Tata Steel recognised as a Gold Employer by India Workplace Equality Index 2025 for the fifth consecutive year

Mumbai, December 19, 2025

~ Highlights Company’s continuous commitment to building an inclusive, equitable, and progressive workplace ~

Mumbai, December 19, 2025: Tata Steel has been recognised as a Gold Employer by the India Workplace Equality Index (IWEI) 2025 for the fifth consecutive year, reaffirming the Company’s unwavering commitment to LGBT+ inclusion and its broader vision of building an equitable workplace for all.

With more than 100 organisations participating in the 6th edition of the IWEI Summit & Awards, Tata Steel’s recognition as a Gold Employer reflects the Company’s continued efforts in embedding diversity and inclusion across its policies, talent systems, leadership practices, and internal and external engagement.

Atrayee Sanyal, Chief People Officer, Tata Steel Group, said, “This recognition reinforces Tata Steel’s position as one of India’s most progressive employers – one that goes beyond compliance to prioritise empathy, equity, and empowerment. We believe a diverse workforce is a strategic enabler of innovation, and we remain committed to ensuring every employee feels seen, heard, and valued.”

Tata Steel deepened its commitment to inclusion through several pioneering milestones, including the launch of the world’s first all-women shift in mining operations at Noamundi; the induction of an all-women firefighting crew in Jamshedpur - a first in the Indian steel sector; and the deployment of women employees across all three shifts in Kalinganagar.

The Company has enhanced its Parental Benefit Policy for equitable caregiving and for providing strengthened support to eligible employees. This ensures that caregiving responsibilities are recognised as shared and integral to employee wellbeing. Equally, Tata Steel’s Gender Reassignment Policy enables compassionate and confidential access to gender affirmation support for employees.

Tata Steel’s DE&I journey began a decade ago in 2015 with MOSAIC, driving inclusion across women, LGBTQIA+, affirmative action, and persons with disabilities through five pillars: sensitisation, infrastructure, recruitment, retention & development, and celebrations.

The India Workplace Equality Index is the country’s first comprehensive benchmarking tool designed to measure employers’ progress on LGBT+ inclusion across nine key areas, including policies and benefits, employee lifecycle, leadership, and community engagement.

Disclaimer

Statements in this press release describing the Company’s performance may be “forward-looking statements” within the meaning of applicable securities laws and regulations. Actual results may differ materially from those directly or indirectly expressed, inferred or implied. Important factors that could make a difference to the Company’s operations include, among others, economic conditions affecting demand/ supply and price conditions in the domestic and overseas markets in which the Company operates, changes in or due to the environment, Government regulations, laws, statutes, judicial pronouncements and/ or other incidental factors.

For queries and information

Sarvesh Kumar,
Chief Corporate Communications, Tata Steel,
E-mail : sarvesh.kumar@tatasteel.com

About Tata Steel

Tata Steel group is among the top global steel companies with an annual crude steel capacity of 35 million tonnes per annum.
It is one of the world's most geographically diversified steel producers, with operations and commercial presence across the world.
The group recorded a consolidated turnover of around US$26 billion in the financial year ending March 31, 2025.
A Great Place to Work®-certified organisation, Tata Steel Limited, together with its subsidiaries, associates, and joint ventures, is spread across five continents with an employee base of over 76,000.
Tata Steel has announced its major sustainability objectives, including Net Zero by 2045.
The Company has been on a multi-year digital-enabled business transformation journey, intending to be the leader in ‘Digital Steel making’. The Company has received the World Economic Forum’s Global Lighthouse recognition for its Jamshedpur, Kalinganagar, and IJmuiden Plants. Tata Steel has also been recognised with the ‘Digital Enterprise of India – Steel’ Award 2024 by Economic Times CIO.
The Company has been recognised with the World Economic Forum’s Global Diversity Equity & Inclusion Lighthouse 2023.
The Company has been a part of the DJSI Emerging Markets Index since 2012 and has been consistently ranked among the top 10 steel companies in the DJSI Corporate Sustainability Assessment since 2016.
Tata Steel’s Jamshedpur Plant is India’s first site to receive ResponsibleSteel^TM Certification. Subsequently, its Kalinganagar and Meramandali plants have also received the certification. In India, Tata Steel now has more than 90% of its steel production from ResponsibleSteel^TM certified sites.
Received Prime Minister’s Trophy for the best performing integrated steel plant for 2016-17, 2025 Steel Sustainability Champion recognition from worldsteel for eight years in a row, CDP 2024 ‘Supplier Engagement Assessment’ Leader, Top performer in Iron and Steel sector in Dun & Bradstreet's India's top 500 companies 2022, Ranked as the 2024 most valuable Mining and Metals brand in India by Brand Finance, ‘Most Ethical Company’ award 2021 from Ethisphere Institute, and ‘Best Corporate for Promotion of Sports’ recognition at the Sportstar Aces Awards 2024.
Received the 2023 Global ERM (Enterprise Risk Management) Award of Distinction at the RIMS ERM Conference 2023, ‘Masters of Risk – Risk Technology’ recognition at The India Risk Management Awards, and ICSI Business Responsibility and Sustainability Award 2023 for its first Business Responsibility and Sustainability Report (BRSR), Excellence in Financial Reporting FY20 from ICAI, among several others.

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