100th Annual Report 2006-2007 - Tata Steel

TSRDS focused
on popularising
reproductive health
programmes.
A group insurance scheme was launched for marginal farmers.
Environment management
In this year, the company attained re-certification of its
Environment Management System as per ISO 14001: 2004 and
successfully cleared the surveillance audit of OHSAS 18001:
1999. During the reporting period, approximately 10,000 trees
were planted, an intensive water conservation campaign was
launched and field trials for use of LD slag, as soil conditioner,
were started.
Tata Steel Parivar
The company’s Rehabilitation & Resettlement (R&R) initiative is
designed to adopt all families affected by its greenfield projects
under its ‘Tata Parivar’ programme. It is committed to increasing
their income level and creating opportunities of sustainable
livelihood, improving their quality of life and also preserving
and promoting their culture. The programme includes tracking
of each affected family vis-à-vis their income and quality of life
for at least five years. Nearly 100 youth nominated from such
families affected by Tata Steel’s project in Orissa and Chhattisgarh
were given vocational training under a tailor made programme
called ‘Prerana’.
Affirmative action
Tata Steel fully supports the need for growth and development
of Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (SC/ST) in a spirit
of Affirmative Action through its Policy on Affirmative Action
and adoption of the Code of Conduct for Affirmative Action.
In income generation, Tata Steel is creating entrepreneurship
by supporting the development of two enterprise centres
and empowering SC/ST women through the development
of self-help groups. The company is providing education
to 100 SC/ST children through the Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan
programme at Tata Steel Community Centres, supporting 2500
children in seven peripheral schools in life-skills development
and financing 60 SC/ST youth through a residential coaching
programme. Apart from the Jyoti Fellowship and the Moodie
Endowment described above, 29 candidates from SC/ST
are also availing funds in educational pursuits under the
Millennium Scholarship and the V. G. Gopal Scholarship. In
the area of sports development, Tata Steel is successfully
supporting a number of SC/ST sportspersons with twentyseven
such candidates performing well at national and
international meets. A major investment of Tata Steel in
Affirmative Action occurs through the Tribal Cultural Society
which works to preserve and celebrate the cultural heritage of
tribal communities and develop growth opportunities through
an adult literacy programme, vocational training, scholarships
and self-help groups, all targeted specifically at Scheduled
Tribes and Scheduled Castes.
Conclusion
Tata Steel has been most steadfast in upholding the vision
laid by its founder, Jamsetji N. Tata over a hundred years ago.
‘What comes from the people should go back many times over’
- has been practised at Tata Steel most resolutely. This belief is
the key to its sustainability. Tata Steel aims to touch more lives
through its principles of corporate sustainability as it continues
to grow and globalise.
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