special Component Plan including schemes to provide benefit to weaker

sections of the Society.

A sum of Rs.84 Lakhs was spent on other CSR activities like AIDs Awareness Campaign, Rural

Education, Computer Training, Trade/Skills Training to Weaker Sections, support to Rural

Schools etc. Such activities were undertaken in co-ordination with NGOs and reputed

institutions like CII etc.

Global Compact

HPCL is also a Member of the Global Compact Society of India which is the India Unit of the United

Nation Global Compact, the largest voluntary corporate initiative in the World. It offers a unique

platform to engage companies in responsible business behaviour through the principles of Human

Rights, Labour Standards, Environment norms and Ethical practices. All these area receives constant

attention of the top Management to ensure continuous compliance.

Public Awareness Activities:

As a part of public awareness campaign, the following environmental awareness activities were carried

out:

Mumbai Refinery (MR) has observed the ‘INTERNATIONAL EARTH DAY’ on 22nd April 2007.

Banners with ‘environment protection messages’ were displayed at all prominent locations

within the Refinery premises for awareness of employees.

MR had organized various activities on ‘WORLD ENVIRONMENT DAY - 2007’ by conducting a

“Tree Plantation” program by senior Management, conducting Quiz & Slogan Contests (in

English, Hindi & Marathi) for Refinery employees, Drawing competitions & distribution of

Environmental message embossed T-shirts for HP Nagar East & West Colony children,

organised a film show titled “Our Birds’’ for HP Nagar East children, organised two special

lectures by MPCB Officials for Refinery Employees and organized distribution of Waste Bins (10

nos. 25 litres size and one 240 litres size bins per school) to 5 schools of Chembur.

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CSR activities:

As a responsible corporate citizen, IndianOil undertakes a number of social welfare and community

development programmes throughout the country.

IndianOil units identify deserving causes in their vicinity for allocation of

funds from their Community Development budget. The local gram panchayats, district administration,

NGOs and social workers are involved wherever necessary.

The Corporation also directly executes projects, if required. Fund utilisation is

closely monitored to ensure that the benefits of the programmes flow directly to the identified target

groupThe budget allocation for IndianOil's social responsibility programmes for a typical year is

depicted below:

url : http://www.iocl.com/downloads/Community%20Development%20Programme.pdf

IndianOil has been pioneering initiatives to provide succour to parched throats. To cite an example,

IndianOil contributed Rs. 5 crore to the Satya Sai Central Trust for undertaking a

massive drinking water project in Chennai.Similarly, IndianOil has undertaken

projects to create physical assets for the benefit of communities in the villages of Koyali and Karachiya

in Gujarat, New Baholi in Haryana, etc.

In an effort to promote and improve the health of communities in the vicinity of itsareas of operation,

IndianOil runs child and maternity health centres. These activities are conducted with the active

involvement of the local communities.

IndianOil's 9,000 km cross-country crude oil and petroleum product pipelines traverse through many

remote and underdeveloped villages where the Corporation partners the villagers by extending

http://www.iocl.com/downloads/Community%20Development%20Programme.pdf

support in the areas of education, health and sanitation and sensitising them about the need for safety

and security of the pipelines.

Physical assets like medical equipment and ambulances are provided to hospitals and medical

research centres for the benefit of the common man. For instance, IndianOil donated Rs. 50 lakh in

2003 for setting up a state-of-the art Refractive

Surgery Centre at Sankara Nethralaya, a reputed eye hospital & research centre

at Chennai. Prior to this, in 1997, IndianOil donated Rs. 24 lakh to Sankara Nethralaya for installing the

fourth generation Excimer Laser for corneal refractive surgery, to ensure greater precision and safety

in the procedure. The Corporation contributed Rs. 2 crore to Bhagawan Mahaveer Vikalang Sahayata

Samiti, Jaipur, which provides artificial limbs, tricycles, wheel chairs, crutches and other appliances to

IndianOil has adopted a Harijan basti named Shob Mathai with a population of 1,000 near Allahabad

inUttar Pradesh and has undertaken various schemes such as construction of approach road,

community centre, primary school building and provision of street lights there. Similarly,drinking

water facility was provided to Saharanwas High School in Rewari. Teaching aids, furniture,

musical instruments and sports goods were donated to schools at village Sinad of

Banaskanatha District and at villages Masa and Gulvana of Patan District in Gujarat.handicapped

persons free of cost.

The Cancer Research Institute at Chennai received a contribution of Rs. 50 lakh for

setting up a micro array system in the Department of Molecular Oncology. During recent

natural calamities like the Tsunami that hit the southern coast of the country, the cyclone in Orissa and

the devastating earthquakes in Gujarat,Uttaranchal and Jammu & Kashmir, IndianOilPeople stood up to

the challenge to provide succour and shelter to the victims. IndianOil generously contributed to the

relief funds besides undertaking relief activities through organisations like Sri Ramakrishna Mission.

Vocational training for women

Scholarships :

offers 450 scholarships every year to bright students selected on 'meritcum-

means' basis.Of these, 250 scholarships are for 10+/ITI students on a zonal basis, at Rs. 1000 per

month for two years. Hundred scholarships are for engineering students and 40 for medical students at

Rs. 2000 per month for four years. Sixty students of post-graduation in Business Management are

entitled to a scholarship of Rs. 2000 per month for a period of two years. The scheme gives special

encouragement to girl students, physically challenged students and students from Jammu & Kashmir

and the Northeastern States.

Indian oil sports scholarships

Sports scholarships are offered to upcoming players in the age group of 15-18 years and

potential/talented players below 15 years but above 14 years. In team games, it is given to Statelevel

players and in individual sports based on national ranking in the

respective category. The duration of the sports scholarships is of three years subject

to performance review every year.

Indian oil foundation :

The genesis of IOF lies in IndianOil's Mission statement, to ''...preserve ecological

balance and heritage....'' Exclusively funded by IndianOil with an initial corpus

of Rs. 25 crore and an annual contribution of Rs.10 crore, IOF will adopt at least one

heritage site in every State and Union Territory.

IOF, in partnership with ASI and NCF, will develop world-class facilities and conveniences for the

visitors, besides providing refuelling facilities at select monuments.Monuments identified in the first

phase include Konark Sun Temple in Orissa, Khajuraho Temple in Madhya Pradesh, Kanheri Caves in

Maharashtra, Hampi Complex in Karnataka, and Warangal Fort in Andhra Pradesh. IOF has also

unveiled the ''Swatantrya Jyot'' at the

Cellular Jail National Memorial, Port Blair, as a tribute to our freedom fighters.


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CSR activities:

ITC's diversified business portfolio has enabled the Company to create and nurture numerous farmer

partnerships in many value chains. These cover multiple crops and geographies. Leveraging these

partnerships, ITC has created a number of unique community development programmes by

synergising its social sector initiatives with its business plans.

ITC believes that the inter-dependence between its agri-based businesses and the farm sector

constitutes a sustainable platform to enlarge its contribution to the Indian rural sector.

The core principles that drive these initiatives are:

·Customise the development model to address the diversity of rural India.

·Enable even marginal farmers to access knowledge to compete on an equal footing in the market

place.

·Empower rural communities, so that development planning and implementation are participatory.

ITC's rural development initiatives embrace several critical areas:

·Web-enablement of the Indian farmer to help him access relevant knowledge and services to enhance

farm productivity

Through the e-Choupal initiative, ITC aims to confer the power of expert knowledge on even the

smallest individual farmer. Thus enhancing his competitiveness in the global market.

The immense potential of Indian agriculture is waiting to be unleashed. The endemic constraints that

shackle this sector are well known - fragmented farms, weak infrastructure, numerous intermediaries,

excessive dependence on the monsoon, variations between different agro-climatic zones, among many

others. These pose their own challenges to improving productivity of land and quality of crops. The

unfortunate result is inconsistent quality and uncompetitive prices, making it difficult for the farmer to

sell his produce in the world market. ITC's trail-blazing answer to these problems is the e-Choupal

initiative; the single-largest information technology-based intervention by a corporate entity in rural

India. Transforming the Indian farmer into a progressive knowledge-seeking netizen. Enriching the

farmer with knowledge; elevating him to a new order of empowerment.

e-Choupal delivers real-time information and customised knowledge to improve the farmer's decision-

making ability, thereby better aligning farm output to market demands; securing better quality,

productivity and improved price discovery. The model helps aggregate demand in the nature of a

virtual producers' co-operative, in the process facilitating access to higher quality farm inputs at lower

costs for the farmer. The e-Choupal initiative also creates a direct marketing channel, eliminating

wasteful intermediation and multiple handling, thus reducing transaction costs and making logistics

efficient. The e-Choupal project is already benefiting over 3.5 million farmers. Over the next decade,

the e-Choupal network will cover over 100,000 villages, representing 1/6th of rural India, and create

more than 10 million e-farmers.

A digital transformation

ITC began the silent e-volution of rural India with soya growers in the villages of Madhya Pradesh. For

the first time, the stereotype image of the farmer on his bullock cart made way for the e-farmer,

browsing the e-Choupal website. Farmers now log on to the site through Internet kiosks in their

villages to order high quality agri-inputs, get information on best farming practices, prevailing market

prices for their crops at home and abroad and the weather forecast - all in the local language. In the

very first full season of e-Choupal operations in Madhya Pradesh, soya farmers sold nearly 50,000 tons

of their produce through the e-Choupal Internet platform, which has more than doubled since then.

The result marks the beginning of a transparent and cost-effective marketing channel. Bringing

prosperity to the farmers' doorstep.

Linking farmers to remunerative markets

Farmers grow wheat across several agro-climatic zones, producing grains of varying grades. Though

these grades had the potential to meet diverse consumer preferences, the benefit never trickled down

to the farmers, because all varieties were aggregated as one average quality in the mandis. Enter ITC's

e-Choupal intervention. The e-Choupal site is now helping the farmers discover the best price for their

quality at the village itself. The site also provides farmers with specialised knowledge for customising

their produce to the right consumer segments. The new storage and handling system preserves the

identity of different varieties right through the 'farm-gate to dinner-plate' supply chain. Encouraging

the farmers to raise their quality standards and attract higher prices.

Managing risks through technology

The whats and ifs in the aqua farmers' life posed daunting odds. They were haunted by the nightmare

of contaminated soil, wrong levels of salinity in the water or the killer White Spot virus, any of which

could wipe out an entire shrimp crop, until the e-Choupal site provided them the support and the

know-how to cope with and manage such risks. Information equips farmers with comprehensive know-

how to keep abreast of food safety norms to compete in the international market. Information includes

parameters for antibiotic usage, hygienic washing, sanitised dressing and air-tight packing. All these

factors help to neutralise the risks involved in aqua farming. Making it economically much more

attractive, benefiting hundreds of aqua farmers.

A dependable knowledge partner

Coffee planters in India have for years been tossed between the highs and lows of the international

coffee market. The information needed to manage risks in the volatile global coffee market, price

updates and prevalent trends in coffee trading were just not available to them. Launch of e-

Choupal.com has equipped India's coffee planters with appropriate knowledge base and risk

management tools. The site arms them with the latest prices posted on commodity exchanges like

CSCE in New York and LIFFE in London. Planters have access to technical analysis by experts to help

them comprehend trends, trading ranges and chart patterns in simple language. 'Parity Chart' and the

'Calculator' on the site convert the coffee prices quoted in international auctions into raw coffee

equivalent for the benefit of the small growers in India. Tradersnet, a special link on the site, brings

together a large number of coffee planters, traders and roasters, creating a virtual market for

transparent price discovery. ITC empowers Indian coffee growers with expert knowledge in logistics

and risk management, thereby enabling them to face global competition.

" A quiet digital revolution is reshaping the lives of farmers in remote Indian villages.

In these villages, farmers grow soyabeans, wheat and coffee in small plots of land, as they have for

thousands of years. A typical village has no reliable electricity and has antiquated telephone lines. The

farmers are largely illiterate and have never seen a computer. But farmers in these villages are

conducting e-business through an initiative called e-Choupal, created by ITC, one of India's largest

consumer product and agribusiness companies."

Mohanbir Sawhney, McCormick Tribune Professor of Technology, Kellogg School of Management, USA.

Primary education for the rural poor to enhance employability - ITC provides poor children the

greatest asset that they can aspire to: education for a brighter future.Nobel Laureate Amartya Sen has

pointed out that the opportunities promised by market-based reforms are critically circumscribed in a

nation where large numbers cannot read or write or count.ITC's education support programmes are

aimed at overcoming the lack of opportunities available to the poor. ITC believes that the extensive

network of government-supported schools must be made more attractive to children. It provides

critical support to state-run schools to maximise enrolment and minimise dropouts.Its initiatives

include improving school buildings, constructing toilets, providing electricity connections and supplying

fans and lights. ITC provides students with uniforms, satchels and books. So far, 50,260 children have

benefited in 7 states. ITC has financed the establishment of Supplementary Learning Centres to help

poor students cope with their lessons and improve their scholastic abilities, thereby preventing

dropouts. This scheme also benefits educated local youth who serve as tutors at these centres. ITC-

sponsored NGOs also conduct teacher training programmes to raise the standard of teaching in

government-run primary schools. ITC helps NGOs to organise summer camps, sports and other extra-

curricular activities as part of the overall development inputs for children.

·Social and farm forestry to generate farm incomes in tribal hinterlands while restoring ecological

balance.

ITC's afforestation mission goes beyond regenerating wastelands and forests. It enhances farm

incomes and generates sustainable employment.

ITC's afforestation project is driven by the realisation that India's poor forest cover - a meagre 11% of

the geographical area of the country against a desirable 33% - has serious implications for the rural

poor. Forests and common property resources constitute as much as 20% or more of the total income

source of such households. ITC has effectively leveraged its need for wood fibre to provide significant

opportunities to economically backward wasteland owners. The main plank of ITC's forestry projects is

the building of grassroots capacities to initiate a virtuous cycle of sustainable development. In a single

year- 2005-06, ITC's afforestation programme has resulted in the planting of 49 million saplings. So far,

265 million saplings have been planted in nearly 65,000 hectares, generating employment

opportunities for 6,00,000 people. During the next 10 years, 600 million saplings will be planted over

100,000 hectares of private wastelands, benefiting 1.2 million people.ITC, working with select NGOs,

identifies poor tribals with wastelands and organises them into self-supporting forest user groups. The

user group leaders are trained by ITC to follow best silvicultural practices to grow high quality timber

as a viable cash crop, and other local species that meet domestic, fodder, fuel and nutrition

requirements. ITC provides a comprehensive package of support and extension services to farmers -

loans, land development, planting of saplings, plantation maintenance, marketing and funds

management. Helping the farmer produce a quality that attracts the best price. After the first harvest,

the farmer returns the loan to his forest resource user group, in the process, creating a village

development fund large enough to sponsor aspiring timber growers. Or meet other village

development needs. Making sustainability a reality.

ITC also makes available high-yielding, disease-resistant clonal planting stock developed through

biotechnology-based research at its Bhadrachalam unit. The commercial viability of these clones is

evident from the fact that farmers have brought nearly 41,000 hectares under such plantations.

Another 8,000 hectares have been planted by the forest departments of Andhra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu,

Karnataka, Maharashtra and West Bengal. At the heart of this comprehensive greening project is ITC's

state-of-art research centre, consistently striving for productivity improvement of several tree species

in order to give attractive land-use alternatives to traditional farmers and wasteland owners. So far

107 high-yielding, fast-growing and disease-resistant 'Bhadrachalam' clones have been produced on a

commercial scale with productivity that is 6-9 times that of the normal seedlings. Included in these are

23 site-specific clones adapted to problematic alkaline and saline soils. In the pipeline are research

projects on casuarina, subabul, rain-fed bamboo and sustainable agro-forestry models.

These strategic initiatives will, on one hand, make procurement of industrial timber exclusively from

sustainable sources a reality within 10 years and on the other hand, benefit 1.2 million people through

incremental employment. Additionally, it helps forest conservation by reducing pressure on public

forests. Apart from the obvious benefits of increasing the forest cover, this effort also directly

contributes to in-situ moisture conservation, groundwater recharge and significant reduction in top-soil

losses due to wind and water erosion. With poor households having access to their own woody biomass

under ITC's social forestry programme, they can meet most of their fuelwood requirements in-house

through loppings and toppings, thus further reducing pressure on public forests. As a result of the leaf-

litter from multi-species plantations and the promotion of leguminous inter-crops, depleted soils are

constantly enriched. Soon this will lead to a decline in fertiliser and pesticide consumption, thus

reducing the pollution of groundwater sources by such chemicals.

Integrated watershed development to reverse land degradation and provide critical irrigation

ITC has initiated a comprehensive watershed development programme which is critical to soil-water

retention and the reversal of land degradation.

Some dry and despairing facts stare India in the face. The present average soil loss in the country is

about 16.35 tons per hectare per year, which is at least 3 to 5 times worse than what it ought to be.

Nearly 67% of the cultivated area in the country faces severe moisture stress for 5 to 10 months a

year. Crop productivity in drylands is low, unstable and highly vulnerable to seasonality.

ITC's integrated watershed development initiative is a key intervention to reverse such moisture stress

in some of the more acutely affected, drought-prone districts of the country. Currently, 1531 small and

large water harvesting structures built by ITC provide critical irrigation to over 14,000 hectares of land

in Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Madhya Pradesh, Tamil Nadu and Rajasthan. This programme will soon

be extended to Bihar.

ITC's watershed development seeks to achieve two critical objectives: water conservation and soil

enrichment. It constitutes water user groups and trains them to plan and build water harvesting

structures like contour bunds, check dams, percolation tanks and farm ponds. Trained farmers use

their knowledge of the terrain to identify locations for building water structures and develop the

related micro plans. ITC contributes 75% of the cost, the balance 25% being mobilised by the user

groups. The rich silt excavated from percolation tanks is used to enhance soil fertility. User groups

raise regular contributions from the farmers to meet the maintenance cost of these water harvesting

structures.

So far ITC's Soil and Moisture Conservation Programme covers 26,704 hectares of rain fed agricultural

land and generates employment during the lean season.

Hindustan Unilever Ltd

Sales (2007-2008) = Rs.14000 crores (rounded off)

Net profit after tax = Rs.2000 crores (rounded off)

CSR Budget: Not Available


CSR activities:

Greening Barriers:

Water Conservation and Harvesting

(linked to product Pureit)

HUL's Water Conservation and Harvesting project has two major objectives:

a. to reduce water consumption in its own operations and regenerate sub-soil water tables at its own

sites through the principles of 5R - Reduce, Reuse, Recycle, Recover and Renew;

b. help adjacent villages to implement appropriate models of watershed development.

SHAKTI - Changing Lives in Rural India

Shakti is HUL's rural initiative, which targets small villages with population of less than 2000 people or

less. It seeks to empower underprivileged rural women by providing income-generating opportunities,

health and hygiene education through the Shakti Vani programme, and creating access to relevant

information through the iShakti community portal.

In general, rural women in India are underprivileged and need a sustainable source of income. NGOs,

governmental bodies and other institutions have been working to improve the status of rural women.

Shakti is a pioneering effort in creating livelihoods for rural women, organised in Self-Help Groups

(SHGs), and improving living standards in rural India. Shakti provides critically needed additional

income to these women and their families, by equipping and training them to become an extended

arm of the company's operation.

Health & Hygiene Education

Lifebuoy Swastya Chetna (LBSC) is a rural health and hygiene initiative which was started in 2002.

LBSC was initiated in media dark villages (in UP, MP, Bihar, West Bengal, Maharashtra, Orissa) with the

objective of spreading awareness about the importance of washing hands with soap.

The need for a program of this nature arose from the fact that diarrhoeal diseases are a major cause of

death in the world today. It is estimated that diarrhoea claims the life of a child every 10 seconds and

one third of these deaths are in India. According to a study done by the London School of Hygiene and

Tropical Medicine, the simple practice of washing hands with soap and water can reduce diarrhoea by

as much as 47%. However, ignorance of such basic hygiene practices leads to high mortality rates in

rural India.

Economic Empowerment of Women

The Fair & Lovely Foundation is HUL's initiative which aims at economic empowerment of women

across India. It aims to achieve this through providing information, resources, inputs and support in the

areas of education, career and enterprise. It specifically targets women from low-income groups in

rural as well as urban India. Fair & Lovely, as a brand, stands on the economic empowerment platform

and the Foundation is an extension of this promise. The Foundation has renowned Indian women, from

various walks of life, as its advisors. Among them are educationists, NGO activists, physicians. The

Foundation is implementing its activities in association with state governments.

Special Education & Rehabilitation

Under the Happy Homes initiative, HUL supports special education and rehabilitation of children with

challenges.

Asha Daan:

The initiative began in 1976, when HUL supported Mother Teresa and the Missionaries of Charity to set

up Asha Daan, a home in Mumbai for abandoned, challenged children, and the destitute.

Ankur:

In 1993, HUL's Doom Dooma Plantation Division set up Ankur, a centre for special education of

challenged children. The centre takes care of children with challenges, aged between 5 and 15 years.

Ankur provides educational, vocational and recreational activities to over 35 children with a range of

challenges, including sight or hearing impairment, polio related disabilities, cerebral palsy and severe

learning difficulties.

Kappagam:

Encouraged by Ankur's success, Kappagam ("shelter"), the second centre for special education of

challenged children, was set up in 1998 on HUL Plantations in South India. It has 17 children. The focus

of Kappagam is the same as that of Ankur.

Anbagam:

Yet another day care center, Anbagam ("shelter of love"), has been started in 2003 also in the South

India Plantations. It takes care of 11 children. Besides medical care and meals, they too are being

taught skills such that they can become self-reliant and elementary studies.

Company: Godrej Industries Ltd




CSR activities:

Mangrove conservation has been the key focus of the Environment Cell. The Environment Cell has a

broad mandate to mentor and monitor all our activities so as to ensure high standards. The residential

township and community around is also a focus of thier Environment Cell.

They believe that environment, safety and health are important components of any well-run business

and would like every member of the Godrej ‘parivar’, and the extended family, to inculcate these

values.

As far as mangrove conservation is concerned, we can only be a model for others to emulate.

For the past many decades, Godrej have been focusing on environmental education and, over the

years, Godrej has successfully oriented thousands of school, college and graduate students, across

the country, through their Mangrove Awareness Programs.

Godrej offers researchers and naturalists every facility to conduct studies on this most important, but

long neglected eco-system.

All Godrej's business heads are more than adequately equipped and empowered to make decisions in

business as well as on safety, health and environment.

Godrej has formed specialist groups, for example the Envirotech Group – for pollution-reduction and

related matters;

the Encon Group – for energy conservation -

Garden Deparment, which looks after the natural environment of numerous areas in Mumbai and in

other cities where we have establishments.

All these groups report to their divisional heads who have direct access to the chairman.

Most of Godrej's businesses have the ISO 14000 certification, along with strong Environment

Management Systems.

According to the System’s requirement, most environmental matters are resolved at the business

level.

These important issues are addressed at weekly meetings of business heads

As far as biodiversity is concerned, the Mangrove Ecosystem has already been identified as our focus.

Simultaneously, we are engaged in the propagation of various species of orchids, medicinal plants and

rare endemic species, amongst others.

For the Godrej family Nature has always formed an important part of our upbringing and our garden

township at Vikhroli bears witness to this.

All this started much, much before “environment” became the buzzword that it is today. In a way, if

today we have a green image, the credit goes to Godrej founders – they sowed the seeds, the fruit of

which we are reaping today.

Until 1995 Godrej had not publicized their efforts. They were doing things for the joy it gave them . It

was in 1996

that they adopted the System’s approach and then the entire business was involved in changing

processes and setting procedures to give due consideration to the mangroves. As a matter of fact,

some of the businesses found that the conservation of mangroves actually helped them in

strengthening business relationships with clients, government and customers.

In our Godrej Udayachal Schools they have been educating on environment for many years. Right from

the preprimary level the children are exposed to the mangrove area, where they are introduced to

plant and animal life, flora and fauna.

Many of them are likely to become naturalists of a high order. Their High School students have a

special mangrove club and the Soonabai Pirojsha Ecological Mangrove Project runs a programme in

Mumbai city for school and college students.

Every year thousands of students visit the mangrove area. They are guided on specially organised

tours, which are interesting and educative.

Overall CSR policy:

Their Corporate Environment Policy has identified biodiversity enhancement as a focal point.

The preservation of open spaces and specially green open spaces such as mangroves has been a

priority for us.

Godrej's entire campus, known as Pirojshanagar, is an industrial garden township.

Godrej strongly believes that this green environment enhances productivity and quality.

It has been greatly appreciated by all their employees and visitors.

DLF Ltd.

Sales (2007-2008) =Rs.5500 crores (rounded off)

Net profit after tax =Rs.2600 crores (rounded off)

CSR Budget= Not Available

Karmayog 2008 CSR Rating: 3/ 5

CSR activities:

While DLF continues to create world-class infrastructure throughout India, it has not lost sight of its

responsibilities as a change agent for accelerating the pace of social and economic transformation

across various segments to complement the efforts of the government.

Swapana Sarthak informal school

In fact DLF's first social responsibility interventions date back to the time that DLF was setting up the

DLF township in Gurgaon when instead of turning a blind eye to the local problems, DLF decided to

undertake internal development work in the villages of Nathupur, Chakarpur and Wazirabad by

contributing through construction of internal village roads, additional rooms in the schools and internal

village electrification. At around the same time, DLF initiated its first education initiative by setting up

the Swapana Sarthak informal school for children of the construction workers. This school manned by

trained volunteers conducts classes for children who are ill equipped to join regular school or those

who cannot afford to do so. All children enrolled are provided with free uniforms, mid day meals and

learning material. Starting from merely 10 students, the school today has on roll 220 students. Initially

getting the children out of their homes and instilling a sense of personal hygiene and cleanliness was a

challenge and the volunteers had to really work on them to ensure the present state.

DLF Learning Excellence Centres

Taking the education initiative ahead, DLF partnered with Pratham in May 2007 and set up DLF

Learning Excellence Centres in 25 villages by involving the government schools, community teachers

and introducing innovative teaching learning material. The main hurdles faced during the project were

lack of adequate means of public transport and resistance from the local community to involve the

women. However, these were overcome through a sustained education and awareness campaign

conducted across the entire village community and by taking the village Panchayats into confidence.

This is an ongoing project likely to benefit 1100 students over a period of one year.

DLF labour hutment

While all the big developers focus only on providing world-class facilities to their buyers DLF carried its

social responsibility initiatives to the construction work sites in Gurgaon once it started construction of

the DLF Township. At DLF it was felt that even though there had been tremendous improvement in

construction technology and quality it was distressing to note that the people who actually make all

the glitzy buildings were a neglected lot and often required to do so in inhuman conditions. The sight

of construction workers and their children living in jhuggies without even the basic facilities at most of

the construction sites is not uncommon. At DLF it was their constant endeavor to improve the living

conditions of their construction workers by providing them all the basic necessities at the site itself by

efficient and effective space management. DLF seized the initiative in this respect and became a

pioneer in providing all necessary facilities to its construction workers on site when it tied up with

Laing O Rourke for construction projects. It was decided that before commencement of the

construction a suitable location be identified on site for construction of hutments to house the

workforce for the entire duration of the project. Instead of constructing makeshift or temporary

accommodation DLF sanctioned hefty budgets to build a mix of cemented hutments and dormitories

for the workers. The entire labour hutment area was paved to ensure easy access even during the

monsoons and the work of sanitation and housekeeping was outsourced to a third party namely M/s

Lion Services. All the residential accommodation at the DLF labour hutment site is provided with

electricity, water, fans, beds and linen and separate areas have been provided for toilets and washing.

In order to take care of the children of the workers mobile crèches have been made available on site

through a strategic tie up with an NGO named Mobile Creches. A subsidized canteen manned by a

third party has also been made available on site to ensure hygienic and good quality food on site.

Medical help is available on site along with a 24-hour ambulance to take care of emergencies. In order

to improve the skills of the workers as well as train potential workers on site a non-profit residential

"Apprentice Training Centre" for imparting skills in carpentry and masonry was started.

Rural Primary Health Centres

In March 2007, DLF decided to focus on another hitherto neglected but vital area – rural healthcare. It

was decided to set up Rural Primary Health Centres in villages to provide free medical consultancy,

health checkups and subsidized medicines to the villagers. The first Primary Health Centre was set up

at Village Shikohpur in August 2007 in association with an NGO Deepalaya. It is proposed to set up six

such centres in the present financial year.

Helping the Rural craftsmen

while at one level DLF focused at initiatives for infrastructure augmentation, education and health at

the same time it was felt that as a infrastructure creator DLF must also provide a forum for rural

craftsmen to display their wares by bringing them closer to the urban consumers thereby increase

their avenues of income. As part of this initiative in the retail malls set up in Gurgaon, wherein DLF was

the pioneer in providing international standard shopping experience, DLF awarded free space to a few

NGO's like Khushboo Welfare Society, India Vision Foundation and the Rashtriya Blind School and

others to enable them to exhibit their products for awareness and to create awareness for the cause

they espouse.

Vocational training centres

As part of its strategy to train and empower people with permanent skills thereby enabling them to

earn their livelihood for times to come DLF has set up job linked vocational training centres in

Hospitality, Customer Relations and Salels and IT enabled services. These training centres have been

equipped with all necessary training infrastructures from computer labs to headphones and LCD

projectors.

Development of Arya Samaj Mandir

DLF Commercial Developers Ltd. has contributed Rs.20 lacs towards the development of Arya Samaj

Mandir in DLF City, Phase-II. This will not only help in over all development of the Mandir primises but

also help the community at large wherein devotees can come and seek spiritual solace.

Environment Programs

Haryana Urban Development Authority (HUDA) has consistently over the last seven years awarded DLF

with "Excellence in Horticulture Preservation". A total of 47 awards have been received under various

categories.

DLF has installed one of its kind gas-based power generation system at the Infinity Tower. Co-

generation is also a part of this installation as we are utilising the waste heat for air-conditioning and

are in effect saving about 25 per cent of power.

This year (July-August, 2007) DLF initiated an plantation drive in 21 villages of Haryana by involving

the Government school children and the local Panchayats with support from the Forest Department.

DLF is in the process of switching its street lighting system to 36 watts CFL with electronic choke

thereby saving 15-20 watts per street light.

Challenges faced while initiating CSR initiatives

Designing, developing and executing standard uniform facilities and guidelines at all construction sites

Identification of credible NGOs to run the various CSR programs.

Securing active partnerships with the Panchayats in the Rural CSR initiatives account of strong

internal politics and affiliations.

Securing participation of the entire community on account of Inter caste politics operating in

the villages

Securing participation of girl child in the education programs on account of lack of awareness

and indifference to education of the girl child

Employees volunteering programme

Before undertaking any CSR initiative in a region, the concerned employees in that region are

contacted to understand the need of the area and CSR programmes are developed keeping in mind

the identified need. Employees are further involved in monitoring of programmes to ensure effective

delivery.

In the present financial year DLF is initiating a donation programme wherein the employees will

contribute and donate old clothes and other household articles for the construction workers and their

families employed at DLF construction sites.

Blood Donation camps are also being organised for blood donation by the employees in association

with Lions Blood Bank.

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