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Figures-3.6 (a) & 3.6 (b) give details of the activities related to societal responsibility and community support.
  
Social Responsibility Stakeholder affected Impact/Risk Practices/
Process
Key Measures Targets Strategic Action Plan Supported
Environmental
Leadership
Environment Community & Society, Government, NGC Pollution, Global Warming, Recourse Usage, Ecological unbalance, legal non-compliance EMS ISO -14001 Compliance to norms 100% Improve the quality of life
Health & Safety Employee & Contractors Health care and safety, legal non-compliance, disaster management EMS ISO-14001 & OHSMS-OHSAS 18001, Crisis Management under Town Division Compliance to norms and documented system requirements 100% Quality of life, environmental safety and health sustainability
Supply Chain Interface Suppliers Ethical values MOU, COC Spread of COC - Partnership
Public conduct interaction with community & society for capturing their concerns Community & Society, NGOs, Citizens of Jamshedpur Income generation, un-employment, social unrest, health & hygiene, education Communication forms e.g. Sr. Citizens forum, joint community meeting, Hospital visiting committee, Interface with community during TFA cadet selection, life line express venue, education excellence award No. of meetings positive media coverage Once in quarter Improve the quality of life, partnership with society and social license to operate
Product stewardship Customer, society Product usage and disposal LCA Analyze results through LCA software Cradle to gate Environmental sustainability
Education of safety, health and environment education Employees Community & society Health and environment care and safety consciousness Structured training programme under ISO-14001 & OHSAS-18001 and awareness programme No. of programmes As per plan Quality of life and EHS sustainability

Figure-3.6 (a) Societal Responsibility Activities

Types Communities Impacted Organization Support Objectives/Achievements of Interventions
Health Care Citizens of Jamshedpur and adjoining area 740 bed hospital with specialized burn care unit; Allied hospitals 9 dispensaries; Cancer hospital with MRI 1 Blood Bank; 2 De-addiction centres; 5 Homeopathic Clinics; Public Health Services, Quality drinking water. Improved health of citizens of Jamshedpur. Provide improved health care facilities; Improved quality of drinking water; AIDS awareness training, Member of Global coalition on AIDS awareness training, Member of Global coalition on AIDS
  Rural Communities in and around Operations Outreach services through mobile and community clinics; Family welfare programmes; Tuberculosis education, Immunization services; Safe drinking water; Low cost sanitation; Disability management. To prevent spread of diseases and improve health of the communities in order to build their capabilities. More than 7000 TB cases cured; 1050 tube wells provided; Life-line express hosted 7 times; In fact mortality rates brought down from 96 to 56/1000 in Patamda block.
Educational Support School children in Jamshedpur Pre-school children in 60 villages in Jharkhand & Orissa SC/ST students Millennium Scholarships / VG Gopal scholarships for meritorious students / Financial assistance to SC/ST meritorious students; Coaching for entry into administrative / technical services / computer education; Build & Manage infrastructure; More than 200 libraries in areas across our operations / Internship training – MBA/ Engg. /Med.; Dr. J J Irani Education Excellence award based on Malcolm Baldrige education criteria. Improve the quality of education to create inbuilt capabilities in communities. Improve the quality of education in the schools of Jamshedpur – This will help in creating a source of well trained employees base for us and our suppliers in the long-term; Manage 8 high schools/7 primary schools/ 1 intermediate college/ 312 rural schools assisted/ 171 Balwadis run in rural areas.
Training for Gainful Employment Urban and Pre-urban population of Jamshedpur. Rural communities residing near our operations Trade apprentice coaching and training at SNTI; Training of rural women population on specific trades; Computer Education; Traditional Birth attendant training for rural girls. Networking with Govt. and Non-Govt. training institutes. Increase employment opportunities for youth and raise standard of living. PM’s trophy prize money to be used in setting up a Polytechnic at Jamshedpur; Networking partners: Rashtriya Karigar panchayat/Indo-Danish Tool Room; Ramkrishna Mission.
Promoting Economic Growth Business; Community; Rural Population Infrastructure development in Jamshedpur/ Adityapur; Development / support of local vendors; Procurement from social organizations; Agriculture extension/ skill up gradation; Micro-financing-Women Focused; Providing Market linkages. Improve the economic condition of the vicinity; Procurement from local supplier; Procurement from social organizations; Organizing Gram Shree Mela & other exhibitions.
Sports & Adventure Citizens of Jamshedpur; Rural Talents Nation Setting up of sports infrastructure; 3 state of the art stadium at Jamshedpur and 3 out-locations; 8 training centres and academies; Flying Club / Horse riding school / Rock climbing/ river rafting/ parasailing; Corporate sponsorship of sporting events. Provide infrastructure to promote sports and inculcate spirit of adventure in citizens of Jamshedpur. 14 Gold / 8 Silver / 9 Bronze medals won in national events in2002-03; Sponsorship of events at Jamshedpur-Archery/ Football/ Cricket/ Chess/ Badminton/ Handball/ Athletics/ Olympics for mentally retarded etc.
Civic Amenities Citizens of Jamshedpur and employees of out location units    Development and maintenance of civic amenities; Maintenance of 524 kilometers of roads; 35.5 M gallons of water supplied daily; 17 large & small parks maintained; Emergency Fire Services. To build a town and provide improve quality of life; Children/s entertainment park; Zoological Garden; Club houses in all residential complexes; Interstate Bus terminus; Maintenance of Markets.
Promoting Art & Culture Local Communities Establishment of tribal culture centre Jamshedpur school of Arts; Corporate sponsorship to traditional and contemporary cultural events. To preserve the local tribal cultural heritage and promote art and culture. Chau Mohoutsav, Jhunur; Film Festival; Art in industry.
Professional Society Membership SPPE, St. John’s Ambulance Brigade, BIS, JMA, AIWC, IIM, XLRI, CII, FICCI, ASSOCHAM, ICC Tata Steel’s leadership team contributes to nation building by taking on leadership roles in CII, IIM, XLRI, etc. Corporate sponsorship and Associations. Centre for Excellence created for the much needed business transaction facility. To strengthen communities by building associations.
Tata Relief Committee Communities affected by disasters Tata Relief Committee instituted 1998 – 156 houses / community centres for MP earthquake; 2001-Construction of houses and schools for Orissa cyclone victims; 2002-Reconstruction of 20 schools at Raipur in Gujarat, Distribution of medicines during Gujarat riots, etc. To respond and alleviate large-scale suffering of people owing to natural calamities.

Figure-3.6 (b) Community Support Activities
  

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