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Our strategy is linked to our Vision, Mission and Values. The planning process takes into account both external and internal business environment and factors in risks, opportunities, challenges and past learnings. Our overall strategy and plans are cascaded down to individual divisions/departments with clearly defined responsibilities across all employee levels.

INTEGRATED STRATEGY PLANNING PROCESS

for Strategy Formulation and Resource Allocation

Our long-term strategies and annual business plans are formulated as an outcome of this process. Our capital provisions are thus formulated, having been aligned with strategies at the beginning of the year. These include:

Annual and five-year capital expenditure plans

Corpus for small capital expenditure schemes related to safety, environment and other improvement projects

CSR and R&D budgets

Projects & partnerships with stakeholders (customers, suppliers, industry bodies and communities) and technological collaboration with academia and technology partners are identified and/or reviewed for implementing the identified strategies. Functional teams take suitable actions to ensure the availability of resources through their respective plans. These are cascaded to individual key result areas comprising following elements:

Individual contribution for meeting strategic objectives in the respective functions

Identifying the training needs for the year

Cross-functional projects

Tata Steel Jamshedpur 

Our business environment is influenced by global macro-economic conditions, developments in steel and allied industries and the ever-evolving technological landscape. Apart from this, the social context in the areas we operate in (legislative, regulatory and political) affect our overall ecosystem.

Tata Steel India is well placed to capitalise on India’s growth. Though FY2017 was a challenging year, India is poised for a 5-6% increase in the steel demand compared to the previous year.

MACRO-ECONOMIC

3.1%

Global GDP Growth

Overall global recovery in manufacturing and global trade

7.1%

Indian GDP Growth

In India services continued to support growth

STEEL DEMAND

1,515 MnT

Steel Demand Globally

Global Steel demand grew by 1% mainly due to recovery in China

78 MnT

Indian Steel Demand

Indian steel demand saw a modest growth of 3% due to low growth in construction sector and impact of demonetisation coupled with decline in imports

RAW MATERIAL

CFR - 64 $/t

Iron ore contract price

Came down compared to FY2016 due to continued oversupply, high demand in China and delay in operationalisation of new mines

FoB -165 $/t

Coking coal - QBM Price

Went up compared to FY2016 due to disruption in mining operation in Australia and reduction in number of working days in China

Risks

We are exposed to risks arising out of the dynamic macroeconomic environment as well as from internal business environment. These could adversely affect our ability to create value for our stakeholders.


MACROECONOMIC

Over capacity and over supply in steel industry

High levels of imports

Consolidation among competitors

Local circumstances of geographies we operate in


FINANCIAL

Volatility in financial markets and fluctuations in exchange rates

Downgrading of credit rating of Company’s securities

Substantial amount of debt

Restrictive covenants in financing agreements


REGULATORY

Predatory pricing

Non-renewal of mining leases

Non-availability of protective trade measures

Regulatory and judicial actions


OPERATIONAL

Highly cyclical industry

Inability to implement growth strategies

Inherently hazardous industry

Volatility in raw material prices

Hostilities, terrorist attack or social unrest

Failure of Information Technology Systems


MARKET RELATED

Competition from alternate materials

Product liability claims


CLIMATE CHANGE

International and domestic regulations relating to Green House Gas emissions


PEOPLE

Continued services of Senior Management

Unanticipated labour unrest

For a detailed narrative on Risks and Opportunities, please refer to the Management Discussion and Analysis.

Opportunities

Setting benchmarks in the sector, we monitor and leverage opportunities presented by the external and internal environment.

Capitalising the demand growth, due to urbanisation and needs of a young demography in India, and developmental needs of other emerging economies

Leveraging Supportive schemes of the Government such as the “Make in India” initiative

Securing raw-material supplies by investing in mines which are in close proximity

Innovating and adopting new technologies through Company-wide mobilisation of resources, implementation of pilots and capacity development

Value realisation of by-products by exploring new areas of application, collaboration and potential customers

Creating differentiation through acceleration of new product development, growing revenue from services & solutions and the B2C segment

With our concerted efforts towards employee welfare, we have 89 years of harmony within the workforce

Committed to Zero

'Committed to Zero' is our top priority, with the target of having Zero Lost Time Injuries (LTIs). Our senior leadership believes in promoting a safe working environment across the organisation and has taken the onus of being a role model to showcase paramount importance of workplace safety, which is embedded as a core value in our culture. We were conferred the Safety and Health Excellence recognition 2016 in 'Leadership' category by the World Steel Association.

During the year, we saw an increase of 19% in LTIs over FY2016 and 5 fatalities in different divisions. These incidents have been investigated and corrective actions are in progress. Safety of our work force is our utmost priority and we draw lessons from these unfortunate incidents. We continuously strive towards achieving our goals of zero fatalities at work place and eliminating injuries and occupational diseases across the organisation.

During the year, we further mechanised some of our operations, implemented rigorous safety line walks, recalibrated on managing redundant assets, strengthened the deployment of contractor safety management and embraced digital intervention to reduce human interface.

STRATEGIC FOCUS AREA

Safety - Committed to Zero

STAKEHOLDERS

People working at our sites

OUR GOAL

'Committed to Zero'
Zero LTI

ENABLERS

Build Leadership Capability

Competency development for hazard identification and risk management

Management of contractor safety

Focus on process safety

Improvement in occupational health and industrial hygiene

CAPITALS IMPACTED

UN SDG
3 - GOOD HEALTH & WELL-BEING

Safety and Health Excellence
Recognition 2016 in 'Leadership'
Category By World Steel Association

INITIATIVES AND IMPACT

FELT LEADERSHIP

MITIGATION STRATEGY

Felt leadership training imparted to a large section of officers, front line supervisors and union members at all locations of Tata Steel India

Leadership team have challenged themselves by targeting Zero in all key safety performance parameters.

IMPACT

2,959 Officers

2,173 Non-Officers

Trained

COMPETENCY & CAPABILITY DEVELOPMENT

 

Supervisors’ training on hazard identification and risk management

Quarterly safety campaigns conducted for the below mentioned categories which were the major contributors for Loss Time Injury (LTI)

Categories - Slip/ Trip/ Fall & Hit/ Press by object, Material Handling, Rail & Road Safety and Moving Machinery

 

2,173 Frontline Employees

Trained

The campaigns helped identify and mitigate hazards in the identified categories

CONTRACTOR SAFETY RISK MANAGEMENT

 

Deployed safety capability assessment system

Launched vendor assessment based on a star rating system for high risk jobs

Conducted independent Audit for Contractor Safety Management

 

852 Vendors

Assessed

More than 50% vendors achieved star rating of 3 thereby demonstrating safe work practices

ROAD & RAIL SAFETY

MITIGATION STRATEGY

Focus on rail & road safety initiatives such as ‘Safe Drive” Training Programme, Mass transport facility engaging contract partners, etc. were launched

IMPACT

Zero fatality on road for last 2 years

PROCESS SAFETY MANAGEMENT

 

Standard for Management of Change

Centre of Excellence (COE) setup for increased sensitisation on process safety and horizontal deployment initiated

 

No fatality in Jamshedpur Works in FY2017

OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH / INDUSTRIAL HYGIENE (OH/IH)

 

Implemented 4 pilots on Qualitative Industrial Hygiene to facilitate identification of occupational health hazards and risk analysis

Launched focused awareness and intervention programmes like Doctor@Doorstep, Doctor Online and observance of health days

 

Improvement in Health
Index of Tata Steel
India from 12.37 in
FY2016 to 12.59 in
FY2017

52% reduction in
number of cases from
High risk to Moderate
or Low risk

KEY PERFORMANCE INDICATORS

Our people practices are aimed at developing a culture of care, commitment, engagement and harmony across the workforce. There is increased focus on encouraging diversity, through inclusion of women, underprivileged sections of the community and people who are specially abled. At the same time, we strive to increase productivity while containing wage cost. This continues to be a challenge, making it imperative for us to rationalise, upskill and redeploy workforce without disturbing the industrial harmony that has been the bedrock of our organisation.

GARNERING TALENT

We conducted a variety of on-campus programmes like 'Mind Over Matter’ for technology schools and 'Steel-a-thon’ for business schools. We aim to achieve an 80% conversion rate on our pre-placement offers to suitable candidates.

DIVERSITY & INCLUSION

In order to improve employee work-life balance, among others, we rolled out the following policies like paternity leave, increased maternity leave, work from home, etc.

Satellite Work Operation
Aimed at providing flexibility, this policy enables employees to work from any location where the Company has presence other than the employees’ base location for a specified period of 1 or 2 years.

Women of Mettle
One of the first programmes in the manufacturing industry in India, Women of Mettle goes beyond providing scholarships. The programme gives women from select engineering colleges the opportunity to work with Tata Steel and experience real-life technical challenges in the steel industry. The programme also gives students the opportunity to interact with senior leadership who act as tutors and mentors.

STRATEGIC FOCUS AREA

Employer of Choice

STAKEHOLDERS

Current and Prospective Employees

OUR GOAL

To be in the top quartile ranking in India across industries

ENABLERS

Attract and nurture a diverse workforce

20% women in workforce

Improve workforce engagement and happiness

CAPITALS IMPACTED

UN SDG
8 – DECENT WORK & ECONOMIC GROWTH

ENABLERS AND IMPACTS

KEY ENABLERS      

Culture of union and management working together through joint consultative process to address issues related to collective bargaining

Focus on Diversity and Inclusion

Employee capability building through structured training & development programmes

Innovative and attractive voluntary separation scheme

IMPACT      

89 years of industrial harmony

15% increase in the women in the workforce over FY2016

The SC/ST Community forms > 16% of our workforce

3,34,050 man-days of training imparted during FY2017

Increase in Employee Productivity by ~3% over FY2016

KEY PERFORMANCE INDICATORS

Our growth is aimed to create enhanced value for our customers

It is imperative for us to keep pace with the growing needs of our customers across sectors, primarily, the automotive and construction sectors. We aim to deliver enhanced value for our customers through our customised services and solutions and our value-added products. To insulate our business interests from cyclicity of the industry, we are foraying into new lines of business.

Tata Steel’s Greenfield plant at Kalinganagar in Odisha (the largest in the country) commenced commercial production from May 2016 with a capacity of 3 MnTPA in its first phase. The plant produces world-class flat, lighter, high-tensile strength steel and has augmented our Indian crude steel production to around 13 MnTPA. It has helped the organisation expand its portfolio to high-grade flat products to cater to a range of sectors including ship-building, defence equipment, energy and power, infrastructure building, aviation and lifting and excavation. Seven new product licences and nine higher grades in existing product licence have also been granted by the Bureau of Indian Standard for products manufactured at our Kalinganagar plant.

15% higher deliveries enabled by ramp up
>3,000 people employed
~`100 Cr. CSR spend in Odisha

Tata Steel Kalinganagar has achieved the fastest rampup in a Greenfield project in India. Crude steel production in FY2017 was 1.68 MnTPA. The crude steel capacity was ramped up to 88% with the Coke plant & Hot Strip Mill reaching 100% capacity in FY2017.

Tata Steel Kalinganagar

STRATEGIC FOCUS AREA

Growth to meet customer requirements and create value

STAKEHOLDERS

Customers
Investors

OUR GOAL

Ramp-up capacity
Preferred choice of supplier in the chosen segment

ENABLERS

Ramp-up and stabilise new facilities

Value-added products, services & solutions

Reduce defects to < 100 ppm

CAPITALS IMPACTED

UN SDG
8 – DECENT WORK & ECONOMIC GROWTH

Our goal is to achieve 20% of the revenues from services and solutions business. In the last three years, we have built a pipeline of solution concepts that will reach consumers progressively in the coming months and years.

Some of the services and solutions launched/scaled-up in FY2017 are:

Ready Build Cut & Bend Bars
Hassle-free, superior quality and wastagefree solutions for construction sites
Shaped Blanks
Reducing wastage of automotive customers by providing customised blanks
Pravesh
Steel doors with wood finish offering benefits of strength, corrosion resistance and aesthetics to the consumer
INNOVENT
Conceived in 2013, INNOVENT places a thrust on incubation of new business concepts. The team works closely with customers, captures insights, builds solution and tests the business model viability. Successful models are then passed on to business units for scale up.
Superlinks & Footings
Quality stirrups (application for construction steel components) and foundation to provide strength to Reinforced Cement Concrete (RCC) structure.
Nest in (EzyNest Modular toilets)
Turnkey, robust, durable, light-weight, secure, one-stop sanitation solution (toilets) targeted towards communities (aiding Government’s Swachh Bharat campaign)
ATW (All Time Water) Kiosk
Steel-based All-
Time Water Kiosks
for upcoming
smart cities and
for corporate CSR
programmes. The
unit is supplied with
a RO+UV filter.

KEY PERFORMANCE INDICATORS

CONTINUOUS DE-COMMODITISATION OF STEEL HAS BEEN THE CORNERSTONE OF TATA STEEL INDIA BRANDING JOURNEY

Note: Drop in FY17 as new greenfield project at Kalinganagar is in the ramp-up Phase.

Chairman's visit to IJmuiden facility

We aim to retain our position as one of the lowest cost steel producers in
the world through greater operational efficiencies and business excellence.

Operational Excellence

We aim to retain our position as one of the lowest cost steel producers in the world through improved operational efficiencies and business excellence. We have a long value chain spanning across mining, iron-making, steel making, casting, rolling, finishing and delivering finished steel products to the customer. While this makes it a complex business, it also offers opportunities for improvement across the value chain. Our main focus areas are achieving superior steel properties, higher efficiency in iron ore & coal beneficiation, lower carbon rate in iron making, optimised product mix, reducing waste generation, energy efficient processes and higher material utilisation.

To expedite projects related to operational excellence across the value chain, in FY2015, we launched the Shikhar25 programme. It aims to identify and accelerate improvement projects across the value chain and achieve benchmark levels while building institutional capability. A total savings of `3,400 crore was achieved in FY2017 as a result of all improvement initiatives.

STRATEGIC FOCUS AREA

Cost Leadership and Business Excellence

STAKEHOLDERS

Investors
Suppliers
Customers

OUR GOAL

To become the lowest cost steel producer

ENABLERS

Widen scope and maintain rigor of improvement initiatives through SHIKHAR

Reduce procured raw material and services cost

Enhance captive coal production Double employee productivity Improve efficiency of material use and Increase recycling.

CAPITALS IMPACTED

UN SDG
8 – DECENT WORK & ECONOMIC GROWTH

KEY ACHIEVEMENTS

RAW MATERIALS

KEY ENABLERS

Own captive coal throughput increase was prioritised to replace imported coal.

The key initiatives were:

Coal yield optimisation

Debottlenecking of rail and vessel logistics and raw coal evacuation

Maximisation of West Bokaro washeries utilisation

IMPACT
Higher By-product value realisation
Arresting By-product waste
Reduction in oversize raw coal to improve fines circuit yield
Implementation of analytical tool “Sathi” to monitor lead indicator and take proactive action
1.2% improvement in yield

IRON-MAKING

 

Reduction in Coke rate and hot metal Silicon

Increase in net sinter production through process stabilisation and reliability improvement

Improving performance of Pollution control equipment

 
Lowest ever blast furnace Coke rate in FY2017 (~10% reduction over FY2016) and hot metal Silicon (0.74%)
Sinter plant crossed 8 MnTPA net sinter production milestone (Indian benchmark).
It is the only sinter plant in India with Stack Emission < 40 mg/Nm3
Consistently maintaining >46% Sinter in Blast Furnace Burden
Savings due to blast furnace fuel rate `118 crore

STEEL MAKING

 

Reduction in transition losses using optimisation models at steel making shop - LD2.

The model identifies best possible grade/chemistry to be produced, checks the order availability, and guides the steel maker to modify the plan accordingly

 
This model has helped in reducing the transition losses by ~40-50% thus increasing the utilisation of available capacity
Total savings of ~`30 crore was achieved in FY2017

LOGISTICS

 

Reduction in landed logistics cost by 12% compared to the previous year

Restructuring of legacy contracts with key suppliers at ports

Reduction of idle freight across mines, collieries, ports and HMC by Installation of IR certified in - motion weigh bridge, Load cells in payloaders, increased height of loading in coke wagons

Consolidation of cargo with third parties and trans-shipment

 
Increased stacking capacity at Dhamra Port at lower cost
Reduction in demurrage at ports
Increased parcel sizes to achieve lower ocean freight

KEY PERFORMANCE INDICATORS

OPERATIONAL EXCELLENCE

TCS: Tonnes of Crude Steel

Blast Furnace, Tata Steel Kalinganagar

We leverage our technological capabilities to reduce our carbon footprint,
optimally use inferior raw materials, improve yield, utilise solid waste and
move towards a system of zero water discharge

Apart from leveraging our technological capabilities to address inferior quality of indigenous raw material and the variability of domestic ore compared with imported raw materials, we continuously aspire to be at the high end of technological capabilities and strive to meet high-quality product requirements as and when the evolving demand for newer, high-strength grades of steel arises.

Our focus is on reducing our carbon footprint, optimally use inferior raw materials, improve yield, utilise solid waste and move towards a system of Zero Water Discharge. Our efforts in innovation can be broadly classified into four categories: New Product Development, Process Technology, Digitalisation and Advanced Materials.

01 New Product Development

We are pursuing new products to be developed under the two categories:

Platform products: We are working towards improvement in strength and reduction in the number of surface defects, to narrow the technological gap with advanced mills. Especially, for sectors such as automotive, lifting and excavation, oil and gas, infrastructure and capital goods.
Differentiated products: We are developing high-anticorrosion steel, super-hydrophobic steel and cost-effective ultra high-strength steel. Additionally, we will increase our capabilities in downstream value-added products by entering into new segments such as defence, lifting and excavation.

Development of Hot Rolled Dual Phase (DP) Steel, characterised by high-strength and high-formability, is a major step towards meeting the expectations of automotive wheel manufacturers. To address the issues related to automotive wheels with a higher fatigue-life, we developed hot rolled Dual Phase steel with a minimum 600 MPa strength (DP 600) for the first time in India. Apart from high-strength, the grade showed enhanced formability compared with other existing High-Strength Low Alloy steels (HSLA) of similar strength.

Our in-house R&D team achieved this by using advanced thermo-mechanical simulator Gleeble 3800 for hot rolling simulations, by adopting innovative cooling strategies in our Thin Slab Casting and Rolling (TSCR) mill and by making use of longer Run out Table (ROT) with higher cooling capacity. DP steel has cleared stringent requirements of corner fatigue tests that have been conducted at customers’ facilities. Another variant of DP 600 steel was developed with low silicon content to achieve superior surface quality. Both the grades have been accepted by our customers and commercialised by us. Two patent applications have also been filed.

STRATEGIC FOCUS AREA

Technology & Innovation

STAKEHOLDERS

Investors
Customers
Suppliers

OUR GOAL

To be one of the top 5 steel technology companies in the world

ENABLERS

Commercialisation of Graphene and creation of new materials business vertical

Reduce procured raw material and services cost

Technological initiatives in the areas of process efficiency and product development

Creating value through digitalisation

CAPITALS IMPACTED

UN SDG
9-INDUSTRY, INNOVATION & INFRASTRUCTURE

02 Process Technology

One of the key enablers of sustainable mining and lower-cost of liquid iron has been the utilisation of high gangue iron ore in our sinter making process. The high gangue material (with iron content of ~55%) requires significant area for stacking as well as the addition of flux (pyroxinite) for the removal of gangue from metal during the sintering process. Earlier, the flux used to be imported, driving up costs considerably. A new process was developed to use high siliceous gangue material in the sinter using a locally sourced material as flux. Consumption of imported flux decreased by 5.5 kg/tonne with no adverse impact on sinter quality. This led to savings of `12.5 crore per annum.

Some of the other examples of process improvement are:

For utilisation of low-grade chromite ores for sustaining standard concentrate production, a new method of operational philosophy established in the chromite ore beneficiation plant at Sukinda.

Increase in clean coal production from reflux classifier by changing the feed regime and rectifying machinerelated issues at West Bokaro Washery #3.

Utilisation of BF slag as flux in chromite pelletising along with improvement in pellet property.

Reduction in water consumption (0.2 m3/tcs) in Jamshedpur Steel Works through multiple recycling of water in high temperature processes.

5% use of non-coking coal in Haldia Met Coke to minimise blend cost and reduce import of coal.

03 Digitalisation: Leveraging Digital Technology

We appreciate the disruptive potential of Industry 4.0 and are actively seeking opportunities to redefine existing processes and systems by leveraging digital technologies. The year saw a significant upgrade in the discourse around digitalisation along with a rich project pipeline created for delivering business value in the coming years.

During FY2017, we identified opportunities for value creation worth `700 crore using digital technologies. The projects include Predictive Asset and Quality Management at process plants, Digitalisation of Customer Decision Journey in the Retail Segment as well as developing Smart-City Applications.

Jamshedpur has also become the first city in India to have a 3-wall-depth penetration of Low Power Wide Area Network (LPWAN), forming the foundation for development of Smart City Applications. Applications under development include - smart metering for power and water, intelligent street-lighting and smart waste bin management.

We have adopted advanced analytics as a key tool to take operating efficiencies to the next level. Advanced Analytic-based predictive models are now powering critical plant functions, examples of which are:

Steel making
Enhancement Break-out Detection System at LD Slab Caster to improve throughput and eliminate unsafe conditions through advanced data analytics.

Tubes Business Unit
A Predictive Asset Maintenance solution enabling higher equipment availability and a Salesforce application for dealers to improve effectiveness and efficiency.

New Bar Mill
Integration of QR Codes onto critical equipment enabling equipment data availability on a smartphone. Designated employees can monitor equipment health right on the shop-floor and perform on-site diagnostics.

Having established a dedicated team to drive the transformation to becoming an Industry 4.0 leader, we also facilitate the development of organisational capabilities around digital technologies and data analytics. We are in the midst of upgrading to SAP S4 HANA platform that will simplify and improve business processes.

04 Advanced Materials

Graphene

Graphene - a material offering substantial superior anti-corrosive properties, enhanced product aesthetics and a wide range of applications - has been identified as one of the advanced materials that has the potential to multiply value across segments. The Indian Graphene market (`80 crore) is currently in a nascent state with immense potential. The steep rise in graphene application patents further supports the realisation of an industrial market in the upcoming years.

A Graphene Development Cell (GDC) has been created at Jamshedpur to identify applications and establish new business (production units, supply chain and markets). Two Advanced Materials Research centres of excellence have been established at Chennai in collaboration with IIT Madras and at Bengaluru with CeNS for collaboration on basic research on Graphene and other 2D materials.

GDC has developed and implemented Graphene powder and Graphene-based liquid that acts as the input to Graphene based products. Graphene coated stirrups were launched under the brand name SUPERLINK+ in Jharkhand. SUPERLINK+ has enhanced corrosion resistance and better bonding strength with concrete as compared with existing stirrups in the market. Seven patent applications have already been filed in this area of work.

KEY PERFORMANCE INDICATORS

The Tata Values and Tata Code of Conduct serve as the guiding philosophies
of our work culture. We aspire to be the benchmark for environment performance
and our approach to social responsibility is guided by our vision, our CSR and
Affirmative Action Policies

We aspire to be the Indian steel industry benchmark for environment performance by focusing on climate change mitigation and resource efficiency. The key natural resources on which our operations are primarily dependent on are: coal, iron ore, water and ferro alloys.

We are cognisant of the fact that our mining operations impact the biodiversity of the regions in which we operate. Environmental impacts of our manufacturing operations include generation of CO2, dust emissions, discharge of water effluents and process waste generation.

To address these impacts, our policies for climate change mitigation, environmental care, energy efficiency and renewable energy provide overall guidance to our processes and help us achieve environmental leadership.

Environment management of key sites involved in mining and manufacturing are certified under EMS ISO 14001. The Company continues to be a Climate Action Member of the World Steel Association and endorses the United Nations Global Compact's SDGs and CEO Water Mandate.

Some of the thrust areas for environmental excellence are:

Concerted R&D efforts to conserve natural resources

Climate change impact mitigation

Reduction of our resource footprint through ore beneficiation

Material substitution

Continual process improvement and product development

Revision of the Energy Policy to explicitly embed the promotion of renewable and non-conventional energy

SHADOW CARBON PRICE

We believe any capital investment should be made after evaluation of its climate impact. To enable this, we have introduced the Shadow Carbon Price, which will be used for evaluating any capital expenditure projects in Tata Steel

Central Effluent Treatment Plant

STRATEGIC FOCUS AREA

Environment Leadership

STAKEHOLDERS

Government
Regulatory Bodies
Customers
Civil Society

OUR GOAL

Become industry benchmark in environmental performance

ENABLERS

Reduce CO2 emission intensity < 2tCO2/tcs
(tcs: tonne of crude steel)

Zero effluent discharge

100% utilisation of LD Slag

Increase use of renewable energy

No net loss of targeted Biodiversity components in raw material locations and progressive reclamation of mine altered sites

CAPITALS IMPACTED

UN SDG
7 - AFFORDABLE & CLEAN ENERGY

UN SDG
13 - CLIMATE ACTION

UN SDG
12 - RESPONSIBLE PRODUCTION & CONSUMPTION

Tata Steel Jamshedpur

CO2 EMISSION

MITIGATION STRATEGY

Energy conservation through: Top Recovery Turbine (TRT) power generation

LD Gas recovery

Reduction in carbon rate

IMPACT
TRT Power generation increased by 20%
LD Gas recovery enhanced by 44%
1% reduction
of Carbon rate
Jamshedpur Steel Works is the National Benchmark in CO2 emission intensity and Specific Energy Consumption
within Steel Sector (Coal based Integrated Works, BF-BOF)
26% reduction
in CO2 emissions in FY2017 (base level in FY2005

WATER CONSUMPTION AND ZERO EFFLUENT DISCHARGE

 

Water conservation initiatives at operational facilities

Improved utilisation of Central Effluent Treatment Plant

 
Lowest ever water consumption with 12% reduction
over previous year at our Jamshedpur Steel Works
Best ever effluent discharge figure in FY2017, which was
~16% reduction
over FY2016

SOLID WASTE UTILISATION

 

Zero waste mining driven by ore characterisation, ore-body modeling, and block modeling of mining deposits done, Life Cycle Inventory (LCI) studies for mines

State-of-the-art beneficiation plants in operation and studies underway for beneficiating slime and low-grade ores

 
53% LD slag utilisation in FY2017 as compared to 43% in FY2016
We are the first in India to process Steel/LD slag as replacement of natural aggregates in road-making through screening and weathering, developed market through joint experiments with National Highway Authority of India, Jharkhand State Rural Road Development Agency and Jharkhand Road Projects Implementation Company Limited and obtained accreditation from Indian Road Congress

BIODIVERSITY

 

Rollout of Biodiversity Management Plans (BMPs) for each of the eight mining sites

Assessment of habitats using the Biodiversity Indicator and Reporting System (BIRS) tool undertaken

 
No net loss
in targeted biodiversity components from pre‐mine conditions
Progressive reclamation of mine-altered sites

DUST EMISSION

 

Up-gradation of pollution control equipment

Engagement of OEMs for effective operation & maintenance

 
Best-ever effluent discharge intensity achieved in FY2017

KEY PERFORMANCE INDICATORS

We are aware that the regions that we operate in are largely socio-economically backward and have been impacted by political unrest. An overwhelming majority of the population in these regions is dependent upon rain-fed, single-crop agricultural produce for their livelihood. A major concern in these regions is the development of the Scheduled Castes (SC) and Scheduled Tribes (ST) who constitute a major percentage of the population. We promote Affirmative Action based on positive discrimination to improve levels of education, employment, employability, entrepreneurship, while preserving the ethnicity of this section of the population.

The Tata Steel CSR Advisory Council comprises eminent personalities from academia and development sector, who provide policy-level inputs for improvement of our CSR interventions. The priority areas for improvement identified in Jharkhand and Odisha are health, education and livelihood. The other areas of intervention are skill development, ethnicity, water, civil infrastructure and sports.

Thousand Schools Project

This ambitious project aims at making the Right to Education (RTE) Act a reality in six blocks of three tribal districts of Odisha – Jajpur, Keonjhar, Sundargarh. The project envisions better access to school for children while improving the quality of education that they have access to.
Improved teaching quality is imperative for quality education. Some of the key initiatives in this direction are:

01

Instituting effective classroom pedagogy to strengthen the foundation level learning of children

02

Enhancing teachers' capabilities

03

Making available quality teaching and learning materials in classrooms

04

Setting up of school libraries and introducing tabletbased classroom content

05

Establishing an effective academic monitoring mechanism

06

Enabling proper functioning of School Management Committees (SMCs), mandated by the RTE Act to have oversight of school functioning and performance

We have carried out numerous activities like staff orientation, training for teachers and the youth. We also trained the School Management Committees (SMCs) and members of Panchayati Raj Institution. We are implementing the project in partnership with Delhibased NGO ASPIRE.

IMPACT

1. 22,000 children have been positively impacted through this project
2. 400 habitations are child labour free across the six project blocks
3. 6,375 out of school children have been mainstreamed into education
4. 3,646 children have been helped to transition from primary to middle school
5. 12,705 school going children of primary classes have been helped to improve their learning levels significantly in Language and Maths (evidence-based)

STRATEGIC FOCUS AREA

Impact Based CSR

STAKEHOLDERS

Government
Regulatory Bodies
Community

OUR GOAL

Positively impacting
>2 million lives

ENABLERS

Expand reach and impact of our Initiatives in areas of Health, Education, Livelihood, Water and Civil Infrastructure, Skill Development, Sports and Ethnicity

Leverage collaborative and financing opportunities

CAPITALS IMPACTED

UN SDG
11- SUSTAINABLE CITIES & COMMUNITIES

Thousand Schools Project, Odisha

KEY INITIATIVES

EDUCATION Improving the access and quality of education for all and scholarships for meritorious students

30 MODEL SCHOOLS

ACTION

Construction of 30 model schools in 30 blocks in Odisha

Spend of over
`29 Cr.

IMPACT
Delivered 3 model schools
to the State Government in FY2017 with the required classroom infrastructure
Another five are ready for handover

JYOTI FELLOWSHIP

 

Scholarships to meritorious SC/ST students

 
3,083 students
in FY2017 over 2,883 in FY2016

TATA STEEL SCHOLARS PROGRAMME

 

Assistance for professional education to meritorious SC / ST students

 
95
in FY2017 over 83 in FY2016

SPORTS & ETHNICITY Preserving culture

UNDER 10 FOOTBALL TRAINING CENTRES

ACTION

Training at Tata Steel-backed football training centre

IMPACT
Over 800 boys trained in various nuances of football

TRIBAL LANGUAGE LEARNING CENTRES

 

Promotion of tribal languages and literature

 
Over 11,000 youth underwent training in tribal languages and scripts

PRESERVE AND PROMOTE TRIBAL CULTURE AND
HERITAGE

 

Tribal Conclave

 
Samvaad: The 3rd edition of 'Samvaad', a 5 day pan-India tribal conclave organised at Jamshedpur on 'Tribal Health Systems', featured 1,500 tribal artists, academicians, eminent personalities and activists from 40 different tribes across 20 states in India. On the lines of its past two editions, Samvaad 2016 featured sessions on 'Tribal perspective on Development'. A tribal fashion show was also organised on the concluding day

HEALTH Primary healthcare, maternal and child healthcare, specialised healthcare and adolescent health programmes

MANSI
Maternal & Newborn Survival Initiatives

ACTION

A PPP model based initiative to train Government appointed village level women heath workers and increase their capabilities to work towards reducing neonatal and infant mortality

IMPACT
46% reduction in Neonatal Mortality Rate
39% reduction in Infant Mortality Rate
(Since the inception of MANSI in 2010)

MESU
Mobile Eye Surgical Unit


 

A collaborative venture between Sankara Nethralaya and IIT Madras, supported by Tata Trusts and Tata Steel provides state-of-the-art cataract surgery in remote areas

 
Held 7 camps, screened around 3,700 people, conducted close to 600 cataract surgeries and dispensed spectacles to around 350 people in some of the poorest and tribal-dominated areas

MMU
Mobile Medical Units


 

Tata Steel mobile clinics, deployed in areas deprived of a proper clinic/dispensary, to provide basic consultation and medicine

 
4,36,992 people
benefitted through mobile medical units in FY2017 (5,33,597 in FY2016)

SPECIALISED HEALTH CAMPS FOR FOCUSED ILLNESSES


 

Specialised camps are held periodically in remote locations to address specific diseases prevalent in these areas

 
87 health camps and 23,631 beneficiaries
in FY 2017 (129 camps and 30,537 beneficiaries in FY2016)

SUSTAINABLE LIVELIHOODS Enabling people

SYSTEM OF RICE INTENSIFICATION (SRI) METHOD OF PADDY CULTIVATION

 

Working with farmers to deploy scientific agriculture techniques leading to improvement in paddy yield

 
9,633 farmers
trained in FY2017 on the SRI method (8,350 in FY2016)

FARMERS’ TRAINING IN VEGETABLE CULTIVATION

 

Improving cropping efficiency and maximising use of irrigation facilities

 
5,451 farmers
trained in FY2017 (4,238 in FY2016)

VAARTA
Agricultural Meet

 

Supporting farmers in undertaking modern agriculture by regular interface with agricultural scientists

 
Vaarta agriculture experts was held in Jamshedpur (Jan 2017), Kalinganagar and Gopalpur (March 2017) and Noamundi (December 2016) with a total turnout of over 1,800

LIVELIHOOD INTERVENTIONS THROUGH COLLECTIVES FOR INTEGRATED LIVELIHOOD INITIATIVES (CInI)

 

Livelihood interventions in agriculture and knowledge transfer through CInI

 
Reached out to nearly 1,500 rural women in FY2017 to improve their economic condition and aid in becoming self-reliant

RISHTA Regional Initiative For Safe Sexual Health For Today’s Adolescents

 

Adolescents counseled on sexual health through school sessions and Youth Resource Centres

 
24,402 youth touched in FY2017 (23,741 in FY2016)

BOKARO RIVER DRINKING WATER PROJECT

 

Rainwater harvesting based project with a dam along with an intake well, capable of supplying approximately 1,000 kilo litres of filtered and chlorinated water per day

 
Caters to ~ 8,000 people in eight villages of Ramgarh district
Reduction in Infant Mortality Rate by 39%

since the inception of MANSI in FY2010

Reduction in Neonatal Mortality Rate by 46%

since the inception of MANSI in FY2010

Ethical behaviour is intrinsic to the way we conduct our business. The Tata Group’s founder, Jamsetji Tata, insisted that business must respect the rights of all its stakeholders and create an overall benefit for the society.

Our corporate values of unity, responsibility, excellence, pioneering and integrity are the guiding principles by which we strive to conduct our business.

Our governance framework flows from our Code of conduct and policies. The framework is designed to ensure that our business is conducted in an honest and ethical manner, with integrity and it conforms with the relevant laws and regulations of the countries where we operate in.

Tata Code of Conduct

All Tata Group companies subscribe to the Tata Code of Conduct (‘Code’), which clearly articulates our ethical principles and desired behaviours. The Code requires the Tata companies and employees to act with professionalism, honesty and integrity and to preserve the human rights of every individual and the community. The principles of the Code apply to all our dealings with our business partners who are encouraged to adhere to similar standards. The Code covers various subjects like equal opportunity employer, dignity & respect, human rights, bribery & corruption, gifts and hospitality, conflict of interest, financial reporting and records among others.

The Tata Code of Conduct is augmented by a number of policies that help strengthen governance practices at Tata Steel. These policies include the Conflict of Interest Policy, The Policy for Receipt of Gifts and Hospitality, The Whistle Blower Policy and the Prevention of Sexual Harassment at Workplace Policy.

Affirmative Action

In accordance with its Affirmative Action Policy, Tata Steel encourages business entrepreneurs from socially disadvantaged communities and includes them in its supply chain on the basis of equal merit. The Company has leveraged its growth projects to diversify its workforce through positive discrimination in favour of local, marginalised communities and women. Also, Tata Steel chooses organisations aligned to its Affirmative Action Policy as its Strategic Sourcing partners.

Building Blocks of Responsible Procurement

During the year, the Company provided both classroom and web module training to people who work at its sites. Training was provided on POSH1, COI2 and TCOC3

3,281 Officers

14,430 Non-Officers

22,069 Contractors' Employees'

1,085 Vocational Trainees

1 POSH- Prevention of Sexual Harassment
2 COI- Conflict of Interest
3 TCOC- Tata Code of Conduct

We will continue to seamlessly deploy our strategy, heading towards the goals set for each of our strategic focus areas.

Safety - Zero injury and fatality

We will continue with our efforts of building leadership’s competency, improving contract worker safety management and all other process improvements for identifying safety hazards and mitigating risks, to ultimately reach our goal of Zero LTI

Diversity and Inclusion

With an ambition of having at least 20% women in workforce, we will continue to uphold our ethos of being an equal opportunity employer

Scale-up Services and Solutions

We will aim to ramp-up and stabilise our new operations and continue our efforts towards developing value-added services and products for meeting varied customer requirements

Technology Leadership

We will continue to be the front runners in adoption of new technologies, both in terms of product development and process efficiencies

Climate change strategy: Reduction in specific water consumption and CO2 emission

We will continue to evolve our operational practices and adopt state-of-the-art technologies to increase resource efficiency and reduce emissions

Digitalisation - Realise value and improve stakeholder experience

We will exploit digital technology to the fullest for value enhancement and improving customers’ and partners’ experience. In view of Industry 4.0, we will strive to be ahead of the curve in adopting disruptive digital technologies

Improvement in employee engagement

We will constantly strive to be one of the top quartile ranking companies in the space of employee engagement. We will keep focussing on employee well-being and happiness.

Cost Leadership

With our multi-pronged approach of improving process efficiencies, optimising raw-material usage, waste recycling and employee productivity enhancement, we will keep honing our efforts of cost-leadership