PRINCIPLE 3 Employee Wellbeing
- Please indicate the Total number of employees.
52,757 as on 31st March, 2019 (Includes Permanent, Temporary, trainee and contractual employees)
- Please indicate the Total number of employees hired on temporary/contractual/casual basis.
44,061 as on 31st March, 2019.
- Please indicate the Number of permanent women employees.
986 as on 31st March, 2019
- Please indicate the Number of permanent employees with disabilities
16 as on 31st March, 2019. These employees represent self severe disability
- Do you have an employee association that is recognized by management?
The manufacturing plants at Jamshedpur, Pune, Lucknow, Pantnagar and Sanand have employee unions recognized by the management. The Company enters into long term wage settlements with these recognized unions.
- What percentage of your permanent employees is members of this recognized employee association?
Around 97% of the operative employees at Jamshedpur, Pune, Lucknow, Pantnagar & Sanand plants are members of these employee unions. These employees represent around 55% of the total permanent employees at these five plants. We do not have an Employees Union at our Dharwad Plant presently.
- Please indicate the Number of complaints relating to child labour, forced labour, involuntary labour, sexual harassment in the last financial year and pending, as on the end of the financial year.
- What percentage of your under mentioned employees were given safety & skill up-gradation training in the last year?
- Permanent Employees
- Permanent Women Employees
- Casual/Temporary/Contractual Employees
- Employees with Disabilities
Safety is of paramount importance to the Company. All employees in the Company are provided with safety training as part of their induction programme. The safety induction programme is also a compulsory requirement for contract workforce before they are inducted into the system. The Company has a structured safety training agenda on an on-going basis to build a culture of safety across its workforce.
The Company believes in continual learning of its employees and has institutionalized a continual learning model for skill upgradation, especially at the shop-floor level. The learning and development needs of management cadre employees are met through the Company’s L&D structure which includes various training delivery mechanisms.
PRINCIPLE 4: Stakeholder Engagement
- Has the company mapped its internal and external stakeholders?
Yes. The Company has mapped its internal and external stakeholders. It uses both formal and informal mechanisms to engage with various stakeholders to understand their concerns and expectations. Individual departments within the organization have roles and responsibilities identified and defined to engage with various stakeholders.
- Out of the above, has the company identified the disadvantaged, vulnerable & marginalized stakeholders?
Yes. The Company through Tata Affirmative Action (AA) Policy addresses the socially disadvantaged sections of the society i.e. Scheduled Castes and Tribes. Within the broader stakeholder group of communities, the Company works towards women empowerment and education of children. Every year, the Company participate in Tata Affirmative Action Program (TAAP) Assessment, developed on the lines of Tata Business Excellence Model (TBEM).
- Are there any special initiatives taken by the company to engage with the disadvantaged, vulnerable and marginalized stakeholders. If so, provide details thereof, in about 50 words or so.
The Company’s CSR programmes and projects are aimed at serving the needy, deserving, socio-economically backward and disadvantaged communities aimed at improving the quality of their lives. Under TAAP, the Company continues to serve the SC/ST communities inter-alia in Education, Employability and Entrepreneurship.
PRINCIPLE 5: Human Rights
- Does the policy of the company on human rights cover only the company or extend to the Group/Joint Ventures/ Suppliers/Contractors/NGOs/Others?
The Company respects human rights and has established a Policy on Human Rights. The policy details the Company’s approach towards human rights and sets the Company’s expectations of its Channel Partners and Contractors to adhere to principles of human rights. The Company encourages its suppliers, vendors, contractors and other business partners associated with the Company to follow the principles laid out in the TCoC.
- How many stakeholder complaints have been received in the past financial year and what percent was satisfactorily resolved by the management?
In FY 2019, 76 concerns have been received towards actual or potential violation of TCoC, of which 35 of the concerns were satisfactorily resolved as at 31.03.2019.
PRINCIPLE 6: Environmental
- Does the policy related to Principle 6 cover only the company or extends to the Group/Joint Ventures/Suppliers/Contractors/NGOs/others.
Sustainability is built into the Company business processes through well-defined Sustainability Policy. This policy reaffirms value system committed to integrate environmental, social and ethical principles into our business and innovate sustainable mobility solutions with passion to enhance quality of life of communities.
The Company also has Environmental Procurement Policy which is applicable to all its vendors, contractors and service providers. - Does the company have strategies/initiatives to address global environmental issues such as climate change, global warming, etc.? Y/N. If yes, please give hyperlink for webpage etc.
Yes, the Company has Climate Change policy which guides the organizational efforts towards mitigating and adapting to climate change. The Company approach towards climate change mitigation and pursuing low carbon growth is threefold– develop cleaner and more fuel efficient vehicles, reduce environmental impacts of manufacturing operations and build awareness among stakeholders. The Company continuously works on alternate fuel technologies like electric vehicles, hybrid vehicles and fuel cell technologies. During FY 2019, the Company initiated a supply of 40 units of the Ultra 9m AC Electric buses to the Lucknow City Transport Services Ltd (LCTSL) and supply of 80 Electric buses to the West Bengal Transport Corporation (WBTC). The Company also collaborated with Capegemini to deploy Tigor EVs to Bengaluru, Chennai and Hyderabad.
The Tata Group is a participant to the Prime Minister’s Low Carbon Committee as well as was a member in the Steering Committee of ‘Caring for Climate’ initiative of the United Nations Global Compact and United Nations Environment Programme.
- Does the company identify and assess potential environmental risks? Y/N
Yes, the Company has a Sustainability Policy and Environmental Policy which guides the Company’s efforts to minimize its environmental impacts and continually improve the environmental performance across life cycle of the product. All manufacturing plants in India are certified to Environmental Management Systems (EMS) as per ISO 14001. As part of EMS implementation, potential environmental risks are identified and appropriate mitigation strategies are planned.
- Does the company have any project related to Clean Development Mechanism? If so, provide details thereof, in about 50 words or so. Also, if yes, whether any environmental compliance report is filed?
None of our plants have undertaken Clean Development Mechanism projects during FY 2019.
- Has the company undertaken any other initiatives on - clean technology, energy efficiency, renewable energy, etc.? Y/N. If yes, please give hyperlink for web page etc.
The Company continued to work on improving energy efficiency, clean technology and increased consumption of renewable energy in line with its aspiration to RE100 - which is a collaborative, global initiative of influential businesses aspiring to source 100% renewable electricity for operations.
(A) Renewable Energy
During FY 2019, the Company has set up in-house RE generation capacity (solar and wind) which includes:
- 21.95 MW Captive Wind Power project at Supa and Satara in Maharashtra;
- 25KW Solar PV installations in addition to existing 2MW Solar PV at Lucknow works
- 2MW Solar PV installation in addition to the existing 2.1 MW Solar PV at Pune Works
- 2 MW Roof-top Solar PV installation at Sanand Works
- 18.5 kWp Solar PV installation at Pantnagar Works; and
- 7.2 kW hybrid-wind and solar installation at Dharwad Works
The Company sources off-site wind power at its Pune, Sanand and Dharwad works through Power Purchase Agreements (PPA) with Third Party Wind Power Generators. The Company would continue to source renewable power from the grid, in line with regulatory policies / frameworks and tariffs in those States where the Company operates.
(B) Energy Efficiency / Clean Technology
The Company initiated supply of 40 units of the Ultra 9m AC Electric buses to the Lucknow City Transport Services Ltd (LCTSL) and supplied 80 Electric buses to the West Bengal Transport Corporation (WBTC). The Company also collaborated with Capegemini to deploy Tigor EVs to Bengaluru, Chennai and Hyderabad. The Tata Group is a participant to the Prime Minister’s Low Carbon Committee as well as was a member in the Steering Committee of ‘Caring for Climate’ initiative of the United Nations Global Compact and United Nations Environment Programme.
The Company has also implemented significant Energy Conservation projects across its manufacturing plants and offices in FY 2019.
- Pune PV Plant refurbished ventilation ASU, PTCED chiller & CED oven and optimized top coat ASU/Exh booth frequency at the paint booth. The Plant also provided additional fixtures on new headlines at engine shop. At the press shop, they optimized line running and provided a single push button for switching the line 2 motor off. At the weld shop, UBF and X0 robotic lines have been shut down, robots controller AC shutdown and optimization of running hours of zest closure pump house. LED lights have been provided and portable tube light trolleys provided as a replacement for manual switching on of lights.
- Dharwad Plant reduced the blower speed of ASU tag, optimized DC and AHU blower using the speed reducing facility on HMI, eliminated manual cooling fans at forced cooling zone. Water consumption reduced at DM plant which led to power saving, ACC oven exit blower running optimized. Water circuit modified for ARM gun by taking thyristor and gun in series.
- Sanand Plant installed LED tube lights, replaced 400 Watt metal halide lights with 28*2 watt tube lights in 16.5 meter area, ED chiller and Deck Cooling Chiller set point increased from 7 degree Celsius to 7.5 degree Celsius. Also, the plant runs Work Deck ASU in a combined mode when all lines are running and in individual mode when selected lines are running. Heat leakages have been arrested in all ovens and waste recovery system installed. Equipment running hours optimized to reduce the fixed load consumption by close monitoring of equipment startup time and magnetic fuel saver installed.
- Lucknow Plant migrated to LED lighting in Line 1 and street lights, replaced existing 250W HPSV street light with LED 100W fittings in Test Track, reduced SPC in compressed air system, forced draft ventilation system and AC system. Motion sensors have been installed in Line 4, 5 stores and IT Data Centre for ensuring that the lights glow in the presence of persons only. Idle glowing of the lights was eliminated.
- Pantnagar Plant reduced the ASU burner time from 25 minutes to 10 minutes in every startup in surfacer and base booth. VFD panel has been installed in all three exhaust blowers of 75KW in Clear 2 Booth, VFD installed for phosphate exit spray pump, 400 watt high bay lamp replaced with 40 watt led and air consumption has reduced at plant level.
- At Pune CV, conventional tubes were converted to 18W LED tubes in SHL, hydraulic oil chiller unit was removed in C Block, hydraulic motor was downsized in C Block, conventional tubes converted to LED lamp in KAPP room, polishing exhaust blower VFD set to 40Hz, 15 of 36 X 4 Urja lamps replaced with 18W X 4 LED lamps, replacement of 3Ph man cooling fan with 1Ph fan in RATP, motion sensor fitment in toilets in C Block.
- Are the Emissions/Waste generated by the company within the permissible limits given by CPCB/SPCB for the financial year being reported?
The Company is in compliance within the prescribed permissible limits as per CPCB/SPCB for air emissions, effluent quality and discharge, solid and hazardous waste generation and disposal.
- Number of show cause/legal notices received from CPCB/SPCB which are pending (i.e. not resolved to satisfaction) as on end of Financial Year.
There is no show cause /legal notice from CPCB/SPCB pending resolution by the Company as on end of FY 2019.
Please refer to Annexure 3 of the Board’s Report in Annual Report FY2018-19 for details on the Company’s energy efficiency and cleaner production initiatives.