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Section I Our Business, People & Governance
Section II Our Approach to Corporate Sustainability
Section III Contribution to Social and Economic Sphere
Section IV Health, Safety, Climate & Environment
Section V Employee Volunteering
Section VI The Journey Ahead
Table of Contents
Transplanting of trees at Mulund
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In the recent years Tata Housing has grown
exponentially establishing itself as the
fastest growing real estate developers in
India, with 46 million sq.ft under various
stages of planning and execution and an
additional 19 million sq.ft in the pipeline.
Tata Housing has stood out in the industry
with quality construction, ethical and
transparent business practices, rapidly
acquiring an image as a Quality Conscious
and Reliable Developer. Today, Tata
Housing is developing large townships and
differentiated theme based projects in
major and mini metros. As a comprehensive
real estate developer of choice, Tata
Housing straddles across all consumer
segments from value to luxury housing. All
projects developed by Tata Housing are
certified sustainable green developments,
designed by top internationally renowned
a r c h i t e c t s . W h i l e Ta t a H o u s i n g
Development Company Ltd (THDCL)
focuses on premium and luxury houses its
fully owned subsidiary Smart Value Homes
Ltd(SVHL) focuses on value and affordable
housing segments.
Business
Mission of Tata Housing Group of Companies
“To delight our customer by providing quality
life spaces through continuous innovation
“With presence in Mumbai, Lonavala,
Talegaon, Pune, Ahmedabad, Goa,
Gurgaon, Chandigarh, Bengaluru, Chennai,
Kolkata and Bhubaneswar; the company is
now in the process of expanding its
footprints to other parts of India across tier I
and II cities. The company has also
ventured into foreign markets such as
Maldives and is actively exploring other
markets including Sri Lanka and other
South Asian countries.
Our Business, People & Governance
People
Values
GovernanceThe highest standard of integrity and
transparency at the leadership level has
helped Company grow 28 times in terms of
turnover from 2006-07 to 2011-12. The
impeccable commitment to ethics and
transparent corporate governance
practices has helped company gaining
confidence of all its stakeholders. The
seven member board comprises of three
independent directors and three non-
executive directors. The Audit Committee of
the board, the Internal Audit process, Ethics
Counsellors as a part of Management of
Business Ethics structure and adherence to
Whistle-blower policy provide a strong
mechanism ensuring transparent financial
d isc ip l ine, eth ica l behaviour and
managerial accountability.
With a young, vibrant and diverse workforce of more than
500 employees the Company is on a fast track of growth.
Its supportive, learning oriented, employee friendly
policies have helped retaining talents in the organisation
and have contributed to enhanced productivity and
increased turnover per employee. The company is an
equal opportunity employer and promotes diversity and
equality in the workplace; it ensures compliance with all
local labour laws while encouraging adoption of best
practices from the industry. A fulfilled engaging
environment encourages employees to perform their best.
Company participates in the Great Place to Work (GPTW)
survey to find out its workforce engagement and
satisfaction levels. Engagement survey for contract
workmen is conducted in-house based on factors of
engagement.
Customer Focus
Innovation
Agility
Integrity
Leadership
Quality
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Ÿ 10.6 % of employees are women
Ÿ 62.6 % of employees are below
35 years of age
Ÿ 19.9 % of employees belong to
SC, ST & OBC category
Employee’s Birthday Celebrations
Regulatory & Legal compliance
Nature of compliance Targets Fy08 Fy09 Fy10 Fy11 Fy12 FY12
Company Law Submission of 60/30 day from the Submission of returns/Records 50 /30 37 /20 35 /18
returns/forms date of event made within the statuary/ days days days
Up-dation of statutory 15 days from the regulatory time frame. 15 days 15 days 15 days
register of regulation date of event There is no violation
during the above-mentioned
period resulting from adequate
corporate governance.
Other regulations Submission/Payment Within due date 100% 100% 100% 100% 100% 100%
(Income tax
compliance to
payments and
returns
Water, air pollution Compliance to 100% 100% 100% 100% 100% 100% 100%
& environment act provisions, MOEF
Clearance for projects
Legal Compliances Title Scrutiny 100% 100% 100% 100% 100% 100% 100%
Pending cases Against management NIL NIL NIL NIL NIL NIL NIL
Any news paper Against company Zero NIL NIL NIL NIL NIL NIL
adverse report
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Overall GPTW Score
81
9188
86
FY10 FY11 FY12
%
TH TheTataGroup TopIndia50 Top5 Real Estate
40
60
80
100
87
65 73 71
The overall GPTW score had shown improvement in FY11 and has been consitint in the last year also
Equal Opportunity Employer - No of Women Employees
The ratio of women employees has also increased over the years
Junior (below Sr. Manager)
Middle (GM to Sr. Manager)
Senior (AVP and above)
0
10
20
30
40
50
60
27
40
52
26 7
1 1 1
FY10 FY11 FY12
Turnover per employee
0.0
0.5
1.0
1.5
2.0
2.5
0.52
0.78
1.52
1.862.05
FY08 FY09 FY10 FY11 FY12
The turnover per employee has seen a constant growth in the past few years
Managing Director & CEO speaksCommunity is
central to our
existence. We
believe in giving
back to the
society, from
where we source
our wealth, in
whatever best
possible manner we can. As our business
grows and we generate more wealth, all of
us, especially in the senior team must
think how we as an organization are using
our wealth to benefit others. I don't want
this to be superficial. I genuinely care that
we all should not only be remembered for
what we did by way of market share,
brand equity or profits but how sustainable
we were, what we did for the community,
what we did to benefit our planet? We
must make a difference. We must ensure
we make a difference, only donating
monies to charities and NGO's will not do.
We have to ensure that each rupee we
invest actually reaches the intended
beneficiary and make his or her life better.
We must ask ourselves how we can both
in our professional and personal capacity
contribute to benefit others, not only
ourselves, family and friends.
We have set up an apex CS committee for
driving our sustainability initiatives and we
are putting in serious amounts of monies
behind it and will continue to do so. We
must ensure that all of us actually make us
do more. We must be passionate about
things beyond ourselves. We must make
our products environmentally sustainable,
even at the cost of short term pain or loss.
We must invest time, energy and monies
to reduce our carbon footprint. We all
know that real estate and construction
industry is one of the highest emitter of
greenhouse gases and whatever initiative
we take is too little in my opinion. Hence
our company not only mandatorily does all
its projects under the Indian Green
Building Norms and most of our projects
are in the top two tier of sustainable
development; while this is much better
than others, we must do more. We must
invest in uplifting the communities where
we operate and make them more
sustainable. We should contribute to make
weaker sections of society like abandoned
children and women make their lives
better. Time as we all know, never stands
still. We must make a difference and soon.
I think we all believe in this, our ways and
ideas may vary but the cause of making a
genuine difference hopefully resonates in
each one of us.
Can we take a few initiatives to show quick
results like reducing our electricity bill and
personal consumption? Can we reduce
our travel and rely more on Video
Conferencing and the net to make
meetings equally productive and efficient
as a face to face meeting? Even in our
personal life we can do a few simple
things to contribute in some measure to
make our world a more sustainable place.
These are easy to measure and can be
done by individuals, teams, offices and
the Company at large. In this report we
have tried capturing a few initiatives of the
last year-that was a tiny little step; a lot
more to be done with dedication and
sincerity in the days ahead.
- Brotin Banerjee
Our Approach toCorporate Sustainability
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Tata Group Corporate Sustainability PolicyWe continue to encourage our Companies to:
Demonstrate responsibility and sensitivity
to biodiversity and the environment in which
they operate by being proactive to
conse rve , res to re and en r i ch i t
systematically and continuously.
Comply with regulations relating to
env i ronment , constant ly upgrade
technology and apply state of the art
processes and practices with institutional
arrangements that will comprehensively
address larger issues and goals on climate
change and global warming.
Continually illustrate performance in
preventing pollution, ensure the optimum
use of resources and minimize harmful
impacts of products and production
processes, materials movement and its
delivery throughout its supply chain.
Create sustainable livelihoods and build
community through social outreach
programmes in health, education,
empowerment of women & youth,
employee volunteering; that can be
measured in terms of their having more
lasting benefits, serving a larger national or
regional purpose and also making it more
meaningful to all involved in the endeavor.
Find ways to enhance human, social natural
capital as complimenting financial growth of
the enterprise with explicit goals and
processes to sustain the effort.
For this purpose the Companies shall
adhere to our core values, deploy
appropriate approaches; demonstrate
l e a d e r s h i p , t r a i n , p o s i t i o n k e y
professionals; and, create consciousness
among employees, suppliers, contractors,
customers and the community at large
through a process of continuous dialogue,
initiatives and collaboration.
Our purpose in Tata is to improve the
communities we serve. We do this
through leadership in sectors of national
economic significance to which we
bring a unique set of capabilities. This
requires us to grow aggressively in
focused areas of business. Our heritage
of returning to society what we earn
evokes trust among, consumers,
employees, shareholders and the
community. This heritage will be
continuously enriched by formalizing the
high standards of behavior expected
from employees and companies.
The TATA name is an unique asset
representing leadership with Trust.
Leveraging this asset to enhance group
synergy and become globally
competitive is the route to sustained
growth and long term success.
Tata Group Purpose Statement
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Concretization of road at Boisar
Tata Housing Climate Change Policy
Tata Housing Corporate Sustainability Policy
Tata Housing believes that the primary
purpose of business is to improve the
quality of life of people in the community in
which we serve. This is also a part of the
larger TATA Group purpose. We believe in
integrating our corporate values and
business needs to meet the expectations of
our customers, employees, partners,
investors, communities and public at large.
Tata Housing will volunteer its resources to
the extent it can reasonably afford, to
sustain the environment and to improve the
quality of life of the people of the area in
which it operates. We will comply with
regulations relating to environment,
constantly upgrade technology and apply
state-of-the-art processes and practices
that will comprehensively address issues
related to climate change and global
warming. We will continually endeavour to
prevent pollution, ensure optimum use of
resources and minimize harmful impacts of
products and production processes,
materials movement and its delivery
throughout our supply chain. We will
encourage our partners and service
providers to adopt responsible business
policies, business ethics and abide by our
code of conduct. We will continue to serve
our communities by:
• Constant ly pro tect ing eco logy
demonstrating our responsibility
t o w a r d s a n d s e n s i t i v i t y t o
biodiversity and the environment in
which we operate by conserving,
restoring and enriching it systematically.
• Creating sustainable livelihoods and
build community through social
out reach programs in Hea l th ,
Education, Empowerment of Women &
Youth that can be measured in terms of
their benefits.
• Striving to help communities affected by
natural calamities
The Management will commit all the
necessary resources required to meet
the goals of Corporate Sustainability.
Tata Housing will play a leadership role in
climate change by being knowledgeable,
responsive and trustworthy and by
adopting environment friendly
technologies, business practices and
innovation, while pursuing its own
aspirations and the enhancement of
shareholder value.
Tata Housing will measure its carbon
footprint and will strive to:
Ÿ Be the benchmark in its segment of
industry on the carbon footprint, for its
plants and operations
Ÿ Engage actively in climate change
advocacy and the shaping of
regulations in different business
sectors
Ÿ Incorporate 'green' perspective in all
key organizational processes
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One of the Tube Wells done for the villagers of Pathoreghata
Tata Housing Affirmative Action PolicyTHDC Limited believes in social equity. The Company adheres to the principle of equal opportunity,
irrespective of caste, whether in recruitment or career advancement within the organization.
The Company is also committed to directly conducting or supporting initiatives to ensure an equal footing
for socially and economically disadvantaged sections of the country at large and specifically the
Scheduled Caste and Scheduled Tribe communities.
Towards the ultimate goal of enhancing their employability and entrepreneurship abilities, THDC Limited is
committed to creating and promoting access to quality education and technical skills and competencies
for members of the SC/ST communities. Further, to speedily enable these communities overcome the
social discrimination that has prevented them from realizing their true potential as productive members of
the society, THDC Limited will assist members from these communities for employment opportunities and
as business associates, provided everything (merit for employment cost and quality for business
associates) is equal.
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Environment, Health & Safety (EHS) PolicyThis policy confirms the commitment of
TATA HOUSING DEVELOPMENT COMPANY
LTD to carry out its health and safety
responsibilities and duties in a manner
designed to achieve and maintain a high
standard of protection for our employees,
the environment, property, equipment and
the public in the conduct of our business.
We will apply this policy and continually
strive to enhance these standards in all of
our operations, from the initial planning and
design stage through construction, final
turnover and start-up, and continuous
operations.
All THDCL management, supervisors and
employees along with our direct
contractors/sub-
contractors/consultants/commissioning
agents and their employees are charged
with the responsibility of providing and
maintaining the highest degree of health
and safety performance, and the protection
of our environment as well as the safety of
others affected by our work.
It is this commitment to excellence that
motivates THDCL to be diligent in the
placement of supervisors and the selection
of contractors and suppliers. Through our
established programmes, as well as relevant
training and open communication, we
nurture the employees' desire to excel in the
areas of Environment, Health and Safety
performance of the project work.
While complying with the Governments'
Environment, Health and Safety regulatory
requirements, we will also meet or exceed
recognized standards as an integral part of
this policy.
Saptagirinagar layout road asphalted by TATA Housing Bengaluru
Safety Park in a construction site
Tata Housing Sustainability Vision
We would build sustainability into everything we
do so that our profitable growth helps reduce
inequality and rejuvenates the environment.““
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Contribution to Social and Economic SphereTata Housing believes in adding value to
the communities where it operates and it
lays great importance in being
accountable to all its stakeholders
including customers, employees, partners,
communities and public at large.
Company's principles of corporate
sustainability are based on the premises
of creating sustainable value for
enhancing, human, social, natural and
economic capital by various modes of
intervention such as infrastructure
development, education, employability,
health, environment and others. Company
also believes in the social equity and has
adopted its Affirmative Action Policy aimed
at the overall development of scheduled
castes and scheduled tribes.
TAAP InitiativesAcademic Excellence & Access (FAEA), we
have been supporting the complete higher
technical education of two SC/ST students
every year. Through our partnership with
Don-Bosco Tech Society, during 2011-12,
we have trained 90 youths in construction
related trades. Keeping in mind our
commitment to the development of
scheduled caste and scheduled tribe
communities as outlined in our Affirmative
Action Policy (TAAP), we have ensured that
50 % of the vocational trainees of 2011-12
were from SC/ST communities.
Company has made a modest beginning in
Tata Affirmative Action Programme(TAAP)
initiatives. Under Employment category, it
has started capturing data on number of SC
& ST employees under direct employment.
We have a lso s ta r ted captu r ing
representative data of number of SC & ST
workers working under contractors at
different sites. We believe in positive
discrimination of SC & ST candidates and is
trying to increase their number in
employment. As a part of educational
initiatives, in partnership with Foundation for
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SC ST OBC Don’t Know
General0
5
15
25
35
% of SC/ST among contractors' workmen in 2011-12
30
60
90
0
% of SC/ST in Employment
% of SC & ST in Direct Employment
% Direct Employment
of OBC in % of others (including not wishing to declare) in Direct Employment
Value Housing-Shubh Griha project at Boisar Another view of Value Housing at Boisar
While key communities for us are limited
to a radius of five kilometers from our
project sites, we consciously do not
restrict our sustainability interventions to
that specific limit. So our interventions are
at two levels-at project level for the key
communities and at corporate level for
communities across India. We have
captured a few of our initiatives here.
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Overall CS Expenditure in 2011-12
Initiatives Rs in Lakhs
Infrastructure 30.75
Education 19.02
Employability 18.52
Health 17.05
Others 08.61
House for the bottom of the 1978 lakhs
pyramid(Lost opportunity)
Total 2071.95
Infrastructure
Our support has been quite diverse in
nature. We have supported Oval Maidan
Trust last year in up-keeping and
maintaining Mumbai's famous heritage
ground Oval Maidan, which measures
approximately 22 acres and hundreds of
children and adults use the ground every
day free of cost. The people of Lonavla-the
hill station near Mumbai, where we do also
have an on-going project were in need of a
veterinary hospital building and Tata
Housing came forward and constructed the
same for the Lonavla Municipality. The
Saptagirinagar layout road near our
Promont site at Banashankari in Bangalore
was a narrow, congested and unpaved
road. Our intervention by asphalting the
road has eased the inconvenience of the
local residents. Fazilpur village is in a short
distance from our Primanti Project in
Gurgaon. During rainy season villagers
were facing difficulty in commuting on the
kachha revenue road there. There used to
be water logging and puddles all around. ,
especially in the rainy season, we helped
them overcome the difficulty by making rigid
pavement on the existing road. We also
supported Wavel gram panchayat in
Talegaon in one of their water projects.
Scarcity of drinking water was an acute
problem for the villagers of Pathoreghata
near our Eden Court project in Kolkata. Six
tube wells dug by us have considerably
eased their problem.
Fazilpur School road developed by TATA Housing
Veterinary hospital building at Lonavala
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EducationWe have crèche for workers' children in all our
project sites wherever there are sufficient
children available for the purpose. Nutritious
food and other amenities are provided to
children in these crèches. Company has
supported educational development in diverse
ways across its project sites and nearly 1100
children have been benefited in this process
during the year 2011-12. The assistance
provided include remedial coaching, computer
education, books & stationaries, repair and
renovation of school buildings, supply of chairs
and tables etc. Our effort in providing
supplementary education to the children of
Serepananchery School at Oragadam, in
partnership with an NGO called Bhumi has been
well appreciated by the concerned community.
Refurbishing of classrooms and other support to
Ittamadu School near Promont site at
Bengaluru, various educational support to
school children at Betagaon village in Boisar,
supporting with computers and computer
teacher to a School near our Auila Heights
project site at Bengaluru are just a few cases of
our educational interventions. The three
hundred plus students of government primary
School at Tigri village in Gurgaon are a happy lot
as we have constructed a boundary wall for the
school making them safer; and we have also
constructed separate toilets for boys and girls
there. We have also developed a long stretch of
road within the government primary School
Fazilpur and paved the ways leading to toilets
and other areas of the School in Gurgaon. In
partnership with an NGO called Pratham, we
have been conducting supplementary learning
for the poor students of the said School too. The
computers provided to Pathoreghata Higher
Secondary School and Madrasa School near
Rajarhat at Kolkata has immensely helped to
poor children studying in the schools. These are
a few glimpses of our educational initiatives
aimed at the socio-economically backward.
Children playing at a creche in Undri, Pune
Books, stationeries and school bags being distributed to children at Rajarhat in Kolkata
Pratham Delhi: Supplementary education class in progress in Gurgaon
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EmployabilityAs a part of our employability
enhancement initiatives we had
partnered with Don Bosco Tech Society
and trained 90 unemployed youth in
construction related trades such as
Plumbing, Electrical and Masonry near
our project site at Vasind. It was a great
success as 65% of the trainees got
employed post completion of the three
month long skill development training.
Serving the Bottom of the Pyramid (BOP)
Catering to the bottom of the pyramid to
fulfill their basic need by providing low cost
value housing in the price range of Rs 4 to
Rs 10 lakh as a part of sustainable and
integrated township development has been
an important cornerstone of our
Sustainability initiatives. We have branded
the initiative as Shubh Griha. Shubh Griha'
moves beyond merely providing a home
with its concept of the 'Neighborhood and
2009-10 2010-11 2011-12
No of Units 1478 1459 1212
Opportunity lost in 18.6 120.78 19.78
serving BOP in
Rs Crores
Low Cost Value House for the poor
Community,' giving its customers a sense of
place and community life. 'Shubh Griha'
offers unparalleled range of amenities and
experiences such as a balanced mix of
buildings and open spaces, best quality
lighting and ventilation for all apartments,
large, centralized and accessible open
spaces, recreational facilities, a hospital,
school and a community hall amongst
others; all at a very low affordable price.
Participants of Vocational Training Programme at Vasind, Mumbai
Serving The Bottom Of The Pyramid
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Health, Safety, Climate & Environment
Community HealthHelping communities to be self-sufficient
and healthy has been one of our focus areas
too. In this regard, a number of sustainable
initiatives have been taken during 2011-12.
Apart from regular health checkup of
workers and their families, nearby
communities have also been benefited
through our health checkup programmes.
Creating awareness about HIV/AIDs and
other diseases through camps and street-
plays were also taken up. We have provided
with an ambulance and its running
expenditures for the benefit of the poor
people of the nearby communities of our
project site at Rajarhat, in Kolkata, it has
been of great help to them. Considering the
health & welfare of masses we have
contributed generously to a Neurology
Foundation too.
Occupational Health & SafetyFor Tata Housing, Financial Year 2011-12
has been a successful year on occupational
health and safety front. The organization
was conferred with the prestigious Golden
Peacock Occupational Health and Safety
Award (Construction Sector). The Company
has been BS OHSAS 18001: 2007 certified
too. A number of initiatives taken at
organization and project level have paid rich
Woolen blankets being provided to old and needy in Kolkata
Health check-up of children being doneat a creche in Gurgaon
Volunteers providing emotional supportto a destitute in an old age home
Safety Park in a construction site
c. OHSAS 18001 ce r t i f i ca t i on o f
Corporate Function and four projects
d. Annual Safety Rating of 7.5 out of 10
achieved across organization
e. Strengthen safety governance and
safety organization at HO & projects
f. Safety Performance Evaluation of all
primary contractors
Attributes UOM FY 10 FY 11 FY 12 FY (13 T)
No of projects Nos 8 10 14 14 NA
Running in the year
Total no. of Nos 3071 4707 9833 9833 NA
personnel employed
Total man-hours Hrs. 8134315 11296200 23351961 23351961 NA
recorded
Number Nos 0 0 0 0 0
of Fatalities
Lost Time Injury Ratio 1.11 0.44 0.43 0.40 0.3 - 0.4
Frequency Rate (LTIFR) (LTI/MMH)
Number of First Aid Ratio 67.09 40.15 69.66 54.91 5 - 10
Cases / 1000 employees (FAC /1000)
Number of Near Nos 0.1 0.4 0.5 8 2 - 5
Misses /1000
employees/month
Safety Observations Ratio 23.12 264.71 380.04 549 NA
Gathered/1000 (SOG /1000)
employees
Medical Ratio 0 0.53 0.43 0.35 0.25 - 0.45
Treatment Injury
Frequency (MTI /MMH)
Rate (MTIFR)
AIFR( Excluding FAC) Ratio 1.11 0.97 0.86 0.75 <1
(AI /MMH)
Training of project man - hrs/ 7.45 11.27 57.74 60 NA
site personnel man/year
Training of project man - hrs/ 1.00 4.36 7.38 9 NA
site contract workmen man/year
Safety training % 70 100 100 100 NA
compliance to
employee & workmen
Training on emergency Nos 0 11 34 43 NA
preparedness
(Mock Drills)
BM
Table 1: Comparative Safety Score Card for last 3 years
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dividend as all leading and lagging
indicators suggest credible improvement
approaching benchmarks (refer Table 1).
The highlights of health & safety
performance are:
a. No fatal accident
b. No negative marking in External TBEM
Assessment 2011-12
Environmental Sustainability
Company has adopted Climate Change
Policy and lays great importance in being
environment friendly. It is committed to
minimizing the environmental impact of its
operations by adopting sustainable
construction practices and creating
continuous awareness on climate change
issues among its employees and other
stakeholders.
Green Products & Serv ices and
Sustainability: The initiatives in Climate
Change taken by the Company include
design & development of Green products
certified by Indian Green Building Council.
In its efforts to be a trustworthy 'green
housing solution provider' Company has
also ensured that all its projects are at least
LEED-GOLD certified. Company believes in
optimum utilization of Materials & Energy. In
this context, as a matter of principle it has
endeavored to use optimum quantities of
cement, water, steel and energy while
developing the properties, by adopting
newer technologies and energy efficient
equipments. Rainwater harvesting and low
flow sanitary and bathing features in all our
housing projects are some of the examples
of our environment friendly initiatives.
Company's Research & Development
function has been trying to explore as much
low carbon technologies and energy
efficient appliances as possible for
adapting in all housing projects. Through
continuous innovation the Company is
using, wherever possible, environment
friendly alternate materials, recycled
materials and renewal source of energy in
line with its intention to be a green housing
solution provider. It is putting significant
efforts in Research & Development for use
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Transplanting of trees at Mulund
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of waste as a substitute of building
materials; use of fly-ash in concrete is one of
the examples.
Carbon footprint mapping and abatement:
Carbon footprint mapping and its
abatement plans have been initiated at all
project sites under scope-1, scope-2 and
scope-3 activities. As a part of our
environment friendly initiatives and carbon
abatement exercise, solar panels, solar
water heaters, rainwater harvesting, organic
water converter, fly-ash and ferroconcrete
panels for acoustic sound barrier are being
used extensively. Use of diamond wire
cutter for excavation, TerraZyme as soil
stabil izer, Graviloft technology for
minimizing design load, Pervious concrete
for ground water recharge & protecting
water quality, Geopolymer cement which
reduces carbon dioxide emission up to 90
% during manufacture of cement, bio-
enzyme and other sustainable faster
construction technologies which consume
less material, water and fuel shows our
commitment to engrain sustainability in all
our business operations. Company is also
trying to neutralize carbon footprint by
planting trees and creating green zones in
and around its business operations.
5
10
15
20
17
14
12
FY10 FY11 FY12
Co2 emissions at offices
Many initiatives are taken such as lights off during lunch hours & at1930 hrs and meeeting through VC resulting to reduction of power consumption & air travel distance, thereby,reduction of emmision achieved YOY .
2
4
6
8
10
FY10 FY11 FY12
Green Building Certificates/Pre Certification
No. of projects undertaken
Tata Housing is a pioneer and constructd the first green IT building in Bengaluru as a developer. All our projects since FY 07-08 are designed as per green building norms. This helps us to mitigate the impact of climate change.
Green Building Certificates/Pre Certification
Transplanting of trees at MulundChannelisation of Rainwater at Vasind project site using Geo Green Blanket technology
19 Sustainability Report 2011-12
Employee Volunteering
There are huge value creation
opportunities in unlocking the synergies
a m o n g c o r p o r a t e e n d e a v o r s ' ,
employees' efforts and NGOs activities. Company recognizes this
and in this context has encouraged and promoted a culture of
volunteerism among its employees. During the year 2011-12, 170
volunteers, branded as Synergizers, have contributed 1292 man-
hours of volunteering service to the communities. We are
repositioning our volunteering programme with adequate branding
and would expect to have much more number of volunteers and
volunteering man-hours in 2012-13. In order to have an emotional
connect between volunteers and the shared social objective of our
Company recently a logo for Synergizers has been developed with
a tagline “Supporting Communities-Spreading Smiles”. The
objective is to take employee volunteering in Tata Housing to new
heights through consistent internal branding and motivation.
Yearlong volunteering calendars for Mumbai and all other locations
for the year 2012-13 has been prepared and the days ahead will
buzz with huge volunteering activities.
Support to the students of Samvadshala, Lonavla
Volunteers of a Tree plantation event pose for a group photo
Volunteering by the Senior Management-CFO Mr. Govinder Singhwith the children in a Blind School
The Journey ahead
We have realigned our Corporate
Sustainability strategy and revisited our
funding pattern and enhanced our CS kitty
substantially. From the year 2012-13
onwards, in addition to 1 % of the net profit
of the Company Rs 4 per square feet of the
saleable area of SVHL projects and Rs 6 per
square feet of the saleable area of THDC
projects will be spent for CS activities during
the time span of the projects. We have also
prioritized our sustainability interventions
with a mandatory 25 % expenditure towards
the benefit of scheduled caste (SC) and
scheduled tribe communities (ST) under
Tata Affirmative Action Programme(TAAP).
Environmental Sustainability, Vocational
Skill Development & up-gradation of
Schools and Project Area Infrastructure
Development would be the other thrust
areas, apart from Employee Volunteering.
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CEO donating blood in an employee volunteering event
TATA Housing wins prestigious Golden Peacock Occupational Health Safety Award
A volunteer with a Blind Kid-spreading smiles