Hindalco Industries Ltd
Sales (2007-2008) = Rs.19000 crores (rounded off)
Net profit after tax = Rs.2300 crores (rounded off)
CSR Budget: Not available
Karmayog 2008 CSR Rating: 2/ 5
CSR activities:
Transcending Business
Sweep your gaze in large parts of India�s hinterland. Here you encounter conditions that cause you pain and concern as well. It is here that the poorest of the poor live � in India�s villages. A whopping 64% of India�s population is housed here. It is here that you find India�s poverty and high points of distress.
As a Group we have been and continue to be extremely sensitive to societal needs. In our own small way, we try to bring in some relief and make a difference to the lives of the weaker sections of society who live close to our plants. We try to provide health care and raise life expectancy, and reduce infant mortality.Through our endeavours in education, we lift literacy rates. Through empowerment and training processes, we promote sustainable livelihood.
All of your Company�s social projects are carried out under the umbrella of the Aditya Birla Centre for Community Initiatives and Rural Development. These are spearheaded by Mrs. Rajashree Birla, your Director.
For the year 2007-08 we have considerable progress as indicated.
In Health Care:
- At the medical camps conducted, 265,471 villagers were examined and those afflicted were treated for their ailments.
- 1,842 cataract operations were performed.
- 1,582 patients diagnosed with tuberculosis were treated.
- At our HIV / AIDS awareness programmes, we enlisted over 15,443 participants.
- 37 physically challenged persons were provided with artificial limbs fitment, and 63 persons reconstructive surgery.
- At the Company run hospitals at its various plants, over 4.26 lacs of people are given medical care at extremely subsidized rates.
Mother and child Care:
- 48,332 mothers and children received pre-natal, post-natal and infant care and 1,69,424 children
- Immunized against polio.
- At 126 Family Planning Camps, 17,998 women and 89 men opted for family planning operations.
- Our programmes on sexually transmitted diseases and reproductive track infection had 18,495 participants and 6,947 afflicted women were treated.
Education:
- Merit Scholarships were earned by 3,627 students.
- Books and uniforms were provided to 8,018 rural students.
- 14,655 children are currently studying in Balwadis run by your company.
- 23,238 students were given incentives to continue education.
- Adult literacy programmes reach out to over 3,839 persons.
- Career counseling programmes were conducted for 5,157 students, and several were sponsored to I.T.I. Vocation Centers.
Sustainable Livelihood:
- At the Aditya Birla Rural Technology Park, more than 115 programmes were held on repair and maintenance of diesel pump sets, electric and electronic goods, hand pumps bags, rope making, tailoring and knitting.
- 6,762 rural youth were trained for self employment.
- Agriculture – Training in crop diversification, floriculture demonstration, integrated pest management and post harvest technology has benefitted over 19,864 farmers.
- 11,915 farmers benefitted from our Watershed Development projects which ensure optimum use of land and water resources.
Women Self-Help Groups:
Set up 1,416 Self Help Groups empowering of 22,977 women. These women are engaged in tailoring, weaving, knitting, crafting bamboo baskets, san sutli (ropes), vermicompost, rearing samplings, mushroom cultivation, pickles and spices, selling vegetables and fruits running grocery stores among others.
Social Welfare:
- 3,320 couples were united at a mass marriage programmes.
- 73 dowryless marriages organized.
Infrastructure:
- Infrastructure development through the construction of better roads, potable water systems, biogas plants, building of community centers, animal sheds, construction of dry toilets, provision of street lights and electricity, subsidizing houses, benefitted over 1,38,214 people.
- Panchayat meeting halls, school buildings and community halls are also being supported.
- Of the 104 villages that we have committed for conversion into model villages, 22 have been already transformed this year.
Our Board of Directors, our Management and all of our employees subscribe to the Philosophy of compassionate care. We believe and act on an ethos of generosity and compassion, characterized by a willingness to build a society that works for everyone.
Environment
At all of your Company�s plants and mines, adopt clean technologies and processes that combine both economic progress and sustainable environment. Among these are the integrated Aluminium and Copper Complexes at Renukoot, Hirakud and Dahej, the alumina plants at Belgaum and Muri, the smelter power complex at Hirakud, the sheet rolling plants at Belur, Taloja, Mouda, the foil Plants at Kalwa, Kollur and Silvassa, the extrusions plant at Alupuram and alloy wheels facility at Silvassa, as also the Company�s bauxite and coal mines in Chattisgarh, Jharkhand and Maharashtra.
At most of our company�s plants, ISO 9001, ISO-14001 and OHSAS-18001 have been combined into the Integrated Management System (IMS).
Source: www.hindalco.com/investors/downloads/download.htm
Annual Report �07-�08 pg. 52-56
CSR by the Aditya Birla Group
www.adityabirla.com/social_projects/overview.htm
Contact Information:
Hindalco Industries Ltd
Century Bhavan, 3rd floor
Dr. Annie Besant Road
Worli, Mumbai 400 030
Maharashtra
Phone no. : 22-6662 6666
Fax : 22-2436 2516 / 2422 7586
Email : pragnyaram@adityabirla.com
Website : www.hindalco.com/
Industry Sector: Aluminium
Products / Services: Producer of Aluminium
Other locations of factories / offices: Regional offices in New Delhi, Mumbai, Kolkata, Bangalore
Previous year�s CSR activities & rating:
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