Global Compact Network India Newsletter Jan - March 2012

1. Chaired by Shri NR Narayana Murthy, the CEO's meet's
aim was to build stronger industry commitment and
practices regarding respect for human rights,and launch the
India CEO Forum on Business and Human Rights. On the
morning of February 13th 2012 the Global Compact
Network India with 30 Indian CEO's and other senior
business leaders of private companies and PSU's convened
to discuss the matter of respect for human rights by the
Indian corporate sector. Issues pertaining to Global and
national policy developments and Good practices and
challenges in India and around the world regarding imple-
mentation of respect for human rights were discussed.They
decided to regularly discuss the progress of the companies
regarding Human rights and formed the CEO Forum on
Business and Human Rights.
HIGHLIGHTS :
CEO FORUM-FEBRUARY 13,2012
Vol. : 3 January - March, 2012Issue : 4
NewsletterNewsletter
Dear Member,
With the onset of 2012 we further move a
year ahead to meet our commitment to
the CSR principles of UN Global
Compact.It is with the sustained and ever
increasing efforts and commitment from
our members that we have been able to hold successfully the
India CEO Forum on Business and Human Rights, roundtable
on Design and Implement Effective Risk Assessment
Mechanisms and the Seventh National Convention on
'Corporate Perspective on Sustainable Development: Rio+20
and Beyond'.
With the global Submit Rio+20 round the corner,the objective
will be to hammer out an agreed framework that is radical,
forward - looking and legally binding so that clear guidance and
directives are available for various actors to put together an
ensemble cast and act on a coordinated agenda that would
make a perceptible difference in addressing the priority
towards Livelihood Sustainability against Lifestyle
Sustainability.
Sustainability,as discussed at various forums- the 7th National
Convention, monthly meetings with the members of Global
Compact Network and the upcoming Sustainability Submit
envisions at developing a scenario in future where corporate
entities can and will assume leadership positions in addressing
sustainability issues.However as economic distress deepens
or recovery stagnates, consumers will shy away from
paying a premium on goods and services supporting
sustainability measures that impose an additive cost to the
consumer.
Thus it is important that a national mandate emerges through
regulatory frameworks in terms of access to natural resources
and ability to leverage them for seeking energy security for the
growth aspirations of those from the lowest strata of the
society. Enforcement of the regulations should be more
stringent with penalties for transgression. Multi-national
corporations must conform with local standards in host
countries rather than applying stringent international
standards across geographies, Internationally acceptable
standards for uniform applicability across sovereign Nations
irrespective of their economic development level appear
unlikely.
This prosaic scenario that balances idealism with practicality
is likely to operate for at least the next decade, thereby
defining a typical 'Indian approach' towards corporate
sustainability.
President's Desk
We must continue and even intensify our advocacy and
prescriptive efforts in engaging with our National leaders to
conclude a universally acceptable agreement at the Rio + 20
conference and explore unique collaborative opportunities
and partnerships amongst business value chains that create
win - win solutions for all in promoting the common agenda of
sustainable development.
On behalf of the UN Global Compact and Global Compact
Network India I invite you to join for the upcoming Rio+20
United Nations Conference on Corporate Sustainability
Forum in the month of June.
With best wishes,
SudhirVasudeva
President GCN-India

2. 7TH NATIONAL CONVENTION,MARCH 21,2012
Smt. Jayanthi Natarajan, Hon'ble Minister of State (Inde-
pendent Charge) Ministry of Environment and Forests
Government of India inaugurated Global Compact
Network National Convention in New Delhi. Mr. C S
Verma, Chairman, SAIL & Chairman, Convention
Committee,GCNI, Mr.SVasudeva,Chairman and Managing
Director, ONGC & President, GCNI, Mr Patrice Coeur-
Bizot, Resident Coordinator, UNDP India and Dr.
Uddesh Kohli, Executive Member, GCNI and Sr.Advisor,
UNGC also spoke at the inaugural session of the conven-
tion. The convention facilitated deliberations on the
roadmap, targets, timelines and role of participating
institutions. The theme for this year's convention was
'Corporate Perspective on Sustainable Development:
Rio+20 and Beyond'. The three main issues discussed
were Green economy in context of sustainable develop-
ment chaired by Mr.Girish Pradhan,Secretary,ministry of
new and renewable energy, Equity and human wellbeing
which was chaired by Mr.NK Nanda,Director and acting
CMD, NMDC and Enabling a framework for action
through innovation, partnerships and best practices
which was chaired by Mr. SPS Bakshi, CMD, EPIL. The
findings of this convention were discussed at the Mumbai
Sustainability Summit inApril and will also be presented at
the Rio +20 sustainability forum in June.
Launch of Policy Paper of Collective Action Project:
Business Case for Public - Private Dialogue on Anti-
Corruption and Green Economy at the 7th National
Convention of Global Compact Network India in
New Delhi by Smt. Jayanthi Natarajan, Minister for
Environment and Forests,Government of India.
The Policy Paper attempts to strengthen the efforts of
collective action by reaching out to various stakeholders,
so as to address the issue of corruption in all its manifesta-
tions, by focusing on the values of collective action and
corporate responsibility in fighting corruption.The paper
spells out the agenda of collective action to be taken up by
the stakeholders and the development of a business case
for anti-corruption and green economy in the country.
The policy paper suggests scaling up of existing anti-
corruption efforts among stakeholders by providing
knowledge, skills, strategies and resources to promote
ethical practices and transparency in business operations.
On March 27th & 29th, IBLF brought together senior
company executives in Mumbai and New Delhi respec-
tively to take a collaborative approach to promote
transparent, efficient business practices. These
roundtables are part of a programme where corruption is
viewed as a common threat to profitability and growth.
By sharing challenges and successes in building manage-
ment approaches to reduce the risk of corruption,
companies can strengthen their internal systems,improve
the operating environment and help demonstrate the
values and ethics of corporate India.
The roundtables featured presentations from Siemens,
Tata,Control Risks and KPMG,an update from the Chief
Vigilance Officer of the Maharashtrian State Government
and a discussion between the company secretaries,
compliance managers and legal officers of Indian and
Multinational companies.
On February 17, 2012 Galgotia Business School in
partnership with the local network of United Nations
Global Compact i.e. Global Compact Network India
organized a one day National Conference on "Technology
to common man-2012:Green Supply Chain Strategies for
Sustainable Development"
The objective of the conference was to provide a special
forum to present and discuss various issues in the area of
supply chain innovation and technology management and
to facilitate sharing research based knowledge among
academicians and practitioners.The conference was well
attended by researchers and practitioners for discussions
ROUNDTABLE DISCUSSIONS : 'ANTI-CORRUPTION:
HOW TO DESIGN AND IMPLEMENT RISK
ASSESSMENT MECHANISMS'
NATIONAL CONFERENCE ON "TECHNOLOGY TO
COMMON MAN-2012 : GREEN SUPPLY CHAIN
STRATEGIES FOR SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT"

3. on critical supply chain and business issues with special
focus on green logistics.
January 2012
The meeting was hosted byTataTeleservices Limited on
18th January 2012 and was chaired by Dr.Uddesh Kohli
Senior Advisor, UN Global Compact and Mr. Rajeev
Narayan, Senior Vice President, Tata Teleservices
Limited. Mr. Jitendra Routray, Manager,TataTeleservices
Limited, made a presentation on CSR activities at their
organisation.
The theme of the meeting was "Corporate Sustainability
at Tata Teleservices". Giving a broad overview of the
ongoing projects the CSR team at Tata Teleservices
highlighted the support activities of the company and
TCCL (Tata Council for Community Initiatives) which is
an initiative that lends structure to the Tata Group's
approach of sustainable development while driving its
community engagement and improvement programs.It is
a centrally-administered agency whose purpose is to help
Tata companies and employees engage in developing the
community through specific processes.
The second presentation was made by Mr Ramandeep
Singh, Director, Suntron Energy Limited. He explained
about Aqua Infinitum products and highlighted what
makes the Aqua Infinitum Water Systems unique? He
also shared information about the various products
designed by Aqua Infinitum for water treatment
equipment with the other members.
Februrary 2012
The meeting was hosted by ACC Limited on 29th
February 2012, it was chaired by Dr. Udesh Kohli Senior
Advisor, UN Global Compact and Mr. Mangesh Gupte,
Corporate Head,CSR, ACC Limited.A presentation was
made by Mr. Pratyush Panda and Ms Romita Roshan
Pandita on ACC activities for CSR. The theme for the
meeting was “Co-processing at ACC a step towards
sustainable development.” They briefed everyone about
KNOWLEDGE SHARING AND NETWORKING:
GCN Monthly meetings
the initiatives taken by ACC for environment
sustainability.The second presentation was made by Mr.
Vijay Kiran Ravala, from the collective action project of
Global Compact Network India. The theme of the
presentation was “Business Case for Public–Private
Dialogue on Anti-Corruption and Green Economy” He
briefed everyone about the implications of corruption
and its empirical evidence.Mr.Vijay Kiran also shared the
forthcoming event of the collective action project:
National Consultation on procurement
Seminar series on transparency & ethics- Kolkata
Publication : Raising the bar through collective
action, Anti-corruption effort in action
The meeting was hosted by HCC Mumbai at their office
on 20th February 2012. The attendees discussed the
future course of action and strategies for promoting
Global Compact principles and advancing membership
among the companies located in the western region.
The chapter meeting of Hyderabad was hosted by Dr.
Reddy's Laboratories Ltd, at their office on 6th March
2012.The attendees discussed the future course of action
and strategies for promoting Global Compact principles
and advancing membership among the companies located
in the southern region.
To build a strong industry commitment and practices
regarding respect for Human Rights the HRSC subcom-
mittee was at launched the CEO Forum on Business and
Human Rights. Regular meetings of the HRSC members
were held during the quarter to successfully launch the
initiative.
Dr.Alka Mittal from ONGC, Mr. RajivWilliams from JSL
Stainless Ltd & Convenor HRSC, Dr. U. K. Kohli from
GCN India,Ms.Maggie Singh fromTCS,Ms.Subha Sekhar
from Coca Cola Co.and Ms.Rubina Sen from GCN India,
attended the meetings.
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GLOBAL COMPACT NETWORK SUBCOMMITTEE
GCN India Mumbai chapter meeting
GCN India Hyderabad chapter meeting
Human Rights Subcommittee (HRSC) meeting

4. For suggestions and feedback please mail us at gcnindia@gmail.com, gcni@gcnindia.org
Nominations for GCN Subcommittees
GCN members are requested to send nominations for
the GCN subcommittees. Nominations are open for the
following subcommittees:
Environment
Labour
Anticorruption
Principles for responsible management education
(PRME)
Small and Medium Enterprises
COP/training
Strategic Partnership
You can send the nominations at gcnindia@gmail.com,
gcni@gcnindia.org .
Global Compact Network is a registered society,
functioning within a globally recognized and established
initiative with a pan-India membership.GCN-India plays a
key role in spreading awareness on Global Compact
Principles within India. It provides an excellent opportu-
nity to its members to deliberate on important emerging
issues within the framework of the 10 principles through
monthly meetings and other national events.
For more information, please visit our website
www.gcnindia.org
GCN members are requested to contribute best
practices within their organization in implementation of
Global Compact principles and also articles on emerging
CSR trends or on social issues for GCN newsletter.
UNGC signatories are encouraged to make use of
UNGC ‘we support’ logo. For more information on this
please contact GCN secretariat.
Business participants are required to submit a COP
report on the UN Global Compact website annually and
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JOINING GLOBAL COMPACT NETWORK,INDIA
INVITING BEST PRACTICES /ARTICLES
USE OF UNGC‘WE SUPPORT’ LOGO
COMMUNICATION ON PROGRESS (COP)
share it widely with their stakeholders.The COP is an
important demonstration of a participant's commitment
to the UN Global Compact and its principles. Global
Compact Network India assists companies in preparing
their COP report.
6 companies have uploaded their COP on the UNGC
website in the period of Jan-March 2012.
Corporate : 1
Institution : NIL
NGO : 7
SME : 8
Corporate
Elecomponics Sales Pvt Ltd
SME
Suntron Energy Limited
N KTools
Gujrat Raffia Industries Ltd.
M/s Universal Industries
Param Controls
Bartech Data Systems Pvt.Ltd.
Precision Global Springs Pvt.Ltd.
Bharat Bhoomi Corporation
NGO members
Cso Partners
GreenYatra
International JagritiTrust
Anti-corruption Movement,Chennai
Society For Pharmaceutical Research
Shaurya
Jeevan SagarTrust
Recently submitted COPs
New UNGC Signatories
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