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Charles Borromeo of Tata Steel (right), who was
Deputy Head of the Delegation and National Sports Director, with the Prime Minister, Dr
Manmohan Singh
UN Global Regional Conclave
appreciated by the United Nations
Tata Steel had aspired to give a
determined push to the momentum with which Corporate Sustainability is progressing in the
South Asian region by hosting the UN Global Compact Regional Conclave at Jamshedpur. This
was the first such regional conclave to be held anywhere in the World. The Company’s
effort has been appreciated by a person of the stature of Mr Georg Kell, Executive Head of
Global Compact, in the Office of the Secretary-General. We bring you the text of his
letter to Mr A N Singh, Deputy Managing Director, Corporate Services, Tata Steel, on his
return to New York.
“Dear Mr Singh,
I would like to thank you for the
privilege of taking part in the first ever Global Compact Regional Conclave, Tata Steel so
graciously hosted in Jamshedpur.
I was truly impressed by the depth of
understanding of the issues discussed and by the innovative initiatives that are on-going
in the region. We are looking forward to collaborating with you and your colleagues on
follow-up and especially on our joint publication.
I am pleased to share with you my sense
of alignment with the strategic orientation of business and society questions. I am
pleased that you are willing to explore how best the Global Compact can be advanced in
India. We would welcome your proposals in this regard.
I look forward to hearing from you.
Yours sincerely,
Georg Kell
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Support for Special
Olympics takes
Team a long way
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Tata Steel
had decided to take special care of some very special individuals, when the gathered the
courage to travel overseas despite the enormous effort it would take them to do so.
The Company had sponsored the Indian
Delegation, Special Olympics Bharat, which participated in the 2005 Special Olympics World
Winter Games.
The team left for Japan to take part in
the World Winter Games on 20 February 2005. Air Marshal D Keelor, President of the
Committee wrote in to thank the Managing Director, Mr B Muthuraman for the support
extended by the Company. He said, “It is through your efforts that we were able to
take care of our responsibility of sending the team to Japan for the World Winter Games.
On behalf of our athletes and their
families please accept our gratitude for your kind gesture.”
IISI leads the
way in Sustainability
The International Iron and Steel
Institute (IISI) has shown the way to the steel industry by publishing the first
sustainability report for the industry at the joint IISI/OECD Special Meeting on Steel
Issues in Paris on January 12, 2005. The eleven indicators that were used to measure the
sustainability of the industry were covered in Issue 5 of Tisco News.
An extremely engrossing document, it
contains case studies from participating members. The case studies outline the efforts
that individual companies are undertaking to fulfill their corporate social
responsibilities. The publication “The Measure of Our Sustainability” is
available from IISI’s online bookshop and is free to download from worldsteel.org.
Planning for the 2005 Sustainability Report is already underway.
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