Supporting UN Sustainable Development Goals (UN SDGs)
The UN SDGs serves as key benchmarks to plan initiative, measure our impact, and prioritise our areas of focus as we align our strategies and approach with the UN SDGs closely. As a digital ecosystem enabler, we realise that it is imperative to contribute to the global goals for sustainable development.
Quality Education
W e s tri v e t o ensu r e a cc e s s t o quality educ a tion f or all and our goal is t o bridge the gaps within the educ a tion s y s t em th r ough our CSR activities. R ead mo r e a t
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A t T a ta C ommunic a tions, w e h a v e an online pl a t f orm f or our empl o y ees, which p r o vides a cc e s s t o dif f e r ent types of c ourses and t r aining modules th a t p r o vide upskilling and learning opportunities f or all. Similarl y , w e engage with our v alue chain partners and c ommunity members, and p r o vide them r el ev ant in f orm a tion and t r aining in select subjects.
Good Health And Well-Being Our f ocus is t o d e v elop healthier w orkspa c es and s t r onger r el a tionships b y ensuring sa f e w orking c onditions f or w or k ers and a c c e s s t o health servi c es, which has a beneficial influen c e on p r oductivit y . R ead mo r e a t
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Decent Work And Economic Growth
Ou r f o c u s is t o c r e a t e de c en t w or k o ppo r t u nities t h a t c o n t r ib u t e t o ou r b u si ne s s an d s o ci e t y . W e u p ho l d lab ou r l a w s ac r o s s o ur op e r a ti on s an d v a l u e ch ai n s a nd h e n c e , h a v e a l ow er r isk o f r e p u t a ti o n a l d a mag e a nd leg a l liabilit y . Our CSR p r og r ammes emphasise activities th a t p r omo t e empl o y ability and su s tainable li v elihood options f or the c ommunities w e w ork with. R ead mo r e a t
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W e s t r a t egically engage with our empl o y ees, v alue chain partners t o ensu r e s a tis f action, moti v a tion and r e t ention of the be s t talent. T h r ough our CSR initi a ti v es, w e add r e s s SDG 8 b y c r e a ting aw a r ene s s, sharing kn o wledge and k e y r esou r c es t o v arious sections of c ommunities, enabling them t o gene r a t e in c ome and li v elihood options in a su s tainable f ashion.
Sustainable Cities And
Communities
T h r ough c ommunic a tion s y s t ems, w e aim t o pl a y a vital r ole in p r o viding specific inf r a s tructu r e , t echnolog y , servi c es and solutions t o build a mo r e su s tainable and sa f er societ y .
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W e o f f e r l o w c a r b o n p r o d u cts a n d se r vi c e s , wh i ch h e lp t he cu s t om e rs m a k e th e c ities a nd c omm u nities s u s t a i na bl e . T h e s e s o lutio n s c o lle c ti v e ly he lp v ar i ou s a sp ec ts t h a t a id in n a vig a ti on vi a r oa d s a nd a i r , b u ildi n g w e b-b a sed pl a t f or m s f or c o n nec ti n g b u si ne s s a nd r e du c i n g t r a v e l tim e , e ng a gi n g w ith m e di a s er vi c e s t o b r oa dc a s t p r og r a mmes t h a t h e lp i n c o nne cting pe o ple t h r ou gh s u s t a i n abl e digital s o l u ti on s .
Affordable And Clean
Energy
A t T a ta C ommunic a tions, our f ocus is t o a cc ele r a t e the t r ansition t o an af f o r dabl e , r eliable and su s tainable ene r gy s y s t em b y i n v e s ting in r en e w able ene r gy r esou r c es, prioritising ene r gy efficient p r acti c es, and adopting clean ene r gy t echnologies and inf r a s tructu r e . R ead mo r e a t
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T h r oughout the y ea r , w e c ontinuously moni t or and t r ack our ene r gy c onsumption and ene r gy mix. W e aim t o adopt ene r gy efficient p r acti c es ac r o s s our ope r a tions t o minimise our carbon f ootprint.
Climate Action
W e c ontribu t e t o this SDG b y decarbonising our ope r a tions and supply chains th r ough c ontinuously imp r o ving ene r gy efficien c y , r educing the carbon f ootprint of our of f erings, servi c es and p r o c e s ses, and setting ambitious emi s sion r eduction ta r gets in line with clim a t e scien c e , as w ell as scaling up i n v e s tment in the d e v elopment of inn o v a ti v e l o w -carbon p r oducts and servi c es. R e a d mo r e a t
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W e h a v e e s tablished ta r gets t o r edu c e w a t er c onsumption, and banned single-use pla s tic in our f acilities, implemen t ed t echnolog y -dri v en in t er v entions t o r edu c e w a t er and ene r gy c onsumption. T h r ough our CSR activities, w e h a v e been in t eg r a ting action on clim a t e chang e , biodi v ersit y , w a t e r , and ene r gy in t o c ommunity initi a ti v es and c r e a ting partnerships t o p r omo t e e n vi r onment r e s t o r a tion and r egene r a tion.
Responsible Consumption And
Production
W e s tri v e t o find inn o v a ti v e solutions th a t enable su s tainable c onsumption. W e c ontinue t o enhan c e our under s tanding of e n vi r onmental and social impacts of p r oducts and servi c es and use inn o v a tions t o design app r opri a t e solutions th a t t o lead mo r e su s tainable li f e s tyles, r educing e n vi r onmental impacts and imp r o ving w ell-being. R ead mo r e a t
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In t ernall y , w e h a v e aligned with this SDG intric a t ely and h a v e a r obu s t p r o c edu r e in pla c e t o t r ack, moni t or and r edu c e our c onsumption and emi s sions. W e c onduct a detailed a c c ounting of our GHG emi s sions a t the cu s t omer end t o under s tand our emi s sion port f olio and implement be s t p r acti c es th a t leads t o r eduction in emi s sions.
Gender Equality
A t T a t a C o mm un ic a tio n s , w e s t r o ngl y b e li e v e in g e nde r e q u ality a n d buildi n g a c o mmu n ity w h e r e p e opl e a r e n o t dif f e r e nti a t ed o n t h e b a sis of ge n de r . Ou r C S R a c tivities e mp ha sis e o n t r a ini n g y ou n g girls a n d w ome n t o b u ild a m o r e incl u si v e s o ciet y . R e ad mo r e a t
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W e launched s e v e r al initi a ti v es a r e di r ec t ed t o w a r ds elimin a ting dif f e r enti a tion based on gende r . W e f ocus on gender equality th r ough engagement activities th a t emp o w er y outh th r ough v oc a tional t r ainings, li f e skills t r aining, a c c e s s t o n e w t echnolog y , financial servi c es e t c.
Industry, Innovation And
Infrastructure
Ou r prima r y op e r a ti on is t o en h an c e c o nne ctivit y , a n d t he r e f o r e , h e lp t o p r o mo t e i nn o v a tio n a c r o s s o p e r a ti on s . W e c o n t r ib u t e in d e v e lopm en t e f f o r ts i n r e gi on s in wh i ch w e o p e r a t e th r o ug h i n v e s tm en t s in c o mm un i c a tio n s t ec h no l o gies , t h r o u g h p r oa cti v e c o ll a b o r a ti on s w it h in t er n a l a n d e x t er n a l s t a k eh old e rs a nd buildi n g i nn o v a ti v e a nd su s t a in a bl e sol u ti on s w ith s c al a bl e imp ac t . R ea d mo r e a t
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W e h a v e launched v arious t echnologies and solutions t o help our cu s t omers optimise ene r gy c onsumption and r edu c e their carbon f ootprint. T o d e v elop these solutions, w e c ollabo r a t e with e x t ernal partners, r esea r ch in s titutions and uni v ersities.
F ocus A r eas A ctions
Apart f r om h a ving an e r gonomically designed w orkspa c e , w e h a v e depl o y ed IT based solutions t o moni t or sa f ety c onditions of our empl o y ees. F or c ommunities, w e h a v e o r ganised a w a r ene s s camps and w orkshops t o p r o vide healthca r e f acilities and kn o wledge about the importan c e of health and w ell-being.
