Company: Colgate-Palmolive (India) Ltd
Income 2005-2006 = Rs 1000 Cr (rounded off)
Net profit after tax (05-06) = Rs 115 Cr (rounded off)
Karmayog CSR Rating- 2/5
CSR activities:
Colgate-Palmolive, India, children in primary schools receive instructions in dental care from members of the dental profession nominated by the Indian Dental Association. Education is imparted with the aid of audio-visuals and printed literature created by the company. Free dental health care packs, including samples, are also distributed by the company to encourage good oral hygiene.
Teachers Training Program
Training in the basics of oral health care is imparted to school teachers. This helps them play a significant role in preventive oral care by inculcating good oral care habits in the students. The Teachers Training Program forms a vital part of the Colgate Bright Smiles, Bright Futures Program.Till date, 1,75,000 teachers have been trained under the program
National Oral Health Program
Colgate-Palmolive India continues its march in the area of spreading oral health awareness through the School Dental Health Education Program. Under this Program, over 50 million school children in rural and urban parts of the country in the age group of 6-12 years have been reached out till date. Members of various IDA local branches organized the Program across the country with the help of audio-visual aids, posters, charts and demonstration of right brushing techniques.
Colgate Professional Program
Key to the success of Colgate’s efforts at improving oral care in India is the close relationship it has forged with the dental profession under the company’s Professional Program. Going back to over two and half decades, the Professional Program unites the company and various bodies of dental professionals, such as the Indian Dental Association, in working towards realising shared objectives.The Program works towards improving oral health awareness and oral care on a mass scale. Leveraging the dedicated and voluntary efforts of the dental profession, oral care awareness is created and spread through appropriate mechanisms such as exhibitions, the use of audio-visuals, lectures, demonstrations, teacher training Programs and the organisation of dental health weeks and check-up camps. The message of good oral care is additionally reinforced through the distribution of attractively designed and user friendly patient education materials.
Colgate-IDA Activities
Colgate actively and closely supports the efforts of Professional Dental Associations to continuously update the knowledge and skills of dental professionals through various fora. Colgate today is the major sponsor of almost all Dental Conventions, Seminars, Conferences and specialised workshops. In collaboration with the Indian Dental Association, IDA-Colgate Continuing Dental Education Programs are regularly organised all over the country, exposing the practicing dental professional to the latest advances in dentistry.
The Colgate-IDA BDS Scholarship
In the field of academics, Colgate encourages striving for excellence by instituting Gold Medals for students topping in the BDS final examination at the university level. Additionally, IDA-Colgate scholarships are awarded at the college level to students who top in each year of the BDS course. Research grants are also provided to meritorious students undertaking post-graduate research work. The top merit holders in each of the four years receive cash prizes and certificates.
Smiling Moments
Colgate-Palmolive India Ltd. (CPIL), cares for the communities and supports little known causes that stirive to make a difference and impact lives.On November 21, 2004, CPIL sponsored the Inter-Mumbai Cricket Tournament for the physically challenged. The tournament was organized by a Mumbai based, Non-Governmental Organization, Omkar Kreda Mandal and was played at Sri Shivaji Maidan, Chunabhati, Mumbai. An event sponsored by Colgate for the second time, offering these special people an opportunity to showcase their abilities of playing and enjoying their cricket despite their handicap.Graeme Dalziel , Managing Director, Colgate-Palmolive India Limited summarized Colgate’s support for the event by saying “This cricket cup for the physically challenged embodies the three fundamental values of Colgate -Caring, Global Teamwork and Continuous Improvement. What makes it even more special is that it is a tournament for exceptional people who demonstrate that there is no challenge that can’t be overcome. Cricket is a national passion and by supporting this competition, we hope to play a small part in helping people with physical disabilities, enjoy their favourite sport where they can compete as a team, strive for a better performance with every match and develop a strong sense of achievement.”A strong competitive spirit coupled with the desire to win was clearly visible on the cricket ground. At the end, the smiles of having competed were what made it a memorable tournament.
Colgate sponsors the Annual Summer Camp at Dominic Savio
The Dominc-Savio Summer Camp in Central Mumbai is an important part of Colgate’s CSR (Corporate Social Responsibility) activities. Year 2006 marks the silver jubilee year of Colgate’s association with Dominic-Savio Summer Camp. This year, the theme that Dominic Savio Summer Camp, 2006 had aptly adopted is “Learn Love and Live the Savio way”. Almost 300 children between the ages 6-16 years benefit from the creative workshops that are conducted at the Summer Camp. This month long program, where children learn manifold skills ranging from knitting, cooking, painting, flower arrangements, calligraphy, music and dance. Interestingly and very importantly, mathematics coaching, practical classes on plumbing & electricals and commercial art are also an integral part of the Summer Camp. These sort of creative workshops tap the hidden potential of children and go a long way in building strong bonds of friendship and camaraderie between them. The camp helps to channelize the energies of children into creative pursuits, thus unleashing their fullest potential.The highlight of the month long Summer Camp is a picnic organised for the children to not only give them a feel of the outdoors, but at the same time give them the opportunity to learn whilst they play.
Colgate spreads smiles at Pratham
Colgate-Palmolive India Limited (CP) demonstrates caring for communities in many special ways.CPIL has partnered with Pratham, a non-profit organization working in the primary education sector, to help us implement this vision. Pratham’s motto is ‘Every child in school&and learning well’ has served the organization well in touching the lives of over one million children in India since 1993 and this figure continues to increase every day. One of the largest NGOs in this domain, Pratham serves over 200,000 economically underprivileged children across 29 locations and 10 states in India. It has a large grassroots volunteer base of nearly 10,000 predominantly young women from the community.Colgate’s partnership with Pratham is two fold. It supports Pratham in setting up libraries in economically backward areas to encourage and inculcate the habit of reading among the children living here. The Company firmly believes education will empower these children for the future.The other aspect of Colgate’s partnership with Pratham covers the development of a training module for the 10,000 volunteers across India who implement Pratham’s educational programs. These volunteers are identified through a selection process each year and are subsequently trained.
Colgate Reaches Out with Care in Nepal
Several community development initiatives have been implemented in the field of health, education and sports with a view to making a difference in the lives of the people in Hetauda, District: Makhwanpur, in Nepal.EducationIn the field of education, the company rewards meritorious students from Government Schools with scholarships. This initiative is the first of its kind in Hetauda that awards the top 15 rank holders in standard VIII. The scholarship is given for a period of two years. There have been 48 Colgate Scholars since October 2000.School Infrastructure Support ProgramColgate – Palmolive (Nepal) Private Limited (CPNPL), supported a unique program by adopting Tribhuwan High School in Hetauda, Nepal, giving the children a safe and healthy environment for learning.
Established in 1961 with strength of 1000 students, the school was in dire need of infrastructure support. Owing to lack of space, children were attending classes in the playground. As part of school development program, Colgate extended its support and built a block of three additional classrooms, which now accommodates over hundred additional students. The adoption program has received widespread appreciation and support from the local communities, the district administration and school authorities. This was inaugurated on 5th January 2003.HealthHealth services are an extremely expensive need for the common man and often unaffordable. In the light of this, CPNPL provides free medical and dental consultancy treatment, in Hetauda, District Makwanpur. The Company is conducting two clinics. A medical consultant has been appointed to provide free medical consultancy three times a week. The second clinic (in association with the Lions Club, Hetauda), functions once a week, and provides free dental consultancy. Both the clinics are very successful and widely appreciated by the local communities. Close to 8000 people have availed of the medical and dental consultancy since the clinics started in June 2001 and November 2001,respectively.
Colgate Rises to the Occasion:Makwanpur District witnessed some of the heaviest rains in, the year 2003 and 2004. The heavy downpour resulted in flash floods causing destruction to life and property in the district. The only road to Kathmandu, which is the lifeline of the people, was damaged at several places and being blocked by landslides. Many people were rendered homeless. Colgate joined hands with the District Administration, in both years to provide assistance to the distressed, and was one of the first to provide 200 bags of dry ration as immediate relief for the flood affected people of the district.Education gets a new fillip – Colgate constructs a new schoolDistance and time was posing to be an enormous burden on the children in a remote rural area around Hetauda in Nepal. The people of this region are economically weak and it’s difficult for them to send their children to distant Hetauda, for studies. Colgate as a responsible corporate citizen, built a school here, where accessibility is difficult, more so during monsoons.The District Authorities of Administration and Education have lauded this effort of bringing a school close to the children. The local school management too has been appreciative of Colgate providing educational facility to less privileged members of society in the area.This school was inaugurated in September 2004.
Oral health month
Free dental check-ups were organised in as many as 100 cities as part of Oral Health Month 2006. In addition to check-ups in clinics, dental examinations were done in housing societies, factories and corporate offices and also through mobile vans that covered the under-privileged areas of cities. The aim was free dental check-ups for everyone� everywhere.
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Contact details : Colgate-Palmolive (India) Ltd
Colgate Research Centre,
Main Street, Hiranadani Gardens,
Powai, Mumbai – 400076
Tel. No.: 022 67095050
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