The document discusses the corporate social responsibility efforts of the Aditya Birla Group, a $40 billion corporation operating in 36 countries. It focuses on the group's CSR strategies and commitments to education, healthcare, sustainable livelihood, infrastructure, and social causes for underserved communities. The group's vision is to actively contribute to social and economic development and help build a better life for weaker sections of society. It believes in teaching communities to fish rather than just giving them fish. Future commitments are focused on these key areas to benefit communities through generosity and compassion.
3. About Birla’s Group
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Birla Group started at 1857.
• Shiv Narayan Birla started cotton trading operation in the small town of
pilani in rajasthan.
• Ghyanshyamdas Birla(GD birla)--he set the manufacturing company.
• Grandson of G.D.Birla is Aditya Vikram Birla(A.V.Birla)
• Son of A.V.Birla is Kumar mangalam Birla(K.M.Birla)
4. COMPANY OVERVIEW
•A US $40 billion corporation, in the League of Fortune 500
Employee strenghts 136,000 42 different nationalities
Ranked Number 4 in the global ‘Top Companies for Leaders’ survey
Ranked Number 1 in Asia Pacific for 2011
Over 50 per cent revenues flow from its overseas operations
The Group operates in 36 countries
11. Corporate social responsibility of Aditya Birla
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Our vision is –
“to actively contribute to the social and economic development of the communities in which
we operate. In so doing build a better, sustainable way of life for the weaker sections of
society and raise the country’s human development index”.
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Reaching out to underserved communities is part of our DNA.
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Believe in the trusteeship concept.
12. Our strategies
“Give a hungry man fish for a day, he will eat it and the next day, he would be hungry again.
Instead, if you taught him how to fish, he would be able to feed himself and his family
for a lifetime."
13. Our focus area
Our rural development activities span five key
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Education
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Healthcare
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Sustainable livelihood
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Infrastructure
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Espousing social causes
14. Education
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In Education, our endeavour is to spark the desire for learning through
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Formal schools
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Balwadis for elementary education
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Quality primary education
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Aditya Bal Vidya Mandirs
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Girl child education
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Adult education programmes.
15. Health Care
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Pulse polio programme
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Mobile clinics — doctors' visits
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General and multispecialty medical camps, cleft lips
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Reproductive and child health care, mid-day meal projects
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Safe drinking water, sanitation — household toilets, community hospitals
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HIV / AIDS, cancer, TB awareness and prevention camps
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Blood donation
16. Sustainable livelihood
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Providing livelihood in a locally appropriate and environmentally sustainable manner
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Formation of Self Help Groups for women empowerment
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Vocational training through Aditya Birla Rural Technology Parks
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Agriculture development
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Watershed development
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Partnership with Industrial Training Institutes.
17. Infrastructure
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Housing, water and sanitation are a priority.
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50 million houses for families
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water is a perennial problem.
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sanitation and hygiene
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renewable sources of energy.
18. Social Change
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Dowry less marriage
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Widow remarriage
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Awareness programmes on anti social issues
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De-addiction campaigns and programmes
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Espousing basic moral values.
19. FUTURE COMMITMENTS
We believe and act on generosity and compassion, characterised by a willingness to
build a society that works for everyone. This is the cornerstone of our CSR policy.
20. CONTD.
Arising from this the focus areas that have emerged are Education, Health
care, Sustainable livelihood, Infrastructure development, and espousing social causes. All
of our community projects are carried out under the aegis of The Aditya Birla Centre for
Community Initiatives and Rural Development.