INTRODUCTION• Indian multinational company encompasses 100

companies in seven business sectors

• More than a business

• Work culture that embraces ethics, value

systems, comfortable and safe environments and

learning opportunities

• Environment is a focus area within the group’s

overall CSR matrix. A host of Tata companies also

adhere to environmental procedures drawn up by

the Global Reporting Initiative (GRI), which

operates under the aegis of the United Nations.

Company Initiatives It works on projects that include repairing green

cover, reducing effluents and emissions, maintain local ecologies and improving long term corporate sustainability,by choice and conviction

Understanding that no environment policy can operate in isolation - that benefits both nature and those dependent on it.

Contribution includes efforts of :different Tata companies - around their areas of operationthe philanthropic thrust of the Tata trustsSupport for endeavours to conserve plant and animal species, improve land and water use, and green sanctuaries

watershed programs and land regeneration to forestry projects and the protection of endangered species.

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One Tata project that brought together Tata Group companies (TCS, Titan Industries and Tata Chemicals) was developing a compact, in-home water-purification device. It was called “Tata swach” which means "clean" in Hindi and would cost less than 1000 rupees (US$21).

The idea of “Tata swach” was thought of from the 2004 tsunami in the Indian Ocean, which left thousands of people without clean drinking water. This device has filters that last about a year long for a family of five. It is a low-cost product available for people who have no access to safe drinking water in their homes.The advantage of this device is that it does not require the use of electricity

• Express concern simplyDiscouraging working overtime & on

saturdaysUsing sunlight during daytime – 30%Blowers were replaced by motion sensing

devicesMetaliks designed such a way that 80%

doesn’t require artificial lighting.• Made people sensitive to environment

Commitment Towards Environment

The climate change initiatives

•  Actions taken on climate change must be concerted, structured and sustainable. It must target the rising carbon emissions and work towards the dual objective of reducing the greenhouse gases being spewed into the atmosphere and reviving nature’s ability to heal itself.

An overall change in organisational behaviour is being

sought through the Tata Code of Conduct 2008.

This is being backed up by the climate change

initiative that will be run through Tata Quality

Management Services (TQMS), which will support the

companies in their attack on global warming.

• Tata Steel recycles more than 80 per cent of the waste

generated and the rest is despatched into safe

landfills.

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• At Tata Chemicals, water recycling processes and sewage treatment

facilities have cut down the dependence on fresh water. It also

invests time and resources in saving the whale shark.

• Tata Steel, Tata Motors, Tata Chemicals, Tata Power, Tata Sponge,

and Tata Metaliks have registered projects under the Clean

Development Mechanism:

• The major areas under CDM projects are:    1. Waste heat recovery power generation    2. Super critical technology for power generation    3. Fuel switch    4. Methane capture    5. Energy efficiency improvements    6. Setting up of renewable energy power generation farms using wind, solar, etc.

• Tata Tea safeguards the rich and diverse flora and fauna around its estates in Munnar, Kerala. The company has also taken on the challenge of protecting the 97 square kilometre Eravikulam National Park.

• Prevent the wasteful use of natural resources and improve the environment, particularly with regard to the emission of greenhouse gases.

Contd..• Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) has committed to building green offices;

its buildings will be rated by LEED or the Leadership in Energy and

Environmental Design.

• In 1964, the company took over 800 acres of rocky and wasteland close to

the Pune campus and converted it into a mini forest.

•  Botanical reserve that will be a stronghold for endangered plant species and a seed bank for their mass regeneration

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• The steps adopted by Tata group on mitigation activities As a first step, the group has decided to assess and benchmark its global

carbon footprint and work towards its subsequent phased reduction.o For that 2 external consultants, Ernst & Young and McKinsey &

Company have been appointed. o Ernst & Young will measure the current carbon footprint and extrapolate

the futuristic carbon footprinto McKinsey & Company will help the companies establish cost abatement

curves and develop high level mitigation strategies.   In the second phase, it will be extended to minor processes through

intensive awareness and training programmes for all stakeholders, identification of climate change champions and a group policy on green buildings.

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• Jaguar Land Rover has embraced carbon dioxide offsetting as a central component of its overall strategy to manage and reduce carbon emissions.

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• Tata steel has undertaken initiatives to reduce its environmental impact on multiple funds by providing a central online resources for employees provides useful information about the steps that can be taken to save energy and cut emissions at home and at workplace.

• It provides on and off shore wind turbines and tidal energy generators which helps to generate renewable carbon free energy.

• Across the Tata group, new initiatives were taken in terms of developing abatement strategies and climate change policies by increasing awareness and determining best practices.

Conservation Initiatives

Tata Steel has set global benchmarks in environment conservation by incorporating best available technologies within its extensive conservation initiatives.

• Energy conservation Tata Steel ensures energy conservation primarily through use of

energy efficient technologies and processes that enable higher energy reduction and efficiency

• Raw material conservationTata Steel is committed to conserving these

non-renewable raw materials and it also uses innovative ore beneficiation and extraction techniques to ensure efficient mining of raw materials.

Contd…• Water conservationTata Steel has been conserving water through : Water recovery and recycling initiatives Water footprint assessment and reduction exercises Large-scale rainwater harvesting projects Water conservation at the raw material locations Protecting water sources at the mines Artificial recharge of ground water Ensuring zero water discharge at the collieries

• Waste managementTata Steel deploys the 3R principle of reduce,

reuse and recycle

“Businesses need to go beyond the interests of their companies to the communities they serve.”

- Ratan Tata