Bharat Heavy Electricals Ltd.
Sales (2007-2008) =Rs.21500 crores. (rounded off)
Net profit after tax =Rs.2800 crores. (rounded off)
CSR Budget =Not available
Karmayog 2008 CSR Rating: 2/5
See Karmayog Comments below
CSR activities:
BHEL has joined the Global Compact of United Nations and has committed itself to support it and the set of core values enshrined in its ten principles. The Global Compact is a partnership between the United Nations, the business community, international labour and NGOs. It provides a forum for them to work together and improve corporate practices through co-operation rather than confrontation.
BHEL�s contributions towards Corporate Social Responsibility till date include adoption of villages, free medical camps/charitable dispensaries, schools for the underprivileged and handicapped children, ban on child labour, disaster/natural calamity aid, Employment for handicapped, Widow resettlement, Employment for Ex-serviceman, irrigation using treated sewage, pollution checking camps, plantation of millions of trees, energy saving and conservation of natural resources through environmental management.
As part of its Corporate Social Responsibility, BHEL adopted 56 villages having nearly 80,000 inhabitants. Other examples of CSR activities are Blood Donation and Health Check-up camps, besides providing infrastructure support at these villages. In addition, BHEL provides financial assistance to various NGOs/ Trusts/Social Welfare Societies that are engaged in social activities throughout the country.
BHEL shares the growing concern on issues related to Environment and Occupational Health & Safety (OHS), and is committed to protecting Environment in and around its own establishment, and to providing safe and healthy environment to all its employees. For fulfilling these obligations, a Health, Safety & Environmental Policy has been formulated and implemented through management systems.
In recognition of this, BHEL has been awarded the ISO 14001 Environmental Management Systems Certification and OHSAS 18001 Occupational Health & Safety Management Systems Certification from M/s Det Norske Veritas (DNV). Under UNDP programme for specialized services in the area of Environment, BHEL has set up a Pollution Control Research Institute (PCRI). BHEL also has a Model Centre for Occupational Health Services at Trichy, which is a pioneer in this field in India. Today it offers a wide range of occupational health care as well as expertise in work Environment monitoring, Toxicology, Ergonomics and in organization of OHS to multitude of industries for different sectors in India. Few ILO sponsored candidates from African countries have undergone training at this Model centre.
BHEL is a member of CoRE (Corporate Roundtable on Development of Strategies for Environment) launched by The Energy Research Institute (TERI). CoRE is envisaged as a means to facilitate a proactive and catalytic role for industry in addressing the environmental problems plaguing India and helping the industry towards sustainability paradigm. CoRE is now a partner organization to the WBCSD (World Business Council for Sustainable Development). It has signed a memorandum of understanding with WBCSD, now called as CoRE-BCSD, India. Interfaces between companies such as BHEL, TERI and the WBCSD would provide an important link to address issues of sustainable development at a global level and to learn and exchange experience of the participating companies.
BHEL�s commitment to environmental issues can be seen as an integral part of its core business. In the field of Non-conventional and Renewable Energy, BHEL has successfully launched products like wind electric generators, solar heating systems, solar photovoltaic systems, solar lanterns and battery powered road vehicles. Technology upgradation has been done to minimise environmental impact of fossil energy products,by way of low-NOx oil/ gas burners, circulating fluidised bed combustion boilers etc.
Source: www.bhel.com/healthsafety/global_compact.php
www.bhel.com/financial_information/index.php (Annual report �07- �08 pg15)
Karmayog Comments: Increase in CSR initiatives this year
Contact Information:
Bharat Heavy Electricals Ltd.
Siri Fort, New Delhi � 110049
Delhi
Phone No. : 11 26001010
Fax : 11 26493021
Email : query@bhel.com
Website : www.bhel.com/home.php
Industry Sector: Electric Equipments
Products / Services: Power , Transmission, Transportation, Non Conventional energy source.
Other locations of factories / offices: Trichy, Jhansi, Hyderabad, Bangalore.
Previous year�s CSR activities & rating: www.karmayog.org/csr500companies/csr500companies_7390.htm