Corporate Social Responsibility Report 2019-20
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REPORT ON CORPORATE SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY 2019-20 Reliance Industries Limited Report on Corporate Social Responsibility Report on Corporate Social Responsibility 2019-20 Transforming Lives Reliance works towards building a stronger and inclusive India by going beyond its business initiatives to enable lives, living and livelihoods. Jagannatha Isha Jalaj Kumar Ambani Dani Reliance is helping to create change at the ground level across the nation, supporting especially the most vulnerable and marginalised communities. The interventions are aligned with the United Nation’s Sustainable Development Goals Hemant Dhanraj (SDGs) as delineated in the UN 2030 Desai Nathwani B. Srinivasan Agenda for Sustainable Development and India’s National Developmental Goals. During FY 2019-20, Reliance spent ` 1,022 crore in supporting programmes under its corporate social The last few months have been exceptional for At times like these, our extensive development responsibility initiatives. Farmer Santosh Kalokar along with his family in his farm at Yavatmal, Maharashtra mankind. The global pandemic has affected rich work over the years, continues to be the backbone and poor nations alike. Our hearts reach out to of all our efforts. This year Reliance Foundation The programme initiatives are spearheaded lakhs of people who have been affected by the completes 10 years of its work in service of the by Reliance Foundation, the philanthropic on knowledge, technology and strengthen impact at an augmented COVID-19 virus. Millions of livelihoods have been nation. Reliance’s interventions now have reached arm of Reliance Industries Limited (RIL), infrastructure help Reliance pace. Using technology, knowledge affected over the last three months or so. The out and impacted the lives of more than 3.6 crore led by Founder and Chairperson augment impact on the ground and resources are made easily available small and marginalised farmers, the landless people in more than 37,000 villages and several Smt. Nita M. Ambani to play a catalytic role expand its reach. to communities enabling informed and those who are self-employed have been urban locations across India. in addressing the nation’s development decision-making which impacts lives iii) Leveraging Technology: particularly affected. challenges, through innovative and and livelihoods. And yet to us this is only the beginning of a Reliance leverages the power of sustainable solutions. The Foundation is We at Reliance stand in solidarity with our much larger journey towards a better India. The technology to broaden the scale and creating long-term positive impact through national and state governments in addressing pandemic has offered us a moment to reflect on a comprehensive multi thematic programme this challenge. We are fortunate to be able to our scale and strategy. It is also an opportunity RELIANCE FOUNDATION REACH that reaches out to all segments of the support the country in times like this through our to renew our commitment towards building an population. The communities Reliance businesses and CSR initiatives particularly in the aspirational India. Foundation work with through its areas of healthcare and rural development. programmes need access and opportunity. Reliance Foundation aspires to create such a development platform. Reliance applies a three pronged strategy to enhance the impact, scale and speed of its CSR interventions: i) Direct Engagement Reliance works with communities to co-create models of social and economic Districts development, foster a spirit of ownership of the process and empower them to lead the change for better. ii) Partnerships and Collaborations Partnerships are forged to build an enabling ecosystem of social CRORE LIVES TOUCHED development across government, 3.6 across 37,000+ villages and several academia, private institutions and urban locations in 530 districts agencies. These strategic partnerships Map not to scale and for illustration purpose only 2 Naye India Ka Naya Josh 3 Reliance Industries Limited Report on Corporate Social Responsibility 2019-20 Key highlights of CSR initiatives KEY HIGHLIGHTS OF CSR INITIATIVES Through its ever evolving and inclusive development approach, Reliance supports meaningful activities to address some of India’s most pressing development Education Sports for Development challenges. The efforts of Reliance have touched the lives of more than 3.6 crore people across India in more than 37,000 villages and several urban locations. Rural Transformation Health Access to quality education, training and Promoting sports amongst youth to enable and skill enhancement augment their skills and development Quality education provided to 2 lakh 2.15 crore youth and children reached through (FY 2019-20: 35,000) underprivileged children, different sports initiative 15 partner NGOs supported Engaged 1.1. crore (FY 2019-20: 60 lakh) 12,776 (FY 2019-20: 491) scholarships given to students through RF Jr. NBA programme students to pursue higher studies Reached out to 90 lakh (FY 2019-20: 70 lakh) Nearly 77,000 (FY 2019-20: 15,645) children and youth through football and students received quality education through athletics initiatives Empowering rural communities and livelihoods Affordable solutions for healthcare through improved 14 Reliance Foundation Schools availability and accessibility 79 (FY 2019-20: 22) scholarships provided Empowered people through its digital under Reliance Foundation Young Champs knowledge interventions in over 37,000 villages 67 lakh (FY 2019-20: 7.2 lakh) health programme for developing football abilities consultations provided Livelihoods of 1.09 crore 389 (FY 2019-20: 163) RFYS athletes provided (FY 2019-20: 37 lakh) farmers, fisher folk and 1.3 lakh (FY 2019-20: 49,000) women screened with scholarships livestock owners enhanced for anaemia; nearly 75,000 (FY 2019-20: 31,900) were diagnosed and treated More than 65,500 ha of land brought under improved cultivation More than 81,500 (FY 2019-20: 22,500) children screened for malnutrition, 4,200+ Managing and responding to disaster* Around 45,800 ha (FY 2019-20: 7,250 ha) (FY 2019-20: 663) malnourished Disaster Response* land brought under irrigation through water children were treated Technology enabled support to government and non- harvesting and conservation efforts government organisations 18,500+ Cornea transplants conducted under 3 3 Nearly 9.9+ crore m (FY 2019-20: 1.3 crore m ) of RF Drishti Programme Capacity building of more than 700 individuals for better rainwater harvesting capacity created response to emergency situations 500,000 Women & Newborns benefitted 2.2+ crore (FY 2019-20: 8.7 lakh) from project Asman Supported relief activities in 14 states in the aftermath saplings planted of natural disasters benefiting over 10 lakh people (FY 2019-20: 80,000) Improved nutrition outcomes of 3+ lakh children through anganwadis *excluding COVID-19 initiatives 4 Naye India Ka Naya Josh 5 Reliance Industries Limited Report on Corporate Social Responsibility 2019-20 Empowering Women through Rural Empowered Gram Panchayat Transforms Village Self-Help Groups Transformation Reliance works with Self Help Groups in Gujarat (SHG), to address issues of gender Until a few years ago, Nayatwada village, was initiated, resulting in 1,750 people inequality in rural areas. Through these in Patan district, Gujarat represented having their own bank accounts. The SHGs, Reliance focuses on building a typical backward village. Reliance Gram Sabha took steps to improve leadership and entrepreneurial skills first started its intervention engaging the quality of education. The village of women along with providing them with the community members through leadership was able to raise over with increased access to economic leadership development programme ` 40 lakh for village development. The opportunities. Their leadership skills of which women were an integral part. community also came together for are being augmented to enable them The size of the village was a main several other initiatives such as Gram to influence village development. There concern and affected participation and Swachhata Abhiyan. Initiatives on are concerted effort to increase their optimisation of resources. Therefore, plastic waste collection; segregation representation in the local governing the village leadership first petitioned and packaging; provisioning of dustbins body - the Gram Sabha - and boost their for the creation a separate GP and was to reduce littering were taken up. livelihoods through linkages with various successful in achieving this. Buoyed by The villagers were linked with plastic agencies like Rural Self Employment the success of its first steps, the leaders recyclers from nearby towns, to whom Training Institutes (RSETI), Krishi Vigyan conducted an extensive door to door they sold the plastic waste, thereby Kendras (KVKs), financial institutions and survey and prepared a Gram Panchayat earning an additional income. skilling agencies. Development Plan. The community also came together The plan identified several areas where to form Banas Farmer Producer work had to be started immediately. Company Ltd., a farmer producer Water, soil salinity and low agriculture organisation, which helps to aggregate The Rural Transformation initiative These models of rural transformation are Plans. These plans contribute to the Sabki productivity were major problems faced produce and offer doorstep delivery of is a long-term programme now being replicated in over 3,200 villages Yojana Sabka Vikas programme