IMPACT STORIES IN
THE SOUTH ASIA REGIONA Celebration of Corporate Sustainability Initiatives

CONTENTS
C o r p o r a t e

02

C a s eS t u d i e s

Aditya Birla Group04

Blue Planet Group06

Hayley’s

08

IOCL

10

ITC

12

JSW Group

14

Mahindra

16

NCC Bank

18

Purbani Group

20

RIL

22

Standard Bank

24

TCS

26

TTE

28

US Apparel

30

Wipro

32

From the Editor’s DeskWith 26 years as the global leader insustainability reporting, GRI has beena catalyst for change and a consistent,
reliable partner in the pursuit ofsustainable development. Used byover 10,000 organizations across morethan 100 countries – including 73% of
the world’s 250 largest companies –the GRI Standards stand as the mostwidely adopted sustainability reporting
standards worldwide. This holds true
for Indian subcontinent as well. As
outlined in our linkage document on
utilizing the GRI Standards for reporting
under the SEBI Business Responsibility
Sustainability Reporting (BRSR)
framework, GRI already covers the
majority of disclosure requirements,
simplifying the reporting process for
Indian organizations.
GRI data reveals that there were atotal of 22,464 downloads of the GRI
Standards by users in India. The top
15 downloaded Topic Standards in theSouth Asian Region from the previous
year not only reflect the widespread
adoption of these standards but also
highlight that companies report ona broader range of sustainability
issues, placing increasing emphasis
on social topics. Key topics ofgrowing interest include effluentsand water, occupational health andsafety, emissions, energy, materials,
biodiversity, employment practices,
procurement practices, and more.
At the COP26 climate summit lastyear, India garnered significant
attention. Prime Minister Narendra
Modi committed to reducing thecountry’s emissions to achieve net-zerostatus by 2070, marking a significant
shift from India’s former status as
the world’s third-largest polluter. In
practical terms, this means that India
needs to source half of its energy fromrenewable sources by the end of thisdecade. Such promises amplify theneed for standardized and comparable
information reporting, enhancing
stakeholder decision-making while
preventing greenwashing and selective
disclosure by companies. This is where
the Global Reporting Initiative (GRI)
comes into play
Currently, there are two significant
developments happening in thesustainability reporting landscape.
One, the European Sustainability
Reporting Standards (ESRS) havebeen created by the EU for a multistakeholder audience, including
investors.
And two, the standards for disclosing
sustainability-related financial
information are being drafted by
the IFRS (International Financial
Reporting Standards) Foundation.
We are exploring how the two sets ofstandards can work together to reducethe corporate reporting burden for users
and enhance the quality, consistency,
comparability, and credibility of
global sustainability reporting for key
stakeholders, including investors.
It’s important to note that stakeholders,
including investors, have made it clearthat focusing solely on financial impact
and enterprise value creation will not
fully explain an organization’s efforts

on behalf of the climate and society. Thisis precisely why the GRI standards havebeen valued for 26 years. They enableorganizations to identify, prioritize, andbe transparent about their impacts on theeconomy, environment, and society. GRI
is at the centre of global convergence instandards for reporting the impacts of anorganization on the world and society.
Through GRI’s comprehensive reporting
framework, we enable organisations to
identify, prioritize and be transparent about
their economy, environment and society.
The primary impact of sustainability reports
and the associated process is to createtransparency in the market.
Because going forward the impactof transparency will affect not only
manufacturers, investors, andshareholders, but also the end-user – us,
the consumer, and in that sense, the stage
is set for us to start seeking actionabledata.
The impact of GRI in South Asia is evident.
It has only been 10 short years and alreadycompanies are carving out a larger roleand relationships for themselves - andexpanding their definitions of impact andvalue creation. Many large corporations
across the region are measuring andreporting their environmental and social
impacts, and they are taking action. Thispublication is our first attempt to bring a few
stories of action and impact from a coupleof corporations with whom we have beencollaborating in diverse ways. These stories
highlight their conviction, the investments
made, and the efforts of dedicatedindividuals that bring about change.

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Mumbai, India

An Overview
The Group has over seven decadesof responsible business practices,and building on a strong foundationof stakeholder value creation, it has
grown into a global powerhousein sectors such as metals, pulp
and fibre, chemicals, textiles,
carbon black, telecom, cement,
financial services, fashion retailand renewable energy. Today, over

50% of the Group revenues flow fromoverseas operations in 41 countries.
They believe leadership lies at theheart of knowing what they stand for.

Corporate Details

Established/
Incorporation

TurnoverSector (Top 5)

Employees

Products/
Services (Top 3)

1857

USD 60BillionAluminium
Rolling,
Viscose Staple
Fibre, Carbon
Black, Cement
and Insulators

185,000

Aluminium
Rolling,
Viscose Staple
Fibre, Carbon
Black(31-Mar-2022)(31-Mar-2022)

Sustainability Details
Material topics:

Decarbonisation			
Biodiversity management

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Climate change adaptation		
Water resilience				Circularity

Priority SDGs
Affordable andClean Energy

Responsible
Consumption
and Production

ClimateActionInitiatives
Waste-to-Wealth for
Circularity
Hindalco produces 1.32 mn
MT of primary aluminium,
generating 12.6 mn MT ofwaste annually (0.48 mn MTof hazardous waste). In FY
2022-23, 88% of waste wasutilised, by investing INR
356.77 crore. Most of thewaste is utilised by the
cement industry(co-processing) to makeproducts such as ready-mix
concrete, bricks, and paver
tiles in road-making.

Business
Benefits
Lowers cost of cement
manufacture

Lowers cost of disposing
waste for the aluminium
business

Conventional industrial
waste converted tovalue-added products

Impacts
Lower climate change
impacts by avoided GHG
emissions

Conversion of a hitherto
waste material to an
input for anotherbusiness, thereby
promoting circularity

Lower environmental
footprint by switch toalternate input materials
derived from hazardous
waste

The Innovation
Spent pot line is a hazardous waste generated from de-lining of electrolytic pots in the aluminium smelters. Hindalco
installed a crusher at the smelter at Mahan; this is first of its kind in India. Chunks of the spent pot line are crushed
and reduced from 700-800 mm to ~6 mm size, and used in cement-making as fuel, replacing fossil fuels, and in the
raw mix, replacing natural resources.
This helps to lower cost of disposal of hazardous waste from the aluminium business as well as lowers cost of cement
manufacture

The Corporate Direction on Sustainability“Great businesses are never built on the quick sands of opportunism. I reiterate that, if living by our valuesmeans, perhaps growing at a pace slower than we would otherwise have liked, so be it. For us, leadershiplies at the heart of knowing what we stand for.”

Kumar Mangalam Birla
Chairman, Aditya Birla Grouphttps://www.adityabirla.com/
Sustainability Policy: https://sustainability.adityabirla.com/policies.php
Sustainability Report: https://sustainability.adityabirla.com/ABG-ESG-Report/index.html

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Blue Planet Group, Dhaka, Bangladesh

An Overview
The Blue Planet Group is acollection of entities engaged
in diversified businesses, withan integrated textile division,
besides hospitality, aviation andconstruction. The mantra is tocreate value and core philosophy
is sustainability. Since the mostpolluting units in the textiles
business are dyeing, washingand printing factories, they
adopted advanced solutions for
production processes that improve
environment management. Targets
have been set for sustainably
sourced cotton, recycled content,water efficiency and greenhouse gas
emissions. Their mission is to be
the most dependable textile solution
provider in Bangladesh ensuring
quality, sustainability, and on-time
delivery.

Corporate Details

Established/
Incorporation

TurnoverSector (Top 5)

Employees

Products/
Services (Top 3)

2010

USD 186
BillionApparel

7,500

Lingerie (Blue
Planet Fashion
Wear Ltd.)Fabric(Blue Planet
Knit CompositeLtd.) T-shirt,
shirt, trousers,
etc. (Blue Planet
Knitwear Ltd.)

Sustainability Details
Material topics:

Carbon footprint reduction and energy conservation		
Water conservation
Recycling and waste reduction
EHS and social responsibility compliance
Education and environment
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Priority SDGs

Initiatives

Blue Planet Knit
Composite Ltd.

Specific water
consumption of
85 L/kg of productSpecific water
consumption:-25% by 2027

Sustainably
sourced cotton:+80% by 2027
Recycled
polyester
content:+50% by 2027

Specificgreenhouse gas
trajectory perannum: -20% by2027

Business
Benefits
Lower cost of
manufacture
Lower carbon
footprint
Lower water
footprint
Safer operations

Use of rainwater
harvesting

Impacts
More water available forall in the community
Better quality of life
for people
Lesser adverse climatechange impacts
Less risk for people
working in thefactory

2% reuse of water

Automation deployed fordyes and chemicals

The Innovation
The outlet water from the effluent treatment plant is used for flushing and gardening. By using reverse osmosis 70%of the treated wastewater is re-used. The reduction in the chemical oxygen demand is 98%, compared to 70-80% forconventional methods.

The Corporate Direction on Sustainability
We are devoted to incorporating sustainability into every facet of our business operations. We aim to set
an example for the clothing industry with our three export-focused facilities by advancing sustainable
practices and championing ethical production. We place a high priority on using environment-friendly
products and encourage moral manufacturing practices that limit waste and lower our carbon impact. We
are aware that sustainability is a journey rather than a destination. To encourage fair labour standards,
safeguard worker rights, and maintain a secure and welcoming workplace, we actively collaborate with our
supply chain partners. The Group’s mission is to rethink the approach of the apparel business tosustainability. We want to be a catalyst for good change, encouraging other businesses to adopt ethicalbehaviour and create a circular economy.

Mohammed Abdus Salam
Managing Director

www.blueplanetgroup.com
Sustainability Policy: www.blueplanetgroup.com/sustainibility.html

07Colombo, Sri Lanka

An Overview
The Hayleys Group is a leading
diversified conglomerate in Sri
Lanka and accounts for 5.5% of
Sri Lanka’s export income, 4.6%of its tea and 4.7% of its rubber
production, with business interests
in 16 diverse sectors. Hayleys
holds leading market positions

globally in several sectors suchas transportation and logistics,
agriculture and retail, accounts
for 12% of global demand forhousehold and industrial gloves,and is the largest manufacturerof coconut-shell based activatedcarbon. Through a vibrant history of

145 years, the largest listed businessof Sri Lanka nurtures deep-rooted
relationships across the country’s
agricultural and smallholder supply
chains, distribution networks andcustomer segments, deliveringsignificant socio-economic value to its
diverse stakeholders

Corporate Details

Established/
Incorporation

Turnover

Employees

Products/
Services (Top 3)

1878

USD
1,353.36
million

31,483

Transportation & logistics
services,
Consumer durables & retail,
Coconut-shell based
activated carbon(31-Mar-2023)

Sustainability Details
Material topics:

Renewable energy				Biodiversity preservation			08

Supply chain and community development
Sustainable innovation

Priority SDGs

Initiatives

Business
Benefits

Impacts

Ensured continuityof operations byrelying more on
renewable energy.

Gradual reductionin the use of fossil
fuel-based energy
sources, thereby
reducing thecarbon footprint.

Strengthened
supply chain
security throughnurturing long-term,
mutually value-adding relationships
with suppliers

Economic
empowerment andskill development in
the supply chain

Home for every
plantation worker
programme
Support nutritional
needs of the estate
sector community

Ensuring continuityof operations andharmony in thecommunity despite
challenges due tothe economic crisis

Meet nutritional
needs ofvulnerable
communities inthe estate

Project Kirulu:
flagship biodiversity
programme; over
2,100 trees planted

Enhance reputationand potential
opportunities in
obtaining
nature-based
credits

Supportreforestation andpreserving the richbiodiversity aroundthe estates

Access to newmarkets throughsustainable productpropositions

Drive the concept ofcircularity across
key sectors throughintegrating
environmental
consciousness into
the product design
stage

Increased use ofrenewable energy(67%) (2022-2023)
Installed capacity ofover 50 MW ofrenewable energy“First Light” projecton ethical sourcing
provides input
material and helps
develop rubber
farmers
Training and skill
development acrossvalue chains

Advantis’ ProjectBlue C to enhancecapacity of Sri Lanka
as a blue carbon
sink.
Integrated
sustainability
aspects into productdesign in textiles,
glove manufacture
and aluminium
profiles.
Established Board
ESG Steering
Committee.

Cost efficiencies
through driving
circularity into
product design

The Innovation“First Light” project on ethical sourcing provides input material and helps develop rubber farmers. It strengthened
supply chain security through nurturing long-term, mutually value-adding relationships with suppliers to make themself-reliant

The Corporate Direction on Sustainability“As a sustainability leader across several of our verticals, we have always been firm in our belief thatsustainability is not just the right thing to do but good for business. In 2022 we formalised this commitment withthe launch of the Hayleys Life code, a holistic ESG roadmap which provides a strong platform to integrate ESG
considerations to our strategy, risk-management, decision making”

Mohan Pandithage
Chairman & Chief Executive
http://www.hayleys.com
Hayleys Life code: Hayleys Lifecode (fliphtml5.com):
Sustainability Report: https://www.hayleys.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/Hayleys-AR-2023.pdf
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New Delhi, India

An Overview
The Indian Oil Corporation Ltd. is adiversified, integrated energy public
enterprise holding India’s highest
rank (#94) in the Fortune-500 list of2023. With annual refining capacityof over 70 million metric tonnes

per annum, annual petrochemical
production capacity of about 3,200
kilo tonnes, over 17,000 km ofcross-country pipelines, and 36,445
fuel stations in India, it has oneof the largest customer interfaces

in India through its network of over
60,000 touch-points. Also, it has a total
renewable energy capacity of about
240 MW in solar and wind energy,
besides 5,461 electric vehicle charging
stations at its fuel stations.

Corporate Details

Established/
Incorporation

Turnover

Employees

Products/
Services (Top 3)

1958

INR
9,41,187.88 crore

31,905Motor Spirit
High Speed Diesel
Liquid Petroleum Gas(31-Mar-2023)

Sustainability Details
Material topics:

Circularity
Environmental Impact

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Priority SDGs

Initiatives

Business
Benefits

Two refineries inhigh water stressareas (Mathura and
Vadodara) signed a
MoU with local
bodies to source
treated sewage
water for theiroperations, and is
expanding capacityof the effluent
treatment plants totreat thewastewater forreuse.

Mathura Refinery
receives ~8 MLD
treated sewage fromthe Laxminagar
sewage treatment
plant set up forindustrial use. The
Vadodara Refinerywill soon startutilisation of treatedwastewater from the
Rajivnagar sewage
treatment plant from
Vadodara Municipal
Corporation.

Increased ethanol
blend in petrol fromthe current 10% to20%; set up 100
KLD 2G ethanol
unit at Panipat.

A 2G plant willproduce ~30 ML of
ethanol using
200,000 tonnes /year of paddy straw(feedstock).

Indian Oil’s‘Sustainable andGreen’ uniform,
under ‘Unbottled’
initiative

Launched“Unbottled” initiative
to make uniforms
for theon-the-groundteams andnon-combat armed
forces entirely outof 100 million
recycled PET
bottles annually.

Impacts
Water neutrality
Reduce fresh water
use
Increase
wastewater
recycling
Work towards water
neutrality
Use stubble toproduce ethanol;
reduce pollution
Extra income forfarmers
Reduce fossil fuelimportReduce fossil fuelimportSupport recycling
economy of thecountry
Use of plastics
sustainably

The Innovation
100 Million PET bottles recycled annually to make staff uniform.India’s leading Public Sector Undertaking (PSU)
Indian Oil Corporation (IOC) has launched a unique initiative- ‘Unbottled’ under which uniforms will be made byrecycling around 28 PET bottles. This project is inspired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s pledge to phase out
single-use plastic.

The Corporate Direction on Sustainability“Today, the global transition towards a cleaner, greener and healthier tomorrow, rests on the able shoulders of
the energy industry. As the industry leader in India, IndianOil must power India’s Net zero journey. It is a matterof pride that IndianOil is one of the few corporates working with a definitive action plan for achieving its own net
zero commitments.”

Shrikant Madhav Vaidya
Chairmanhttps://iocl.com/
Sustainability Policy: https://iocl.com/download/IndianOils_Sustainability_and_CSR_Policy.pdf
Sustainability Report: https://iocl.com/uploads/IOCL-Sustainability-Report-2022-23.pdf

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Kolkata, India

An Overview
ITC is one of India’s foremost
private sector companies with adiversified presence in FMCG,
hotels, packaging, paperboards andspecialty papers, agri-business,and information technology.
The strategy of Responsible

Competitiveness has driven ITC todeveloping a portfolio of over 25
world-class Indian brands and 40
platinum-rated green buildings. It
is the only enterprise in the worldof comparable dimensions to becarbon-positive, water-positiveand solid waste recycling positive
for more than a decade now. Over
6 million livelihoods are supported
by its programmes, making it a
global exemplar in triple bottom line
performance.

Corporate Details

Established/
Incorporation(Erstwhile Imperial Tobacco
Company of India Ltd.)

1910

Turnover

Employees

Products/
Services (Top 3)

USD 8.6 billion

23,725FMCG - cigarettes
FMCG - others
Agri-business(31-Mar-2023)(Full time)

Sustainability Details
Material topics:

Consumer experience
Ethics and governance12

Climate resilient agriculture
Water security for allPriority SDGs

Business
Benefits

Initiatives

Impacts

Mission Sunehra
Kal’s Two Horizon
programme: Skilled
100,000 youth andempowered
120,000 women(FY2023)

Community
goodwill, social
license to operate,
better long-term
relations withstakeholders in key
agricultural areas

Livelihood createdfor 6 million people
so far;

Installed capacity of
renewable energy
is 178 MW
Social and farmforestry projects on
1 million acres ofwastelands

Reduced specific
GHG emissions
Secured high quality
pulp wood for paper
business andsequestered carbon

Increased share of
renewable energy
to 43%
Climate smart
agriculture helped>740,000 farmers.
These villages
show GHG
emission reduction
upto 66% andincrease in net
returns of farmers
upto 90%.

Integrated
watersheddevelopment
programme for1.47 million acresof water-stressedarea (cumulative);storage capacityof over 48.9
million kL.

Total rainwater
harvesting potentialof nearly 50 millionkL created; this is> 3X the net water
consumed by ITC
operations in FY
2022-23.

The demand side
management ofwater in agriculture
benefitted farmers
across 1.18 million
acres, resulting inan estimatedpotential annual
saving of 780
million kL of water.

Benefitted over 5
million womenacross India

The Innovation
Under Social and Farm Forestry
programme, high yielding clonalsaplings provided to farmers
along with technical supportand extension services for tree
farming.

Water Harvesting Structure after
renovation (2023), Maharashtra Under Integrated Watershed
Development Programme

Biodiversity Conservation
Plot (2022), Maharashtra Under Integrated Watershed
Development Programme

The Corporate Direction on Sustainability“The United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals are a powerful global endeavour to combat the accelerating threatof climate change and inequality. I deeply believe that businesses can be a formidable catalyst of change for achieving the
SDGs. ITC’s journey as a global exemplar in sustainability over a quarter of a century is inspired by our credo of “Responsible
Competitiveness” that seeks to create enduring value across the triple bottom line. Multi-dimensional sustainability initiatives today
contribute to all the 17 SDGs. ITC’s mosaic of large-scale interventions includes climate smart agriculture, water stewardship,
bio-diversity, afforestation, livestock development, women’s empowerment, primary education, among others. Supporting largescale decarbonisation, ITC has also been in the forefront of promoting green infrastructure, renewable energy, circular businessmodels and green logistics Raising the bar even higher, ITC has now adopted a bold Sustainability 2.0 agenda, pursuing inclusive
strategies to support large-scale livelihoods and explore newer ways to fight climate risks.”

Mr. Sanjiv Puri
Chairman and Managing Director
https://www.itcportal.com/
Sustainability Policy: https://www.itcportal.com/about-itc/policies/sustainability-policy.aspx
Sustainability Report: https://www.itcportal.com/sustainability/sustainability-integrated-report-2023/ITC-Sustainability-Integrated-Report-2023.pdf
13Mumbai, India

An Overview
India’s largest steel maker has
had a meteoric growth in terms oforganic and inorganic growth; thisgrowth was possible only becauseof the innovative approach andgradual integration of sustainability

in its strategy. The material issues
identified demonstrate its efforts tocreate low carbon infrastructure in
India and overseas. The linkage
with the SDGs underscores theefforts to be increasingly resource-

efficient, enabling it to be the lowest
cost steel converter in the world. The
emphasis on zero harm, inclusionin the two national stock exchange
indices, and several other global thirdparty recognitions affirm this.

Corporate Details

Established/
Incorporation

TurnoverSector

Employees

Products/
Services (Top 3)

1994

USD 20.21
Billion

Manufacturing~13,000

Hot Rolled CoilCold Rolled CoilLong Products(31-Mar-2023)

Sustainability Details
Material topics:

Climate change			
Supply chain sustainability

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Resource security		Energy security

Priority SDGs,
Targets

Business
ImpactInitiatives

Reduce CO2
emission
intensity (Scope1, 2) by 42% by2030

Environmental
ImpactHelps reduceoverall carbon
footprint of ouroperations>30% decreasein thecompany's CO2
emission
intensity, thereby
contributing to
mitigating climatechange.

Attain specificenergyconsumption of
5.65 Gcal/tcs andinstall renewableenergy capacityof 10 GW to fully
use in steelmaking
by 2030

Automated
solar power
plant atVijayanagar

Investing in
renewableenergy will help
reduce energy
costs>18% reduction in
specific energy
consumption:
Thereby promoting
access toaffordable andclean energy

Achieve 100%use of all waste
generated fromoperations by
2030

Steel slag tosand project
replacingnatural river
bed sand: 800
tpd

Help better useof resourcesand enable
material
circularity

37% increasein wasteutilisation,
therebypromotingcircularity

The Innovation
The commissioning of the 225 MW
solar power plant at Vijayanagar
enabled the use of this renewableenergy, as well as supply 400 kV
through a dedicated transmission
corridor. The plant at Thimalapura
village is one of the largest captive
solar power plants installed
to supply power to any steel
manufacturing unit in India. This
project is a part of the company’s
goal to generate 10 GW ofrenewable energy by 2030, leading
to reducing the CO 2 emission
intensity by ~13%.

The Corporate Direction on Sustainability“Sustainability is a value that lies at the very core of JSW’s
business practices. We understand our responsibility towards
making our planet better by reducing our environmental
footprint, conserving natural resources and improving thewellbeing of our people and society.”

Jayant Acharya
CEO & Joint MD, JSW Steelhttps://www.jsw.in/
Sustainability Policy: https://www.jsw.in/groups/sustainability-policies
Sustainability Report: https://tinyurl.com/2bmpx5ex

15Mumbai, India

An Overview
The Mahindra Group, establishedin 1945, is one of the largest
multinational federations ofcompanies, with 260,000
employees in diverse sectors. It is
the world’s largest tractor company
by volume and is a leader infarm equipment, utility vehicles,

information technology and financial
services in India, besides presence
in renewable energy, agriculture,logistics, hospitality, and real estate.
Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd. is the
only automobile company globally
disclosing World Economic Forum’s
Core & Expanded metrics, the first

Indian company in the Automobile andComponents Sector to be included in
the DJSI World for the 2nd consecutive
year, and the only Indian automobile
company to be a part of S&P’s Global
Sustainability Yearbook 2023.

Corporate Details

Established/
Incorporation

Turnover

Employees

Products/
Services (Top 3)

1945

USD 10.32 Billion

61,874Passenger vehicles
Commercial Vehicle
Tractors(31-Mar-2023)

Sustainability Details
Material topics:

Carbon Emission
Water Security
CSR Management (Women Empowerment)
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Sustainable Supply Chain
Health & Safety

Product Stewardship
Waste To WealthPriority SDGs

Initiatives

Business
Benefits

Impacts(Affordable andClean Energy)
7.2: By 2030,
substantially
increase share of
renewable energy
in energy mix

60 MWp captive
solar power plant

Generation of 100
million units ofrenewable electricity
and operating cost
reduction by USD
3.4 million per year

Reduction of
79,000 tCO2
emissions per
year(Clean Water andSanitation)
6.4: By 2030,
substantially
increase water-use
efficiency acrossall sectors andensure sustainable
withdrawals andsupply of
freshwater toaddress water
scarcity

Rainwater
harvesting anduse of treatedwater

704,646 kL
water recycled
and reused

Achieved 100
days without raw
water in paintshop by use oftreated water(Gender equality)
5.1: End all formsof discrimination
against all womenand girls
everywhere

Project Prerna:
Agricultureoriented
livelihoods

10-15% average
growth in farm
produce underPrerna11,111 womenfarmers
supported under
Project Prerna;
about 3.5X
increasecompared tobase year

The Innovation
Project Prerna empowers women farmers as change makers in agriculture. Designed to bring to light the challenges
that women farmers face and empower them as change makers in agriculture, the Prerna campaign highlights themas a strong change catalyst.

The Corporate Direction on Sustainability“At the Mahindra Group, Sustainability is deeply integrated into our core purpose and business strategy. Drive
positive change in the lives of our communities. Only when we enable others to rise will we rise.”

Abanti Sankaranarayanan
Chief Group Public Affairs Officer &Member of the Group Executive Board, Mahindra Grouphttps://www.mahindra.com/
Sustainability Policy: https://www.mahindra.com/resources/investor-reports/FY20/Sustainability-Policies/Sustainability-PolicyAuto-Sector.pdf
Sustainability Report: https://www.mahindra.com/investor-relations/sustainability
https://mahindra.com/sites/default/files/2023-08/Mahindra-%26-Mahindra-Sustainability-Report-2022-23_0.pdf

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Dhaka, Bangladesh

An Overview
The National Credit and Commerce
Bank Limited started in Bangladesh
in 1985 as an investment company
to develop the industrial and trade
sector, while catalysing formationof the capital market. Post theapproval of the Central Bank, it
converted in 1993 into a full-fledged

private commercial bank. NCC
Bank Ltd. has built a reputation forproviding personalised customer
service in a technology-based
environment. It set the standard
for financing industrial trade, andforeign exchange; it supports
renewable energy, energy

efficiency, waste management, socially
responsible financing, green buildings
and more. The Sustainable Finance
Unit handles green banking, CSR
and environmental and social risk
management.

Corporate Details

Established/
Incorporation

Turnover

Employees

Products/
Services (Top 3)

As investment company:

USD 53.951 Million

2,500

Term Loan
Cash Credit & Overdraft
Letter of Credit

1985(31-Mar-2023)

As full-fledged privatecommercial bank:1993

Sustainability Details
Material topics:

Economic performance
EnergyWater and effluents
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Waste
Employment

Priority SDGs

Initiatives

Business
Benefits

Impacts

Improved water
quality by reducing
pollution andminimises releaseof hazardous
chemicals andmaterials in waterbody(Financing Shiplu
Textile)(Affordable andclean energy): Lessenergy use isencouraged byinstallation ofenergy efficientmachinery(Decent work andEconomic Growth):
Installing energy
efficient machinery
helped to reduce
operating cost

(Climate Action):
Installing energy
efficientmachinery
reduces use ofelectricity andfossil fuel, thus
reducing CO2
emission

Less expenses onelectricity add torevenue

Through MSME financing
the Bank is creating
entrepreneurs
The Bank is financing
companies to install ETPs
The Bank is actively
financing energy efficientmachineries.

Decent workand economic
growth: Revenue
line is positively
impacted due tocost reduction

The Bank is financing in“workplace health andsafety” for employees of thefinanced projects
Focusing on lessening
carbon emission through theBank’s finance toenvironment friendly
products and greening own
operation

Reduced loaninterest rate for
installing of energy
efficientmachineries

The Innovation
Through MSME financing the Bank is creating entrepreneurs. Like in the case of Shiplu Textile, the bank is financing
import of energy efficient equipment

The Corporate Direction on Sustainability“Our commitment towards sustainable practice is a collective and continuous effort for upholding
environmental, social and governance (ESG) excellence which enable us to focus more on long-term
investments, initiatives and responsibilities towards a sustainable future.”

Mohammad Mamdudur RashidManaging Director & CEO

https://www.nccbank.com.bd/
Sustainability Policy: https://www.bb.org.bd/en/index.php/mediaroom/circular
Sustainability Report: https://www.nccbank.com.bd/assets/files/annual_report/annual_report_2022.pdf

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Dhaka, Bangladesh

An Overview•

Purbani has been involvedin the textile business forover forty years. In the earlyseventies, it emerged in the
textile business as a yarn
trader. In 1984, the group
entered textile manufacturing

by acquiring a spinning
production line. Today, thegroup has a 100% exportoriented vertically integrated
knitted apparel production
facility. It uses its spinning units
to produce yarn and the yarn isused in the subsequent in-houseprocesses to manufacture fabricand apparel export. The company
has an annual turnover of US$
174 million and currently employs
9,500 people.

Corporate Details

Established/
Incorporation

Turnover

Employees

Products/
Services (Top 3)

1973

USD 174
Billion

9,345

Yarn,
Ready-madegarments,
Fabrics(31-Mar-2022)(31-Mar-2022)

Sustainability Details
Material topics:

Energy			Waste			20Emission				
Water & Effluents
Supplier Environmental Assessment

Priority SDGs
Responsible
Consumption
andProduction

Initiatives
Circular fashion
recycling
Material reutilization
by recycling.
Segregate recyclable Facility
waste – cutting clips, scraps,
etc.

Business
Benefits

Impacts

Lowers cost of
manufacture

16% Lesser
waste

Lesser water consumed

Clean Waterand Sanitation,
Conforming to Green Button
project by
GIZ by installed two
biological ETP
ClimateAction:Emission

Better Chemical
management/
Environment
performance

90,500 m3
Water saved

800,000 L
Chemicals

The Innovation
Textile effluents can cause significant water pollution that threatens human health and damage the environment. The
Purbani Group ensures zero discharge of hazardous chemicals in nature by proper treatment of industrial waste waterby their effluent treatment plant. They have installed two biological ETPs with capacity of 100 m 3 per hour and 50 m 3
per hour. The ETPs are equipped with modern equipment, standard laboratory and operational excellence, led bycompetent people. They comply with DoE, ZDHC, DETOX etc. wastewater guidelines. A significant amount of treatedwastewater that reduces ground water consumption, is reused.

The Corporate Direction on Sustainability“As we mark the momentous occasion of Purbani Group’s 50th year, we take great pride in publishing our
first GRI based Sustainability report. Our journey has always been driven by a commitment to excellence
and a deep sense of responsibility towards our people, our communities, and our planet. Throughsustainable practices across our 13 business units, we strive to create a brighter and more inclusive future.
This report stands as a testament to our unwavering dedication to sustainability, as we continue to weave
together innovation, ethics, and progress for generations to come.”

Shafiqul Sohel Sarker
Managing Director

https://www.purbanigroup.com/
Sustainability Policy: https://www.purbanigroup.com/sustainability
Sustainability Report: https://www.purbanigroup.com/sustainability

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An Overview
Reliance Industries Limited is thehighest-ranked Indian company in
the Fortune 500 list as well as in
the Forbes Global 2000 list, and thelargest private sector corporationin India. Since its inception in
1977, the conglomerate’s businessinterests have diversified toinclude energy, materials, retail,entertainment and digital services,yielding a turnover of USD 119
billion in the last fiscal. Its growthenablers have largely beentechnology and consumer-centric
platforms, competitive access tocapital, strong project management
capability, diversification,
integration and cost leadership. A
workforce of 390,000 focus on thematerial issues that include climatechange, environmental impacts,
energy efficiency, water and effluent
management, raw material security,and ecosystem and biodiversity. The
current focus is on building worldclass, world-scale assets to produce
new-age material, green energy, green
chemicals targeting circularity and net
carbon zero.

Corporate Details

Established/
Incorporation

Turnover

Employees

Products/
Services (Top 3)

1977

INR 974,864
Crore

3,89,414

Transportation fuels
Polymers & Elastomers
Aromatics, Fibre
Intermediates &Polyester Fibres(IPO)(31-Mar-2023)(31-Mar-2023)

Sustainability Details
Material topics:

Waste Management
Circular Economy (Most relevant for this initiative)
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Priority SDGs

Business
Benefits

Impacts

R|Elan™ GreenGold
Ecocean - A sustainablefabric that cares for theoceansPost-consumer PET bottles
as raw material for R|Elan™
GreenGold Ecocean fibres

keeps water bodies clean of
2 billion PET bottles everyyear

PET Bottles are collected
before they reach and pollute
oceans. These PET bottles
are cleaned, crushed andconverted into flakes, which
are then washed andconverted into high quality
fibres, yarns, and fabrics

An addition to the RIL’s
sustainable product portfolio.

Keeps marine life safe

R|Elan™ GreenGold
Ecocean is now a muchsought-after fabric amongleading brands, retailers,
fashion designers and styleenthusiasts.

Consumers in turn have an
opportunity to opt forsustainable fashion.

Initiatives

The Innovation

Spearheading the
adoption of circular
economy concepts in
India, RIL introduces
high-quality branded
polyester - R|Elan™
GreenGold,
manufactured from
100% used PET bottles

The Corporate Direction on Sustainability“We, at Reliance, have a deep-rooted belief that sustainability is an integral part of enterprise growth.
The tremendous stress that mankind has exerted on natural resources, since the advent of the Industrial
Revolution, has brought us to a stage where we need to collectively ramp up our efforts to combat climatechange.”Mukesh Ambani
Chairman and Managing Director

https://www.ril.com/
Sustainability Policy Environment Policy and HSE Policy are on this link: https://www.ril.com/Sustainability/HealthSafety.aspx
Sustainability Report: Integrated Annual Report 2022-23: https://www.ril.com/ar2022-23/pdf/RIL-Integrated-AnnualReport-2022-23.pdf
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Dhaka, Bangladesh

An Overview
Standard Bank Ltd. was establishedin 1999 to build a sound national
economy and a better world
through more equitable and resilient
finance without compromising on
the principles of Islamic Shahri’ah.
It invests in business enterprises,
gets commission and exchangeearning, and invests in shares andsecurities. The bank has invested
in agriculture and rural sectors, inmicro-finance institutions, in over
2,800 SME clients, encouraged
women entrepreneurs, in digitaland online banking services,
and international trade facilities,
and also in lowering its own
environmental footprint. Further,the bank has moved its head office toa newly constructed green building.
The distinctive feature has been how
the bank aligned it’s investment andbusiness portfolios with ethical andresponsible financing that addresssocial and environmental challenges
and promote financial inclusion.

Corporate Details

Established/
Incorporation

Turnover

Employees

Products/
Services (Top 3)

1999

USD 1.288
Million

2,239(permanent:
1,981)

Investment in businessenterprises,
Commission andexchange earnings,
Investment in shares andsecurities(31-Mar-2023)

Sustainability Details
Material topics:

Building a competent and unbiased workforce
Ensuring sustainable investment to ensure equitable society
Reduce energy consumption at operational level24Priority SDGs

Business
Benefits

Initiatives
Circular fashion
recycling
Material reutilization byrecycling. Segregatedrecyclable facility
wastes (cutting clips,
scraps, etc.)
Conforming to Green
Button project by GIZ
by installing 2
biological ETP

Invested BDT 5,959
million in 2022 tosupport thecommunity; up by
165% YoY
Invested BDT 20,344
million in SMEs;
increased 61% YoY

150 new hires with
27% female
Salary enhanced by~15% to adjust forcost of living

Impacts
About 3,800 SME clients
received financial support of BDT
20,344 million
87 persons including theirfamilies received community
support worth BDT 5,959.40
million
About 800 clients benefited
through sustainable financefacility worth BDT 12,673 million
BDT 6,055 million disbursed todevelop agriculture and rural
economyIndustrial investment
enhanced by around
13%

The Innovation
Reducing energy consumption
and carbon footprint at operational
level, required a step back to lookcloser at the challenge. The result– a Construction of 25 stories onground LEED certified green building
for head office, with 4 basement
floors. Leadership in Energy andEnvironmental Design) is theworld&#39;s most widely used green
building rating system

Reduce carbon
footprint throughresponsible internal
operations

Use of octane formobile combustion
was rationalised andincrease limited toonly 3.79% in 2022,
compared to anincrease of 52%
in 2021

To sign agreementswith partners to help
achieve
SDG goals

Agreement signedwith central bankand Islamic
development bankto support community
development.
Finance of ~BDT
1,100 million
provided at
discounted price

The Corporate Direction on Sustainability
We believe banks are at the forefront to support the Sustainable
Development Goals (SDGs) agenda by aligning their investment
and business portfolios with ethical and responsible financing.
They can also provide financial products and services that addresssocial and environmental challenges, promoting financial inclusionand sustainable economic growth. As a service and environmentfriendly banking institution, we have reaffirmed our commitment
to that agenda by producing GRI based sustainability report andpromising to continue our journey toward a brighter tomorrow.

Md. Habibur Rahman
Managing Director and CEO

https://www.standardbankbd.com/
Sustainability Policy
https://www.standardbankbd.com/Content/Files/Standard_Bank_Sustainability_Report_2021_1.pdf
https://www.standardbankbd.com/Content/Files/Financials/AnnualReports/SBL_Annual_Report_2022.pdf
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Tata Consultancy
Services Mumbai, India

An Overview
Tata Consultancy Services is an IT
services, consulting and businesssolutions organization that has
been partnering with many of theworld’s largest businesses in theirtransformation journeys for over
55 years. A part of the Tata group,

India’s largest multinational
business group, TCS has about
616,000 of the world’s best trained
consultants from 154 nationalitiesin 55 countries. The company
generated consolidated revenueof USD 28 billion in the last fiscal,

and is listed on the top two stock
exchanges in India. Its initiatives on
climate change and work with
communities across the world arewidely recognised.

Corporate Details

Established/
Incorporation

Turnover

Employees

1995

USD 27.9
Billion615,721(31-Mar-2023)

Products/
Services (Top 3)
Application development andmaintenanceConsulting and service
integration
Digital transformation
services

Sustainability Details
Material topics:

Corporate governance		Social responsibility		

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Business sustainability		
Environmental footprint

Talent management

Priority SDGs,
Targets
Qualityeducation

Initiatives
Literacy as aservice programme(LaaS) to improve
adult literacy rate
Youth employment
programme(YEP) provides
employability training
to marginalised
youth.

ClimateActionDigital platform for
Next generation
Agriculture (DNA) is
a cloud-based
decision intelligenceand crop monitoring
systemEnergy solution helps
Eversource anapplication to onboard
new solar customers,
track electricity
generated, and a
pricing engine toincentivise earlyenrolment as a
producer.

Business
ImpactEnvironmental
ImpactLaaS has benefitted about
1,128,000 learners in FY
2023

The initiatives
empowered several
marginalised membersof the society, and enabled
them to be employed or avail
livelihood opportunities.
These result reducing
poverty by raising thehousehold income levels,and offer a better qualityof life.

YEP trained 31,155
marginalised youth in FY
2023

Higher yield of a leading
agri-input company by 1-2%
Improved income of small
tea growers by 15% andreduce rejects by 20%.

TCS was able to reduce its
energy consumption by 29%,and increased the use ofrenewable energy to meet
55.2% of its own
requirement. Externally,
4,30,000 customers
benefitted from Eversource.

Mitigating theharmful effects of
GHG emissions andintegrating adaptation
options to address climatechange help everyone
on the planet.

The Innovation
The scope of sustainable impact via digital food initiatives to improve agri-based process (left), and the results after
implementing the digital platform for next-gen agriculture, DNA (right), a patent protected IP solution from TCS. TCS
BaNCS provides banks with the products and technology to meet the opportunities of tomorrow. Highlights:

The Corporate Direction on Sustainability• Services more than 35% of the world’s banking
population• 8 out of top 10 custodian and asset management
firms run on TCS BaNCS
Sustainathon is a platform for the youth tocollaborate with private companies, non-profit
companies and organisations, and government
agencies to co-create solutions in response tosustainability challenges since 2020. Highlights:• Services more than 35% of the world’s banking
population• 10+ editions across 10+ countries in multiple regions
   with 100+ customers / partners, and with over 3,000
ideas submitted“We face the future confidently to achieve more, notonly for our businesses and shareholders, but ourcountry and communities. We can shape this moment
to set new standards in technology, manufacturing, andsustainability.”

N Chandrasekaran
Charman, Tata Grouphttps://www.tcs.com/
Sustainability Policy: https://www.tcs.com/who-we-are/tcssustainable-business-carbon-neutrality
Sustainability Report: https://www.tcs.com/content/dam/tcs/
investor-relations/financial-statements/2022-23/ar/annualreport-2022-2023.pdf
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Colombo, Sri Lanka

An Overview
Talawakelle Tea Estates,
established in 1992, is a frontrunner among plantation companies
in Sri Lanka, producing high-quality
pure Ceylon tea from 16 finest
tea gardens and had revenues ofabout USD 26 million in the last
fiscal with 4,800 employees. They

were the first to obtain the HACCP
certification, to be ISO 22000
certified, acquired the Rainforest
Alliance certification, certified to
ISO 9001, ISO 14001 and ISO
5000. TTE pledged support tosafeguarding the environment andenergy management. Besides

having their own hydroelectric power
plants and installing solar panels, they
pioneered the Food Factory concept,
provide free healthcare to employees,
and became the first regional
plantation company to be certified as“Great Place to Work”.

Corporate Details

Established/
Incorporation

Turnover

Employees

1992

USD
26,492,619

615,721(31-Mar-2023)

Products/
Services (Top 3)
Black Tea
Green Tea
Speciality Tea

Sustainability Details
Material topics:

Greenhouse gas emissions
Biodiversity and ecosystem services
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Diversity and equal opportunity

Priority SDGs

Initiatives

Business
Benefits

Impacts

Capacity togenerate
renewable energy
increased to 2.1
MW frommini-hydro and
600 kWp fromsolar rooftops oftea factories

3.3% decrease indirect energy use
in FY 2022-23

37% reduction ingreenhouse gas
emission in FY
2022-23compared to FY
2018-19 (baseyear)

Completed St. Clair
Ecosystem
Restoration Project:
8 ha with 18,000
native plants, while
the flagshipbiodiversity
conservation
initiative of thegroup ‘Kirulu’
involved theplanting of over
4,000 native plants

Improved soil
health, reduced
erosion, and better
water retention,
benefiting thesurrounding tea
fields

15% improvementin biodiversity
status of estatesaccording to thebiodiversity
assessment in
2023

Initiated a field level
women's leadershipprogramme bypromoting 24 young
women as Field
Supervisors andrecognising 28 Tea
Harvesters as Team
Leaders

Enhanced
employee moraleand engagement

97% employee
trust index in theemployeesatisfaction
surveyThe Innovation
Dedicated biodiversity conservation programmessuch as the St. Clair Ecosystem Restoration Project
have seen the planting of over 18000 native andendemic plants. Community awareness programmes
also go in-hand with these initiatives.

Courtesy TTE FB page

The Corporate Direction on Sustainability“Embracing sustainability is not a choice; it is our unwavering responsibility as custodians of the future.
As Chief Executive Officer of Talawakelle Tea Estates PLC, I am resolute in forging a transformative
journey where prosperity intertwines with purpose, ensuring a legacy that reverberates throughgenerations to come.”

Senaka Alawattegama
Chief Executive Officer

https://www.talawakelleteas.com/
Sustainability Policy
https://sway.office.com/IoYyf7oqfkZfnLu0?ref=Link
Sustainability Reportwww.talawakelleteas.com/content/annualReport/finalanualreport.pdf
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(Formerly US Apparel & Textiles)
Lahore, Pakistan

An Overview
The US Group was establishedin 1975, starting from making
cotton garments, sweaters, gloves,wash and wear bottoms, and twill
garments and supplying to diverse
markets of the UK and the Middle
East, it became apt to focus on
denim fabric and apparel production

and supply. Today, it has diversified
into four verticals; Apparel, Fabrics,
New Ventures and Logistics. A
turnover of USD 64 million in
2022 was the highlight of theperformance by the nearly 16,000
employees. It makes constantefforts to reduce its footprint.

For example, 10% of its energy
requirements are met through captive
solar power production, 44% lesser
water consumed since 2019, andreduction in chemicals consumed in its
processes, among other measures.

Corporate Details

Established/
Incorporation

Turnover

Employees

1975

USD 63.6
Million

15,933(31-Mar-2022)

Sustainability Details
Material topics:

Access to clean and renewable energy for operations
Diversity and inclusion within workforce
Reduce consumption of freshwater in operations
Ensure a safe work environment
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Products/
Services (Top 3)
Denim Jeans
Denim Fabric
Twill FabricPriority SDGs,
Targets(Affordable &Clean Energy)

Business
ImpactInitiatives
7 MW of solar
energy added.

Annual reduction of
4,000 t of CO2
emissions andabout 14,000 t
expected to be
reduced in 2025 byusing a biomass
boiler.

Self-reliant inclean anddependable
energy source
helps achieve
company andcustomer targets
with reduced GHG
emissions

Women work on
the production
floor
Separatetransport, common
room, prayerroom, canteen andwashrooms for
women.

Empowering
women by skillingthem and decent
livelihood. It also
fulfils customer
requirement.
Further, it brought
in a better work
cultureWomen constitute
50% of workforce;training andemploying them inoperations
contribute directly
to building of
capacity of thissegment of
population.

Recipes revised andintroduced ozone /enzyme washing.
Installed 100 m3 / hrwater recycling plant

The ground waterlevels aremonitored andwater recharge
initiatives are
aimed to minimise
impact fromoperations. Regularawarenesssessions are
conducted for theneighbouringorganisations onwater conservation.

Since all theoperation units arein water stressed
areas, it helped
being water positive
to have recycling
plants and rainwater
availability. It also
reduces pumping
and cleaning andtreatment costs.

Increased
motivation in
employees andenhancedcompany
reputation. Also, itwill save ~PKR
500,000 in
businessinterruption andhuman costs.

The initiatives
lead to employee
motivation andbuilding
reputation andcredibility as an
employer andvalue chain
partner.

Biomass
boiler for steam
approved(Gender Diversity)(Clean Water &Sanitation)

Created 4 rain water
harvesting andstorage pits; avoided
use of 7,469 m3 offresh water.

(Good Health &Well Being)

Environmental
ImpactLaunched
corporate OH&S
programme; “nearmiss” and “unsafe”
are leadingtargets.
Devised SOPs,
conducted training
on OH&S andsafety audits

The Innovation• Annual Kaizen conference is held in which ideas
from the floor are evaluated for uniqueness,benefit and cost
• In 2022, part of the flue gases containing CO2
were redirected through the equalisation
channel to neutralise the alkaline effluent goingto the effluent treatment plant. This led to lesser
chemicals consumed as well as reduced theemissions.
• GHG emission reduction: 56,000 kg by increasein efficiency of the boiler, and 2,365,000 kg by
injecting into the effluent drain; hence a totalof 2,421,000 kg of GHG emission avoided till
September 2022 (8.2% of base line, 2019)

The Corporate Direction on Sustainability
For me, the most difficult yet rewarding part remains thatof “Changing Mindsets”. We are spending our limited
natural resources at a dangerously alarming rate, andonly a change of mindset can convert this adversity into
opportunity. It is gratifying to see people around me at US
Group unlearning life old habits, relearning, and leaning
towards a sustainable lifestyle.”

Asif Malik
Chief Executive

https://usgroup.org
Sustainability Policy: https://indd.adobe.com/view/2f6a95bf-84f344a0-873f-d24422b36701 (page 13 of the Sustainability Report)
Sustainability Report: https://usgroup.org/pdf/sustainability_
report_2022.pdf
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Bengaluru, India

An Overview
Established in 1945, Wipro is aleading technology services andconsulting company focused onbuilding innovative solutions that
address most complex digitaltransformation needs of theirclients. The organisation helps
clients realise their ambitions andbuild future-ready businesses byleveraging its holistic portfolio of
capabilities in consulting, design,
engineering, and operations.
The workforce of nearly 250,000
employees from 144 nationalitiesand 36.4% being women, delivered
revenue of USD 11.2 billion in thelast fiscal. The intent to lower its
own footprint is evident from facts

such as 60% of total consumption ofenergy is from renewable sources,
37% of the total water consumption
is recycled, and 97% of its waste is
avoided from being sent to the landfill.
Wipro has 1,312 patents and yet iscommitted to the community, with 66%
of its economic interest pledged tophilanthropy.

Corporate Details

Established/
Incorporation

Turnover

Employees

1945

USD 11.2
Billion257,311(31-Mar-2022)

Products/
Services (Top 3)
Technology Consulting
IT consulting
Business Process
Services

Sustainability Details
Material topics:

Ethical governance and Transparency (SDG 16)
Future Ready Workforce (SDG 8)
Data Privacy and Cybersecurity (SDG 9)32

Environmental Stewardship andClimate Action (SDG 6, 12, 13)
Consumer Centricity (SDG 9)

Priority SDGs
Opportunities to
employees to reskill
themselves for clientdemands
Deliver leadershipskills programme all
through career

Established trusted
sustainability data
ecosystems to drive
Sustainability &Impactimprovement
initiatives.

Initiatives
Digital learning
programmes: Velocity,
Myskill-Z andManagement
academies

Business
Benefits
As of FY2022-23
11,497 Net employee addition

Impacts
Positive social transformation via
education, primary healthcare,disaster response, ecology, andcities and public spaces, impacting
2 million people

36.4% Women in workforce
Leadership development programmes:
VoyageInvested in eightenterprise-focused
venture funds
Developing robotics
for indoor inventory
management andmovement.
R&D expenses risenby 26%.

1,312 Patents granted till date

Healthy work environment andavenues for education andengagement.

342 Trademark registered

572 bps Increase in Customer Net
Promoter Score

Talent retention through holistic
employee well-being programmeInnovations generate incremental
revenue for customers, driving
business growth.
Aims to improve freshwater use
efficiency by 65% in all owned
facilities.
Improve year-on-year per capita
water efficiency by 10%
Increase share of recycled water
to 50% of total water consumption
by 2030.

Committed to reducing
its own value chain
emissions to Net Zeroby 2040

Freshwater consumption intensity
reduced by stopping leaks at 3
sites, starting STP at 1 site andclosing 3 sites.
Green IT hardware procurement
via Electronic ProductEnvironmental Assessment Tool.
First major Indian business to join
EV100 to transition our global fleet
to EVs by 2030.
Energy efficiency of 80 units / m2
in the new state-of-the-art facility
at Bangalore.

The Innovation
At 80 units / m2, the energy efficiency standards in the new state-of-the-art facility at Bangalore, are ahead of global
benchmarks. It is the result of sustainable architecture and building design, innovative technologies, and an IoT sensorbased Energy Command Centre to optimise energy consumption.
Some highlights:    •   Battery-free campus; rotary UPS in place of traditional UPS    •   Double-skinned facade (95% daylit
workspaces)    •   Over 80% of power requirement is from renewable energy sources    •   35% area naturally ventilated
reducing cooling requirement/energy footprint    •   100% of roof rain water is harvested

The Corporate Direction on Sustainability
At Wipro, we believe that engagement with social and environmental issues must be deep, meaningful, and have a long-term
commitment. The Spirit of Wipro brings and binds together our employees, customers, shareholders, partners, and communities.
Our holistic view on culture includes five tenets: Leading with purpose, supporting the well-being of our associates, sustaining ourcommunities, building an inclusive workplace, and nurturing a mindset that helps us realize our bold ambitions. While many ofour programs started more than a decade and a half ago, ESG programs are now central to what we do as a business today. Our
efforts were recognized by the DJSI (World) for the 13th consecutive time in 2022; we were also rated ‘Gold’ in the EcoVadis rating
framework and included in CDP’s A list of 200 global companies with demonstrated climate leadership.”

Rishad Premji
Chairman, Wipro Ltd
https://www.wipro.com/ sustainability
Sustainability Policy: Ecological Sustainability Policy (wipro.com); Human Rights Policy; CSR Policy; Other policies
Sustainability Report: https://www.wipro.com/content/dam/ nexus/en/sustainability/sustainability_reports/wipro-sustainability-report-fy-2021-22.pdf
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