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PRINCIPLE 7: Policy Advocacy

  1. Is your company a member of any trade and chamber or association? If Yes, Name only those major ones that your business deals with:

    The Company is member of various trade and chamber associations:

    1. The Company actively participate in all WP29 UNECE group activities.
    2. The Company also participate in the following National Committees which are working on formulating policies and regulations for improvement of environment including GHG reduction throughout the country;
    1. Standing Committee on Emissions (SCOE)
    2. Sub-committee on CO emission norms of Union Ministry of Shipping, Road Transport and Highways of India, along with Automotive Research Association of India (ARAI).
    3. Expert committee to define "Heavy Duty Vehicle Fuel Economy Norms for India under Ministry of Shipping, Road Transport and Highways of Government of India (GoI) & Petroleum Conservation Research Association (PCRA).
    4. Expert committee on Fuel Economy Labeling of Passenger Cars under Bureau of Energy Efficiency under Ministry of Power (GoI).
    5. Interministerial committee for upcoming emission norms (BSV,BSVI) for Motor Vehicles of Ministry of Shipping, Road Transport and Highways, Ministry of Heavy Industries, Ministry of Petroleum & Natural Gas (GoI).
    6. Working group on Quadricycle Emission Norms for India.
    7. Ministry of New & Renewable Energy, GoI, is promoting and assisting technology development for GHG reduction by way of increased usage of Biodiesel. The Company is engaged in this initiative of GoI and currently running number of engine and vehicle programs to commercialize usage of Biodiesel as soon as the same is made available to the general public by oil marketing companies.
    8. Working Group on Energy for Sub-Group on DST's XIIth plan on Technology Development Program (TDP).
    9. National Electric Mobility Mission Plan - The Company has been actively participating in forming hybrid performance criteria along with SIAM-FTG group and helped government to launch FAME scheme. Now the Company is building two types of hybrid and electric vehicles under Technical Advisor Group under R&D scheme.
  2. Have you advocated/lobbied through above associations for the advancement or improvement of public good? Yes/No; if yes specify the broad areas (drop box: Governance and Administration, Economic Reforms, Inclusive Development Policies, Energy security, Water, Food Security, Sustainable Business Principles, Others)

    The Company, through various industry associations, participates in advocating matters advancement of the industry and public good. It supports various initiatives of the SIAM which include aspects of product safety, alternate fuel vehicles, environment, fuel policies, customer information and education, to name a few. The Company's AA policy is a progressive step towards inclusive development.

PRINCIPLE 8 : Inclusive Growth

  1. Does the company have specified programmes/initiatives/projects in pursuit of the policy related to Principle 8? If yes details thereof.

    Inclusive growth is at the core of the Company's community development strategy. Ankur, the Company's community engagement strategy, is percolated to each manufacturing plant through a detailed community development plan. The plant specific plan addresses the local needs and the corporate cell drives some company-wide strategic community development initiatives such as driver training. The initiatives primarily focus on Arogya (Health), Vidyadhanam (Education), Kaushalya (Employability) and Vasundhara (Environment). Seva, the employee volunteering initiative provides the Company's employees with a platform to be a part of its community initiatives. The Company along with its employees also supports Sumant Moolgaonkar Development Foundation (SMDF) towards implementing Amurtdhara, a National Drinking Water Project to provide safe drinking water to communities. Through adoption of Tata Group Affirmative Action (AA) Policy, the Company works toward inclusion of socially disadvantaged and marginalized sections of society (Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes). The AA interventions focus on Education, Health, Employability and Entrepreneurship.
    Please refer the Company's 'Annual CSR Report 2016-17' and 'Community Development' section of Tata Motors Sustainability Report FY 2016-17 for detailed community engagement strategy and key initiatives.

  2. Are the programmes/projects undertaken through in-house team/own foundation/external NGO/government structures/any other organization?

    CSR Programmes and Projects are deployed by company: directly; through its own company-promoted societies/NGOS; partnering with government and collaborating with reputed, external non-profit organizations under different models

  1. Have you done any impact assessment of your initiative?
    Yes. The Company has adopted 'Tata CS Protocol' to assess the impact of the various community interventions. Periodic impact assessments are conducted and the outcome forms a critical input to the community development plan preparation and implementation.

    Please refer the Company's 'Annual CSR Report 2016-17' and 'Community Development' section of Tata Motors Sustainability Report 2016-17 for details on community impacts created and assessed.

  2. What is your company's direct contribution to community development projects- Amount in INR and the details of the projects undertaken?

    Total expenditure reported is Rs. 25.94 crores. The details of projects:

  1. Arogya (Health) build awareness on malnourishment and other health problems in the community, provides ferry mobile medical van to look into curative and preventive health care.
  2. Vidyadhanam (Education) supporting for infrastructure, skills development, training and Institutionalized need based scholarships.
  3. Kaushalya (Employability) Industrial Training to school dropout youth in auto sector, non-auto trades, agriculture and allied activities.
  4. Vasundhara (Environment) large scale sapling plantation, construction of water conservation structures and building awareness about environment and renewable energy sources. Please refer to the Company's Annual CSR Report and 'Community Development' section of Tata Motors Sustainability Report 2016-17 for details on various community development programmes undertaken.
  5. Have you taken steps to ensure that this community development initiative is successfully adopted by the community? Please explain in 50 words, or so.

    Yes, the Company adopts a collaborative and participatory approach with communities/beneficiaries in conceiving and deploying CSR projects. Partial beneficiary contribution is sought, wherever feasible, for project deployment/asset creation, maintenance for them to have greater ownership of the projects - which the Company believes is crucial for sustainability of its initiatives. Training and capacity building of communities and relevant stakeholders to successfully adopt & carry forward these initiatives is done from time to time.
    Please refer the Company's Annual CSR Report and 'Community Development' section of Tata Motors Sustainability Report 2016-17 for details on various community development programme implementation models.