on emissions, discharges, resource usage and global warming are analyzed; targets are taken for continual improvement under EHSMS. Hence, only those proposals are selected which ensure compliance with these policies, hence ensuring the precautionary principle.

Respecting externally developed, voluntary charters, sets of principles (3.14)
Tata Steel is a signatory to the United Nations Global Compact (in 1998) and abides by its principles. The principles of UN Global Compact address Human Rights, Labour Right, Environment and anti-corruption have been included as Annexure- I. Tata Steel is also a signatory to the Tata Group’s Code of Conduct (in 1997). The salient clauses of the code of conduct pertaining to National Interest, Competition, Equal Opportunity Employment, Health, Safety and Environment, Quality of products and services, Corporate Citizenship, Public Representation, Ethical Conduct, Regulatory Compliance and political non-alignment have been included in Annexure – II.

In 1999 Tata Steel became a signatory of the CORE BCSD (Corporate Round Table on Environment and Sustainable Development-Business Council for Sustainable Development) Charter initiated by the then Tata Energy Research Institute (TERI) (in 1999), New Delhi based on the guidelines provided in International Chamber of Commerce Charter on Sustainable Development. Details of the CORE Charter are given in Annexure-III. The requirements of these are integrated in business through various tools adopted by Tata Steel such as ISO-14001, ISO-9001, OSHAS-18001, SA-8000 and Tata Business Excellence Model.

Partnership with NGO’s, Industry Associations/Organizations (3.15)
Table 3.14 below illustrates some of our ongoing partnership projects in collaboration with NGO’s, Industry Associations and National / International advocacy organizations: