Adani Enterprise Ltd.
Sales (2007-2008) =Rs.11600 crores (rounded off)
Net profit after tax =Rs.310 crores (rounded off)
CSR Budget= Not available
Karmayog 2008 CSR Rating: 2/ 5
See Karmayog Comments below:
CSR activities:
Adani Enterprise Ltd. Is flagship company of Adani Group .
Adani Foundation was established in May 1996. Situated in Ahmedabad, it is a part of the prestigious Adani Group and looks after the Corporate Social Responsibility related activities of the Group. Through its grant, the Foundation supports efforts in the development of society, in areas of Rural Livelihoods & Communities, Education, and Health. Besides institutional grants, the Foundation also makes individual grants for education and medical relief. The Foundation is registered as a NGO and operates in Gujarat with major focus in Kutch & Ahmedabad. This year, it will expand to other locations in the country. The Foundation is active in four major areas for all sections of the society:
- Medical
- .Medicines prescribed by the hospitals/ specialists a provided free of cost to 290 patients including 52 HIV positive patients.
- Financial assistance was provided to patients for surgeries, and critical diseases, looking to the severity of the cases.
- Financial Assistance to peer groups: Shree Rajrajendra Suri Charitable Trust, Surat was given financial support worth Rs 11 Lakhs towards setting up a new dispensary in Surat for the under-privileged.
- Education
- Scholarship Scheme: This scheme is meant for all children who secure more than 70% marks in aggregate and are from Below Poverty Line strata. 46 meritorious students availed these scholarships applicable from 5th standard onwards up to professional courses.
- 9+2 Scheme: We helped 88 students under this scheme, wherein, nine months tuition fees and two term fees were paid directly to the educational institutions.
- Vidya Sahay: This scheme enables/make feasible quality education accessible to needy associates of the Adani Group & to mitigate the hardship in educating their children on account of the high cost of education. Under this scheme 83 children availed Vidya Sahay amounting.
- Adani Vidya Mandir: Adani Foundation has set up �Adani Vidya Mandir� school to impart quality education & good facilities to under-privileged meritorious students totally free.
- Financial Assistance to peer groups: Banaskantha Kelavani Mandal was given financial support worth Rs. 25 Lakhs towards construction of a new school. Jay Parsvanath Education Trust was given financial support worth Rs 5 Lakhs towards construction of new classrooms at Dholka, Ahmedabad.
- Others
- Shree Navchetan Andhjan Mandal was given support worth Rs 25 Lakhs towards construction of their new campus in Kutch
- Shree Yagkshem Foundation for Human Dignity, Ahmedabad was given financial assistance of Rs. 2 Lakhs towards their work on Human Rights
Rural Development Activities at Mundra, Kutch:
In Mundra, Adani Foundation has set up a team for addressing various issues for the rural community. We work in three core areas; Education, Health and Livelihood
Education:
- 20 volunteers completed their duties as teaching assistants in primary schools of Mundra Taluka for the academic year of 2007-08. They also underwent training of Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan (SSA). These Education Volunteers also implemented Meena Communicative Initiative aimed at Girl Child Education and Child�s Rights
- Crafted new role and responsibilities for Education Volunteers with consultation from UNICEF and District Primary Education Officer for the academic year of 2008-09
- Prepared a model for School Health Corner. 40 group schools of Mundra and Mandavi Talukas are provided with Model Health Corner Kit consisting of full size mirror, 5 napkins, 6 combs, 6 nail clippers, Height measuring Scale and posters for creating health awareness.
- A.F. also assisted in distributing textbooks to schools.
- Training session with volunteers
- A.F. Team participated in School Enrolment Drive of current year
- 45 schools have been identified for Educational Inputs with emphasis on Girl Child Education and Quality of Education.
Health:
- Mobile Dispensary is rendering services to 24 villages and three labour colonies and has treated 2513 patients in April and 2403 patients in May 2008 absolutely free.
- Medical camp at Zarapara port colony where 94 patients got free treatment
- Specialty camps/ Gynaec camps were organized at Tunda, Baroi and Deshalpar village as well as at APL and Samudra labour colonies. Over 200 women got treatment for various gynaec ailments for which they would not have gone anywhere unless it gets very serious. Dr. Chitra Bhatnagar- M.D. (Ob.Gy.) rendered her services on a voluntary basis.
- Life Skill Education Talk followed with question answer session with students and teachers of Adani DAV School with Dr. Chitra Bhatnagar
- In collaboration with Government Community Health Center vaccination and ante- natal care is provided at labour colonies namely at Samudra Township and Mithani�s Colony on Tuesdays of the month.
- Pre- monsoon health awareness programme conducted at various labour colonies
- Demonstration of chlorination of water along with material supply carried out at various labour colonies
- HIV/AIDS awareness talks at Indra security and Samudra Township
Livelihood Activities:
- Group meetings with Cattle Owners at Mangara for low cost cattle shed for reducing wastage of fodder
- Awareness Night Camp with Veterinary Dr. Prakash Modi at Goersama and Shekhadiya benefiting 64 cattle owners� families
- Continue implementation work of Samaghogha Check Dam on Phot river under Sardar Sahabhagi Jal Sanchay Yojana. 80 % construction is over. Total cost of this dam is rupees fifty lacs approx.
- Bhumi Pujan for starting implementation of Vaghura Check Dam on village river
- Support in construction of 126 individual toilets at Wanki village. We came across many touching stories such as- Ratanben Aahir who came to village Wanki 30 years ago following her wedding to a village man. Not having toilet in the house was very disturbing and never could get over the overwhelming feeling of shame and embarrassment. To top this, her fate put her in even more difficulties and drudgery as her husband met with an accident and was partially disabled. Now she had to carry his excreta for disposal in open out side village everyday. Now with toilet in the house we could see tears of happiness and relief.
- A.F. team participated in Krishi Rath Programme of Government of Gujarat in Mundra Taluka. Public recognition was given to our efforts in the areas of Total Sanitation Campaign, Animal Husbandry and Agriculture and water saving devices
- Concluded six weeks training for Diesel Engine Maintenance with partial funding from NABARD under Skill Development Initiative. Two trainees have already been selected for placement. Three to four have continued with their own workshop with more vigor. Follow up for more placements and entrepreneurship continues.
- We have submitted two more proposals under Skill Development Initiative to NABARD.
Other News:
- Dr. Pritiben G. Adani signed Memorandum of Understanding for Technical Support with UNICEF.
- WASMO has agreed to support us in our efforts towards Total Sanitation Campaign and school hygiene sanitation programme.
- We have expanded our team by recruiting six community mobilizers with graduate and post graduate degrees in relevant education streams and of total work experience. We have also recruited project officers/ programme specialists for Health and Animal Husbandry and other livelihood activities
- Team leader visited Dahej and Tiroda sites for assessing and exploring the possibilities of CSR activities in those areas. A person to look after Dahej site has been short listed.
Activities at Gurgaon
A blood donation camp was organized at ADANI House, Gurgaon, in coordination with Red Cross Society, India. A total of 57 units of blood were donated by equal numbers of volunteers for the noble cause of saving lives of people
Source: http://www.adani.in/csr.htm
Karmayog Comments: Its a group initiative irrespective of the sector of the company
Contact Information:
Adani Enterprise Ltd.
Adani House,
Near Mithakhali Six Roads,
Navrangpura,
Ahmedabad � 380 009
Gujarat
Phone no. : 079-26565555
Fax : 079-26565500
Email info@adanigroup.com
Website: www.adani.in/glance.htm
Industry Sector: Trading
Products / Services: Power, Oil & Gas, Real Estate, Agro & Metals and Minerals,
Other locations of factories / offices: The Company operates through 30 offices including eight overseas offices in USA, UAE, China, Singapore, Indonesia, Mauritius and Myanmar.
Previous year�s CSR activities & rating: www.karmayog.org/csr500companies/csr500companies_7213.htm