WE DREAM of a BETTER WORLD the TATA GROUP and the Sdgs the TATA GROUP and the Sdgs Contents

WE DREAM OF A BETTER WORLD THE TATA GROUP AND THE SDGs THE TATA GROUP AND THE SDGs Contents Goal 4 - Quality Goal 12 - Responsible 1 Introduction 32 Education 96 Consumption and Production Goal 5 - Gender Goal 13 - 2 What are the SDGs? 44 Quality 108 Climate Action We are experiencing sweeping social This document illustrates how the and environmental changes across Tata group companies’ activities geographies, impacting lives and are contributing to the realisation Goal 6 - Clean Water Goal 14 - livelihoods. These changes call for of the SDGs either through the 4 SDGs Heatmap 50 and Sanitation 116 Life below Water need-based interventions, supported business or CSR. Besides, it by the active participation of diverse describes the measurable impact stakeholders; interventions that that these activities can achieve deliver measurable outcomes to improve the quality of life, and bringing lasting change. The enhance stakeholder value across Goal 7 - Affordable Goal 15 - Life on Land Sustainable Development Goals communities they touch. The SDGs 6 Foreword 60 and Clean Energy 124 (SDGs), also known as the Global have now become a blueprint to Goals, launched in 2015, are a help achieve and contribute to universal call to action to end corporate responsibility. poverty, protect the planet and ensure that people enjoy peace Making SDGs work Goal 8 - Decent Work Goal 16 - Peace, and prosperity. The SDGs provide 8 for the Tata group 66 and Economic Growth 134 Justice and Strong business an unprecedented Institutions opportunity to make positive impact in the lives of many. The Tata group contributes to the Goal 9 - Industry, Goal 17 - Partnership realisation of the SDGs by supporting 10 Goal 1 - No Poverty 76 Innovation and 140 for the Goals sustainable and meaningful actions Infrastructure in the communities and in which it operates. The group also employs sustainability levers in its business operations and offers products and Goal 10 - Reduced services that help create value for 18 Goal 2 - Zero Hunger 82 Inequalities customers and stakeholders. Goal 3 - Good Health Goal 11 - Sustainable 24 and Well-being Cities and 90 Communities THE TATA GROUP AND THE SDGs What are SDGs? Why are the SDGs Important for Business? The Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) are a new, universal set of goals, targets and indicators that UN member states are expected to use Businesses have been facing increasing They have started to define and Development and the SDGs provide a to frame their development agendas and policies, with a 2030 deadline expectations from stakeholders in formulate broader responsibilities, and good opportunity for businesses to align for attainment. It is the UN’s most ambitious vision for sustainable the past few years to include social, sustainability has become an increasingly their strategic goals with globally agreed development yet and will reshape the practice of development globally, environmental and governance critical consideration for corporations. sustainability principles. including the role of the private sector. dimensions in their corporate strategies. The 2030 Agenda for Sustainable How Can Business Contribute to the SDGs? Businesses are essential drivers for have the resources to push growth by Business can leverage these capabilities sustainable development and human providing employment, technology, and catalyse sustainable, profitable prosperity especially because they innovation, research and funding. growth. 17 SDGs NO ZERO GOOD HEALTH QUALITY GENDER Tata group and the SDGs POVERTY HUNGER AND WELL-BEING EDUCATION EQUALITY The Tata group believes that the role of responsible and environmentally sound. environmental preservation, and through business is not just about giving back to Sustainability is built into the Tata a governance structure that engages society from its profits but also about group’s business processes through employees and other key stakeholders. ensuring that the processes it employs a well-defined policy, a value system to earn these profits are ethical, socially committed to social expenditure and CLEAN WATER AFFORDABLE DECENT WORK INDUSTRY, REDUCED SUSTAINABLE AND SANITATION AND CLEAN AND ECONOMIC INNOVATION AND INEQUALITIES CITIES AND ENERGY GROWTH INFRASTRUCTURE COMMUNITIES Scope of the Document This document aims to capture the completed or are underway and have various initiatives of the Tata group resources being devoted to them that companies aligned to the SDGs. The relate to the SDGs. RESPONSIBLE CLIMATE LIFE BELOW LIFE PEACE, JUSTICE PARTNERSHIPS examples would describe specific CONSUMPTION ACTION WATER ON LAND AND STRONG FOR THE GOALS AND PRODUCTION INSTITUTIONS activities that have already been 2 3 THE TATA GROUP AND THE SDGs SDGs Heatmap Tata Steel Tata Motors Tata group Tata Chemicals TCS Tata Power 17 SDGs Tata Global Beverages This map shows how various initiatives of the Tata group companies Rallis are aligned to the SDGs to ensure continued commitment, attract broad support for these efforts and provide transparency and Tata Projects accountability for all stakeholders. The SDGs Heatmap showcases Taj Hotels the examples that have been captured as part of this document and is not an exhaustive compilation of all the initiatives from Jaguar Land Rover Tata group companies. Tata Housing Tata International NO ZERO Tata POVERTY HUNGER Communications Titan GOOD HEALTH AND QUALITY GENDER CLEAN WATER Tata Teleservices WELL-BEING EDUCATION EQUALITY AND SANITATION Limited APPL AFFORDABLE AND CLEAN DECENT WORK AND INDUSTRY, INNOVATION REDUCED SUSTAINABLE CITIES AND ENERGY ECONOMIC GROWTH AND INFRASTRUCTURE INEQUALITIES COMMUNITIES Tata Technologies Voltas Water Solutions RESPONSIBLE CLIMATE LIFE BELOW LIFE PEACE, JUSTICE AND PARTNERSHIPS CONSUMPTION AND ACTION WATER ON LAND STRONG INSTITUTIONS FOR THE GOALS PRODUCTION 4 5 THE TATA GROUP AND THE SDGs Foreword Our sustainability initiatives aim to be relevant to local, national and global contexts. We keep in mind the most disadvantaged communities, based on globally-agreed sustainable development principles and implement programmes to benefit them, in partnership with a range of stakeholders. Global challenges – ranging from the most disadvantaged communities, product innovations or CSR. It is not climate change, refugee, water and based on globally-agreed sustainable meant to be exhaustive or detailed but food crises, to poverty, urbanisation, development principles and implement it does convey the range of initiatives Natarajan Chandrasekaran and political instability and widening programmes to benefit them, in being spearheaded across the globe. We Chairman, Tata Sons gender inequality – require urgent partnership with a range of stakeholders. are not alone in these efforts as our most solutions. Navigating through these valuable asset, our employees, partner us critical developments will require the The Sustainable Development Goals in these initiatives. THE SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT GOALS (SDGs) AND THE 2030 DEVELOPMENT private sector to not only understand (SDGs) and the 2030 development AGENDA IS THE U.N.’S MOST AMBITIOUS VISION FOR SUSTAINABLE and respond to these emerging agenda is the U.N.’s most ambitious This document is testament to the mega trends but also demonstrate vision for sustainable development, yet. fact that regardless of the size of the DEVELOPMENT, YET. THIS IS EXPECTED TO RESHAPE THE PRACTICE OF a deep commitment to governance, This is expected to reshape the practice company or its industry, the private DEVELOPMENT GLOBALLY. THE SDGs RESULT FROM A PROCESS THAT HAS BEEN transparency, ethics and values that of development globally. The SDGs sector can contribute to the SDGs MORE INCLUSIVE THAN EVER, WITH THE PARTICIPATION OF GOVERNMENTS, consumers and other stakeholders result from a process that has been more significantly. While the scale and scope are increasingly expecting of them. inclusive than ever, with the participation of the SDGs is unprecedented, the BUSINESSES, CIVIL SOCIETY ORGANISATIONS AND CITIZENS. FULFILLING THESE Businesses must engage in developing of governments, businesses, civil society fundamental ways that business can AMBITIONS WILL TAKE AN UNPRECEDENTED EFFORT BY ALL STAKEHOLDERS IN sustainable products and services organisations and citizens. Fulfilling these contribute remains unchanged. SOCIETY – AND THE PRIVATE SECTOR HAS A VERY IMPORTANT ROLE TO PLAY IN and implement responsible practices ambitions will take an unprecedented throughout their business lifecycles. effort by all stakeholders in society – and There is little doubt that the SDGs THE PROCESS. Therefore, more than ever before, the private sector has a very important provide an opportunity for us to improve companies need to build more resilience role to play in the process. our world collectively. This is the change and responsibility in their business that is needed for communities and systems that will help create value for all. The Tata group has been a partner to the businesses to survive and thrive, now SDGs campaign which was launched in and in the future. At the Tata group, our sustainability 2015. More recently, the Tata group also efforts reflect our Founder’s philosophy, contributed to different local and global “In a free enterprise, the community is discussions on the SDGs. Through this not just another stakeholder in business report – a first-of-its-kind for a group but is in fact the very purpose of its of our size – the information provides Natarajan Chandrasekaran existence.” Our sustainability

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