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in Class X Board exam, supporting school infrastructure and
organizing co-curricular activities for well-rounded personality
development.
In Fiscal 2017, 86,922 students have been benefitted through
the education program.
iii) Kaushalya (Employability):This program has been developed
considering enhanced skill development among youth. It
includes infusing marketable skills in school dropout youth in
auto sector, non-auto trades, agriculture and allied activities. It
also, strengthens the Industrial Training Institutes by offering
domain expertise of automotive skills through knowledge
partnership.
In Fiscal 2017, the Company has trained 87,751 youth
marketable vocational skills.
Through the AA policy initiatives, this year the Company has
added 5 new SC/ST entrepreneurs in the supply chain totaling
to 27 Nos and extended business of `10.99 crores to them.
iv) Vasundhara (Environment): The Company’s approach to
improve environment included promotion of renewable
energy, creation of carbon sinks through large scale sapling
plantation, construction of water conservation structures and
building awareness among the community members. More
than 100,000 saplings have been planted in the Company’s
various programs under this initiative and 43,546 people
participated in various environment awareness initiatives.
Please refer ‘Corporate Social Responsibility’ section of
Company’s Annual Report FY 2016-17 and Company’s Annual
CSR Report 2016-17 for detailed community engagement
strategy and key initiatives. The reports are available on the
Company’s website .
SECTION C: OTHER DETAILS
1. Does the Company have any Subsidiary Company/
Companies?
The Company has seventy-eight direct and indirect subsidiaries
in India and abroad as at 31.03.2017.
2. Do the Subsidiary Company/Companies participate in the
BR Initiatives of the parent company? If yes, then indicate
the number of such subsidiary company(s)
The Company positively influences and encourages its
subsidiaries to adopt Business Responsibility (BR) initiatives. All
the Company’s subsidiaries are guided by Tata Code of Conduct
(TCoC) to conduct their business in an ethical, transparent and
accountable manner. It encompasses suppliers, customers and
other stakeholders. It also addresses key BR issues like Quality
and Customer value, Corruption and Bribery, Health & Safety,
Environment, Human Rights and Employee well-being. Key
subsidiaries like Jaguar Land Rover Automotive Plc. releases
the sustainability report every year. The scope of this report
is defined each year. For the Fiscal 2017, the Company has
extended its reporting boundary to include the performance
of three subsidiary companies and one Joint Arrangement (JA)
operating out of its premises.
3. Do any other entity/entities (e.g. suppliers, distributors
etc.) that the Company does business with participate in
the BR initiatives of the Company? If yes, then indicate the
percentage of such entity/entities? [Less than 30%, 30-
60%, More than 60%]
Suppliers, distributors are critical to the Company’s operations
and supply chain sustainability issues can impact its operations.
The Company engage with suppliers through various channels
for operational issues and also focus on emerging and futuristic
technologies through Technology Day events. Project Sankalp
– a supplier transformation initiative is underway in which cross
functional team of domain experts work with suppliers at their
plant location on improving quality, productivity, SHE and
profitability. The suppliers and vendors are provided awareness
on environmental and social issues. The vendor meets are
used as a platform to raise awareness on health & safety,
environmental and community initiatives of the Company. The
vendors situated in the vendor parks at Pantnagar and Sanand
manufacturing locations actively participate in the site health &
safety, environmental and CSR programmes. Special emphasis
is laid on skill development and up-gradation of the dealer and
channel partner resources. Currently less than 30% of value
chain entities participate in the Company’s BR initiatives and
there is a constant effort by the Company to extend these
initiatives to larger value chain base.
SECTION D: BR INFORMATION
1. Details of Director/Directors responsible for BR
a) Details of the Director/Directors responsible for
implementation of the BR policy/policies.
SN Particulars Details
1. DIN Number (if applicable) 01875848
2. Name Mr. Ravindra Pisharody
3. Designation Executive Director
(Commercial Vehicles)
4. Telephone 022-66657837
5. E-mail id
SN Particulars Details
1. DIN (if applicable) 01793948
2. Name Mr Satish B Borwankar
3. Designation Executive Director (Quality)
4 Telephone 020-66132257
5. E-mail id
SN Particulars Details
1. DIN Number (if applicable) N.A
2. Name Mr Arvind Bodhankar
3. Designation Head – Safety, Health,
Environment and Sustainability
4 Telephone 022-66158538
5. E-mail id
b) Details of the BR head
Corporate Overview Financial Statements Statutory Reports
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