CORPORATE SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY OF RELIANCE INDUSTRIES LTD. PRESENTED BY- BHUSHAN PATIL – C.K.THAUR IMSR
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1. The Reliance Group, founded by Dhirubhai H. Ambani
(1932-2002), is Indias largestprivate sector enterprise, with
businesses in the energy and materials valuechain. Reliance
Industries Limited, is a Fortune Global 500 company and is the
largestprivate sector company in India.The Groups activities span
exploration and production of oil and gas, petroleum refiningand
marketing, petrochemicals (polyester, fibre intermediates, plastics
and chemicals),textiles, retail, infotel and special economic
zones.Reliance enjoys global leadership in its businesses, being
the largest polyester yarn andfibre producer in the world and among
the top five to ten producers in the world in majorpetrochemical
products.O. n 5 September 2007, Reliance Industries Limited (RIL)
and Indian PetrochemicalsCorporation Limited (IPCL) merged
together. The merger proposal between RIL andIPCL was first
announced on 10 March 2009. Reliance Industries (RIL) claims to
beIndias largest private sector enterprise. It is a major player in
the Indian petrochemicalssector.
2. CORPORATE SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY :Corporate Social
Responsibility (CSR) is a conceptwhereby organizations consider the
interests of society,based on the impact of their activities on
customers,employees, shareholders, communities and theenvironment,
for all aspects of their operations.Corporate Social responsibility
is best defined bythe World Business Council as The
continuingcommitment by business to behave ethically andcontribute
to economic development, while improvingthe quality of life of the
workforce and their families aswell as of the local community and
society at large.
3. HEALTHHealth and safety are of universal concern across the
spectrum ofcommunities. As a company, company are not only
committed tocompliance with legal norms but its is our endeavour to
voluntarilygo beyond that and provide quality healthcare facilities
in theregions around our site.At its various project sites ,
Reliance industries sites runs medicalfacility center,
physiotherapy center, and mobile medical vans thatdispenses free
medicines and provide free health check-ups. Alsoperiodically
company come up with health camps like generalhealth check up
camps, gynaecology camps, eye check up campsand corrective surgery
camps for disabled children.
4. EDUCATION Educationis a basic tool to bring development to
an area and itspeople. company aim to create an awareness and pool
ofhuman resource both within and across company area ofoperations.
company are committed to bridging the digitaldivide between the
haves and have nots in educationalinfrastructure and facilities.
Exposure to technology alongwith a sustainable education model
could be strengthenedthrough partnership with government and
quasi-government agencies.
5. EMPLOYMENT Community isan integral part of the business
environment and thebasic commitment lies towards the overall
economic andsocial development of local communities by
dischargingour social responsibilities in a sustainable manner.The
trained manpower available for construction willensure quality and
accident free working. The employeeswill become perfect train
through some camp andseminarsEnglish speaking classesPersonality
development classesPhysiotherapy training centerTraining by NAC
(National Academy of Construction)anduse them for future
requirement of the construction.For the women folk of the villages,
in an effort toempower them the company trains them in soft skills
liketailoring and poultry farming etc. Reliance industriesprovides
assistance to women keen on starting their ownbusinesses.
6. DRISHTIProject Drishti, a nation-widegrafting drive to bring
lightinto the lives of visuallychallenged from theunderprivileged
segment ofsociety, has restored the giftof sight to over 5,500
Indians.A unique joint initiative ofReliance Industries Limitedand
National Association ofBlind (NAB), Project Drishtihas undertaken
over 5,500keroptoplasty surgeries inless than 4 years since it
wasstarted - all free of cost. It isnow the largest corneal
7. ENVIRONMENTReliance further integrated its safety and
environmentperformance in the overall business plan and strategy.
Amanagement system approach, consisting of gap analysis,planning,
implementation, and review has percolated to allbusiness plans
through ISO 14001:2004 at all manufacturinglocations. Through its
annual environment plan and business targets,the Company identifies
projects and takes action to achieve thesetargets with the ultimate
goal of becoming water positive, carbonneutral, with maximum
possible recycling and reuse of hazardousand other wastes.RELIANCE
KARGILSCHOLARSHIP SCHEMEThe Scheme to support educational needs of
the children ofdefence personnel who sacrificed their lives or were
disabledduring Kargil war, instituted with the generous
contribution fromReliance employees. During the year 87 children
receivedfinancial support for their education from standard IV to
XII underthe scheme.
8. TRAINING AND AUDITS:During the year, Reliance has accorded
highest priority to the training,awareness and learning mechanism
at all levels. During the year, variousinternal and advanced
training programs and inter-site meets wereconducted involving
experts.COMMUNITY ENVIRONMENT INITIATIVES:Various environment
programs, such as tree plantation, waterconservation &
harvesting and energy saving initiatives were conductedby all sites
within the complex and in the nearby community. All sites,as part
of the World Environment Day celebrations created awarenesson
Global Warming and melting of ice.INITIATIVES TO COMBAT HIV / AIDS
AND TBThe Company provides Community Medical Centres near most of
itsmanufacturing divisions. These centres cater to the
Governmentalhealth care programmes like maternal and child health,
TB, malaria,HIV / AIDS etc., besides providing curative
treatment.
9. DHIRUBHAI AMBANI HOSPITAL, LODHIVALIReliance also operates
the Dhirubhai Ambani Hospital, Lodhivaliand renders quality medical
services to the rural population andhighway accident victims.MOBILE
DISPENSARIESReliance also operates free medical diagnostic and
therapeutic servicesat neighbouring villages of several of its
manufacturing locations.BLOOD DONATION DRIVES The Companys
employees organize and participate in blood donationcampaigns every
year across its manufacturing divisions and offices.SPORTS FOR THE
PHYSICALLY CHALLENGEDReliance has joined hands with the organising
team of Special OlympicsGujarat (Bharat) for the physically
challenged children of Gujarat. Severalhundred children
participated in the events that were organised at theReliance
Sports Complex, at Vadodara.