Carborundum Universal

Cumi has supported and engaged in activities that aim to improve the organisation's contribution to society. The company has initiated infrastructure development in schools, hospitals by donating equipment and organising health camps along with Sugam Hospital and CUTFAST and also safety camps in the neighbourhood community. Health camp conducted by CUMI — CUTFAST has benefited 200 patients of near by Narayanapuram and Pallikkaranai villages. A team of 30 doctors from Sree Ramachandra Medical College Hospital served the health camp. A team of general physicians carried out a blood pressure and diabetic screening. Team of more than ten dentists carried out minor procedures like extraction and scaling on a dental chair they brought along. About 58 persons were beneficiaries.

A team of three eye specialists did refraction tests and prescribed glasses. With concern for "Prevention of Blindness", the Hospital has come forward to do cataract surgery with lens implantation for a very subsidised cost. About four elderly people were to benefit from this.

The company also conducted health camps at Hosur and donations to primary health centre

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Coromandel International Limited

CFL's corporate responsibility straddles a stakeholder base that goes far beyond its shareholders. The company constantly engages in various community development activities in the villages around its locations. The activities include providing drinking water to villages, scholarships to meritorious students, free notebooks, fans and computers to government schools, construction of additional classrooms for poor schools, veterinary camps for cattle, free health / blood donation camps for villagers, AIDS awareness programmes, pulse polio programmes for children, helping in the government's mid-day meal scheme, etc.

Cheyutha: A Helping Hand

The Cheyutha project was undertaken by CFL in Andhra Pradesh, to penetrate untapped markets and improve the brand image of CFL products by partnering with Self-Help Groups (SHGs) and Rythu Mitra Groups (RMGs). Cheyutha seeks to mitigate the difficulties faced by the farmers in receiving fertilisers and technical inputs, as well as to provide business avenues to the SHGs and RMGs. More than 600 Cheyutha dealers (SHGs) have been appointed so far in markets not represented by regular CFL fertiliser dealers. The SHGs are promoted by the Department of Rural Development and the National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development (NABARD).

The project has been a big success, with around 600 Cheyutha dealers, considerable sales being effected in hitherto untapped markets, bringing in new customers. Cheyutha has drawn praise from district collectors and other state government officials, who are actively encouraging farmers to adopt this channel as a means to get their required farm inputs.

State-of-the-Art Soil Testing Facilities

CFL's audio visual vans are well equipped with soil testing equipment to help the farmer with free soil analysis for macro nutrients. The reports are given to the farmer the same day. For mirco-nutrient soil analysis and leaf analysis, the AV vans collect the samples and send them to CFL's state-of-the-art laboratory at Visakhapatnam for analysis. The results are sent to the farmers within a short time.

Gromor Green

The company takes sustainable measures to help preserve the environment. The 'Gromor Green' campaign was organised in 30 villages with a novel 'Gro(w)mor(e) Trees - Save the Planet' theme. Over 3,000 saplings were planted during the campaign involving village influencers, farmers and officials of the Department of Agriculture. In many villages, school children came forward to take the responsibility of taking care of the trees planted during the campaign. Farmers and dealers also expressed their happiness and committed themselves to take the programme forwarded by planting more trees and nurturing them.

Green Leap

The project was initiated by CFL in the year 2004-05 in 100 villages of Srikakulam district of Andhra Pradesh to work in the identified areas of low productivity and low fertilizer consumption to improve the crop production knowledge of the farmers through training, demonstrations and personal contact programmes for increasing crop yields.

The programme is designed to promote the usage of right quantity of fertilizer in the project area primarily based on soil analysis. As the nutrient application is low in the project area the project strives to increase the N, P, K, S and micro nutrient application quantities to the optimum level.

On receiving positive response for the pilot project done in 100 villages, the project was expanded to 577 villages in Andhra Pradesh (Srikakulam, Vizianagaram and Nalgonda districts) and Koraput district of Orissa during the year 2005-06 and

In 2006-07 it is implemented in 1263 villages of Andhra Pradesh and Orissa in collaboration with Potash Phosphate Institute of Canada, India Programme scientists for improving crop productivity through adopting balanced crop nutrition.

The Borlaug Award

Instituted by Coromandel Fertilisers in honour of Nobel Laureate Dr Norman Borlaug (father of the green revolution) in 1972, the Borlaug Award honours eminent men of science and industry each year for their distinctive contribution to the cause of agriculture. It reflects CFL's concern to develop a symbiotic interaction between agriculture, industry and academia. The award carries a cash prize of Rs 1 lakh, a gold medal and a citation.

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Godavari Fertilisers and Chemicals Limited

Environment Protection

The company's commitment to the community reflects in its extensive efforts to save the environment around it by applying the Process Safety Management System (PSMS) and the Quality Management System ISO 9001, besides upgrading ISO 14001 to the 2004 version and developing a green belt by planting 350,000 saplings in 600 acres of land around the plant.

The Rural Girl Child Education Assistance Programme

Under this programme, two meritorious girl students, promoted to class X, selected from 50 schools in six districts (Anantapur, Krishna, Guntur, East Godavari, West Godavari and Nizamabad) of Andhra Pradesh will receive an educational aid of Rs 3000 each for books, uniforms, fees and other educational needs. The programme with a target of covering 780 students in 13 districts of AP during 2006-07 has already taken into its fold 600 female students from 300 government and zilla parishad schools. Besides this 120 students each from two districts of Maharashtra and Karnataka were also given this assistance.

Soil Conservation

Acting on the seriously impaired soil condition, GFCL has embarked upon micronutrient soil mapping activities, starting with 10 districts of AP, to help farmers maximise crop yields. It also conducts a systematic farmer education programme to propagate the importance of balanced fertiliser usage.

Godavari Rythu Puraskaram

To bring out the enterprise and competitive spirit of farmers, encourage modern agricultural practices and higher crop yields at a lower cost, GFCL honours farmers in AP with 'Godavari Rythu Puraskarams'. Awards containing cash prizes of Rs25,000 and Rs10,000 for the best and second best farmer respectively are given in each of the 17 districts. The award is for a crop grown in the district - for example, sugarcane in East Godavari and rice in West Godavari - for a total of 14 crops, based on 15 criteria. It also includes application of fertiliser as per soil, use of green manure, vermi compost, micronutrients, biofertilisers, adoption of best soil and water conservation methods, crop diversification, cultivation of new varieties, saving costs, and others. A committee of officials from the Department of Agriculture, the Agricultural University and GFCL select the winners.

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Beyond Business — Go beyond is the single-minded philosophy that governs life at EID Parry. A tenet that compels one to look at the larger picture, a principle that drives one to push that finish line further. In this endeavour EID Parry contributes responsibly and meaningfully towards the welfare of following:

	Pollution control
	Water conservation
	Socio economic object
	Roads
	Hospitals
	Farmland development
	Baby welfare centre
	Afforestation
	New technology
	Community building

Pollution Control

Some of the effective steps that have been undertaken to prevent pollution are effluent water treatment and recycling, saving fossil fuel by using by-products like bagasse and methane, revamping the sewage system, air pollution control measures etc.

Water Conservation

Awareness building programmes ranging from seminars, workshops, training programmes and one to one interactions are conducted on a regular basis. Technology demonstrations for drip irrigation, sprinkler irrigation have been provided to farmers.

Some of the measures implemented to conserve water resources and reduce pollution are:

• Rain water harvesting
• Recycle and reuse of treated sugar effluent water for greenery development
• Surplus injection water used for equipment cleaning.

Parry has been responsible for contributing a lot towards maintaining the ecological balance. By working in alliance with government and NGOs, E.I.D. Parry has managed to plant over 25000 saplings in their factories and operational areas in the previous three years.

Technology

Parry is the first private sector sugar company in India to establish a Research and Development division and breed several hybrid variety of sugarcane. They have developed R & D activities in Life and Agriculture sciences at Bangalore, Nellikuppam, Pugalur, Pettavaithalai and Pudukkottai to develop a variety of sugarcane and thereby improve business performance.

Socio-Economic Object

It included building roads, hospitals, farmland development — nursery management, sampling of soil for fertiliser application, regular demonstrations and field visits to create awareness on new technologies, regular information dissemination and awareness created through training of farmers, in-house publications, pamphlets, television, video films and radio used as medium of communication. For the first time in India, crop insurance for sugarcane was introduced at Nellikuppam.

Community Building

Autonomous Work Teams (AWT), unique to the sugar industry, applied for empowerment of team members.

The various interventions are focused on the employee, the spouse and the children. They are:

	Self Help Groups
	Self Development initiatives — the theatre skills group, Alcoholics Anonymous groups, mass awareness programmes, quality of life programmes, stress management etc
	Summer camps, personality development workshops, career guidance workshops etc for children
	Workplace and family counselling etc.
	Providing basic infrastructure to primary health centres and government hospitals
	Working actively with the M.S. Swaminathan Research Foundation for formation of SHGs in their operational areas

Baby Welfare Centre

To promote awareness regarding child care, health and hygiene, nutrition etc

Beyond Bio-Products

EID Parry bio-pesticides ensure that harmful, bio-damaging chemicals are kept away from the environment. All the R&D efforts in product improvement are guided by the commitment to the environment. Measures like vermi-compositing, waste water treatment and recycling, green belt development, rainwater harvesting etc.

Nutraceuticals

Most of the employees in the algal farms are villagers and the company spares no pains to lend a helping hand in areas of health and sanitation. Health care camps are conducted and as part of its commitment to environment planting tree saplings are taken up extensively. Welfare programmes for workers also form part of the HR initiative.

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Tube Investments of India Limited

TIDC

TIDC strongly believes in giving back to the community in which it operates. The company has instituted various community development initiatives in the areas of education, health and other welfare measures.

TIDC has adopted a village to oversee its progress and is also involved in the Home for the Homeless project. The company is involved with the Spastic Society of Tamil Nadu and provides periodic support by their infrastructure requirements. TIDC has been recognised by HelpAge India for its corporate social responsibility with a commendation by the Governor of Tamil Nadu.

The company actively participates in various programmes such as ponsorship of children in association with World Vision and polio immunisation and blood donation camps in association with local health authorities.

TPI

Drinking water supplied to Tirupati pilgrims; electric signal installed to regulate traffic; traffic sign boards put up; barricades put up on main roads for traffic regulation; participated in the Pulse Polio Camp conducted by the government, supplying food and logistic support.

TI Metal

Polio immunisation, blood donation, SHE awareness programme for lorry drivers, donation to Helpage India and orphanages, school bags and books to poor children of the primary school at Nimilicheri village, contributory monetary support for critically ill employee / family, contributory relief measures (one day's salary) to the Kargil and Gujarat earthquake fund.

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