Company: GlaxoSmithKline Consumer Healthcare Ltd
Income 2005-2006 = Rs 885 Cr (rounded off)
Net profit after tax (05-06) = Rs 70 Cr (rounded off)
Karmayog CSR Rating- 2/5
CSR activities:
The company is involved in various development initiatives all over the globe. The company’s flagship community programme is its key role in the global alliance to eliminate lymphatic filariasis, one of the most disfiguring and disabling disease prevalent in the world today. In India too, the company has been committed to social and health related activities since 1977. The company has initiated various development programmes by building effective partnerships with local NGOs, governments and communities. These initiatives are implemented through coordinated projects on urban community development, rural development, disaster relief, workplace initiatives and medical fraternity initiatives.
GSK India’s Current Projects
GAVS, a Trust promoted for the development of rural massesGramin Arogya Vikas Sanstha (GAVS) is a registered public trust promoted by Glaxo in April 1997. The Trust operates in three needy, predominantly tribal villages, 55 kms away from GSK’s factory at Nashik. The Trust aims at fulfilling basic healthcare, education and other developmental needs of the villagers.
GAVS organises:
- weekly medical check-ups and treatment by qualified doctors
- preventive health awareness programmes using audio-visuals besides running a small savings scheme for women and the youth.
- Training programmes in health, midwifery are also being conducted by the organisation.
All programmes are implemented through a full-time trained social worker, under the guidance of four trustees (all GSK management staff) who periodically visit the project and provide their time, professional skills and expertise towards its activities. - Through constant interaction, the full-time social worker has built an excellent rapport with the villagers and the local and district governmental functionaries. As a result of continuous follow-up by the Trust, a major drinking water supply scheme has been implemented last year in one of the drought-prone villages by the local government authorities.
- The Trust has been recently able to get the State Public Department’s approval of establishing a Sub-Primary Health Centre in this village. This centre, costing about Rs. 45 lakhs (approx. � 65407), would be established by the district government authorities as a result of the Trust’s periodic follow-up for the last four years.
- SSSS,a Trust Working For Disadvantaged Slum Children in MumbaiShishukalyan Snehi Swayamsevak Sanstha (SSSS) — meaning ”a voluntary organisation for Child Welfare”, is a charitable trust promoted by Glaxo India employees in 1979 for the development of financially disadvantaged children – deprived of opportunities such as basic education, healthcare and recreation.The SSSS operates in the slums of Worli Koliwada, a fisher folk community, located near the company’s head office in Mumbai. The SSSS runs a Medical Care Centre which provides comprehensive health check-up and treatment, Nutritional Supplements Scheme for children at a preprimary education centre and an Educational Sponsorship Scheme for needy girl students of a local school. The programmes are implemented by a full-time trained social worker, under the guidance of a Managing Committee which has representatives of GSK and leading voluntary organisations in Mumbai.
- Glaxo AIDS helplineAs a unique and innovative initiative for counselling and dissemination of information on HIV/AIDS to the lay public in Mumbai, the company launched a 24 hours phone-in helpline in October 2000. Highly trained and experienced team of counsellors answer thousands of callers from 10 a.m. to 9 p.m. Thereafter, the callers can obtain basic information on issues related to HIV/AIDS through a comprehensive Interactive Voice Response that is operational from 9 p.m. to 10 a.m., available in two local languages besides English. The helpline focuses on various aspects related to general awareness, prevention, treatment and care, psycho-social support for HIV positive people and their families.The helpline provides immediate, complete and factual information to the general public. It is aimed at addressing various existing myths, misconceptions and prejudices related to issues on sexual and HIV/AIDS in an atmosphere of anonymity and confidentiality. The highly trained staff provide counselling, further referrals if needed.As on March 31, 2003, around 25,000 phone calls have been answered by the Glaxo AIDS helpline, adjudged as one of the best professionally managed helplines by several leading bodies like the Tata Institute of Social Sciences.
- Supporting mentally challenged children
- Providing infrastructure to local skills
Amount spent on CSR : No information regarding the amount spent on CSR was available on the homepage .
Contact details : GlaxoSmithKline Consumer Healthcare Ltd
DLF plaza tower
Gurgaon , Haryana
E mail mailto:contact.4.gsk@gsk.com.org?cc=info@karmayog.org
Web address : www.gsk-ch.in
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The data given below has been added after March 31st 2008 , and thus not included as part of Karmayog CSR Ratings 2007.
CSR Activities 2006-2007
Environment & Social Commitment
Your Company, in its endevaour to serve the community, continues to contribute in and around the areas where it operates.
Under program on �Health & Education for Women� at Sonepat, various activities included distribution of sewing machines, health camp and vocational training (stitching & embroidery) to the rural womenfolk for empowering them.
During the year, both Nabha and Rajahmundry continued enironment education programme to impact younger generation in local schools. Computers were donated to improve infrastructure in needy schools. Bus shelter has been constructed at Nabha for local residents.
Source : Annual Report 2007